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Hiring Process

At Edward Jones, we are always interested in meeting and hiring highly motivated individuals who wish to change their future by running a business in their local community. We currently have Financial Advisor opportunities available across the country. Learn more about choosing your branch location, or continue on this page to learn more about our hiring procedures.

Hiring Stages
A successful applicant can expect to go through a number of the following steps in the hiring process. Edward Jones Talent Acquisition depart evaluate applicants at each stage to determine whether they qualify to continue in the process. Most of this evaluation process occurs via telephone.

To initiate the hiring process, an application must be completed. Due to industry regulations and our own strict selection criteria, our application requests a great deal of personal information. Please complete it fully. Your application is a confidential document to be viewed internally only by people directly responsible for Edward Jones' recruitment efforts.

Once we receive your completed application, it will be reviewed and determined whether or not you will proceed to the next stage. Our hiring process is extremely selective. On average, 10% of those who apply are hired as Financial Advisors. If you are selected to move forward, you will be contacted in order to set up a phone screen/interview with our Talent Acquisition department.

Following the phone screen/interview, applicants who have not had the opportunity to visit with a local Edward Jones Financial Advisor in their office will be asked to complete this step prior to moving forward in the hiring process. The office visit is an opportunity for the applicant to experience the branch environment and ask a successful Financial Advisor about their experience as an Edward Jones Financial Advisor.

After that, you will complete a face-to-face interview with a Talent Acquisition team member. He or she will be an experienced Financial Advisor. After this interview, we will review all information gathered on your behalf, including the results of an industry mandated background check. Should an offer of employment be extended to you, a a Talent Acquisition team member will contact you to inform you of the available training class start dates.

Our Talent Acquisition department can be reached at 800-380-4517

Hiring Stages

Stage 1:Completed application
Stage 2:Application reviewed
Stage 3:Phone screen/interview with a Talent Acquisition team member
Stage 4:Office Visit
Stage 5:Field exercise - complete financial surveys in your local market
Stage 6:Face-to-face interview
Stage 7:Talent Acqusition team memebers conduct final evaluation of candidate and determine whether to extend offer
Stage 8:Edward Jones extends contingent offer via phone call
Stage 9:Candidate accepts offer by completing offer paperwork and begins studying for Canadian Securities Course (CSC)