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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 recruiting and hiring specialists 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 and our online assessment (Personal Orientation Profile Assessment) must be completed and returned to our headquarters in Mississauga. 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 with our recruiting department. This conversation will last on average 20 to 30 minutes.

Following the phone screen, 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.

Once the branch visit is complete and if you are selected to move forward you will be scheduled with a Hiring Specialist for the next step in our process which is the phone interview. This interview lasts approximately 60 minutes. Following this interview, a decision will be made as to whether you will advance in our selection process.

If you are selected to proceed, the next step will be to decide, if hired, where you would like to build your Edward Jones business. Edward Jones associates will discuss with you the areas we have identified for growth and will assist you as you near a decision regarding the market in which you would like to build your Edward Jones business. We will ask you to visit the markets you are considering.

Upon final market selection, you will be required to conduct face-to-face surveys unrelated to Edward Jones at residences and businesses. Conducting the surveys will allow you to experience one aspect of the critical activities of an Edward Jones Financial Advisor. After that, you will complete a face-to-face interview with a hiring 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 hiring specialist will contact you to inform you of the available training class start dates.

If you choose to download, please forward your completed printed application to:

Edward Jones - Hiring
90 Burnhamthorpe Rd. West
Suite 902
Mississauga, Ontario
L5B 3C3

Phone: 800-380-4517
Fax: 800-445-7144

Note: Mailing a printed application may delay the hiring process.

Hiring Stages

Stage 1: Completed application sent to headquarters
Stage 2: Application reviewed
Stage 3: Phone screen with a Recruiting Specialist
Stage 4: Office Visit
Stage 5: Phone Interview with a Hiring Specialist
Stage 6: Potential Edward Jones market area confirmed
Stage 7: Field exercise - complete financial surveys in your local market
Stage 8: Face-to-face interview
Stage 9: Hiring specialists conduct final evaluation of candidate and determine whether to extend offer
Stage 10: Edward Jones extends offer via phone call
Stage 11: Candidate accepts offer by completing offer paperwork
Stage 12: Congratulations!