As part of its effort to serve a growing number of individual investors and create employment opportunities for individuals in financial services, Edward Jones will host a state-wide recruiting event in Montana, specifically in Kalispell, with the goal to hire more than 45 financial advisors and 45 branch office administrators.

Edward Jones is one of Montana's largest private employers and has been providing valuable career opportunities since 1972, with 250 full-time employees and 85 branches serving 33,000 households in the state. The firm is looking to increase that number by hiring new financial advisors and branch office administrators who are interested in operating in an entrepreneurial environment with the support, training and mentoring benefits of one of the oldest and largest firms in the industry.

Edward Jones is nationally recognized as a best place to work and leader in delivering top-notch training to new and existing financial advisors. In 2014, Edward Jones ranked No. 4 on FORTUNE magazine's Best Companies to Work for list and ranked highly on Training magazine's Top 125 list for the 14th consecutive year. Edward Jones was also rated the "Highest in Employee Satisfaction among Financial Investment Firms" by J.D. Power and Associates and for the 20th consecutive year ranked No. 1 in the WealthManagement.com/REP. magazine annual survey of the nation's six largest financial services firms.