At a time when many U.S. businesses are experiencing zero growth or are actually downsizing, the financial services firm Edward Jones is aggressively expanding its number of financial advisors who serve individual investors in the communities where those investors live, according to Lea Evers, an Edward Jones financial advisor in Roscoe, Illinois.

The St. Louis-based firm is looking for high achievers who have a desire to run a business with the support of a much larger organization. Its financial advisors live in the communities where they work and serve individual investors exclusively.

Edward Jones financial advisors come from diverse backgrounds. Teachers, bankers and engineers all have joined the ranks of Edward Jones. They all, however, have one thing in common: They are self-starters who enjoy working with and helping other people.

The firm offers an extensive training program for new financial advisors. As part of that award-winning training, Edward Jones financial advisors build their businesses by calling on people face to face in the communities where they have chosen to live.

For more information about the Edward Jones opportunity, visit www.careers.edwardjones.com or contact Lea Evers at 815-623-8966.

Edward Jones, a Fortune 500 company headquartered in St. Louis, provides financial services in the U.S. and, through its affiliate, in Canada. Every aspect of the firm’s business, from the investments its financial advisors offer to the location of its branch offices, caters to individual investors. The firm’s 17,000-plus financial advisors serve more than 7 million clients and care for $1 trillion in assets under management. Visit our website at edwardjones.com and recruiting website atcareers.edwardjones.com. Member SIPC.