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 advisers.

With healthy aggressive growth a substantial goal, the firm will host a career seminar and broadcast at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 30, at the Edward Jones office in the Stein Mart shopping center off U.S. 15-501 in Southern Pines .

Anyone planning to attend is asked to call (910) 692-8628 to register.

Edward Jones provides financial services for individual investors in the United States and, through its affiliate, in Canada.

The firm's 12,000-plus financial advisers work directly with nearly 7 million clients to understand their personal goals - from college savings to retirement - and create long-term investment solutions that emphasize a well-balanced portfolio and a buy-and-hold strategy.

Edward Jones, which ranked No. 2 on Fortune magazine's "100 Best Companies to Work For" in 2010, is headquartered in St. Louis. The Edward Jones website is at www.edwardjones.com, and its recruiting website is www.careers.ed-wardjones.com.