Professional Opportunities

Are you ready...

... to sharpen your focus?
... to harness the power of an industry leader?
... to reap the rewards?
... to take your career to the next level?

Maybe you're already enjoying success as a financial services representative and looking to expand your business into new markets. Or maybe you're looking for opportunities in a new profession. Either way, we have what you're looking for.

Financial Representative

At the Principal Financial Group^®, we believe the role of the financial professional is core to what we do. We cannot help people set and achieve their financial goals without our network of professionals across the country working one-on-one with the owners, executives and employees of growing businesses.

To best support financial professionals in growing their business and meeting their clients’ needs, we:

• Select only the most qualified professionals – ensuring the most direct access and personal attention possible from people in your local agency and the home office.
• Provide the resources to capitalize on market opportunities – whether it’s training for those new to the financial services industry or practice-management support for experienced professionals looking to grow their current business
• Offer market-competitive benefits as part of a total compensation package that makes this more than just a commission-only career.

Why The Principal?

For more than 130 years, The Principal has distinguished itself in the financial services industry:

• Named as one of the world’s most ethical companies for a fourth year in a row, and only one of three financial services companies to make the Ethisphere Magazine list (March 2010)
• Included on FORTUNE magazine’s list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For seven of the last eight years (January 2010)
• A leading-edge broker dealer. Based on 2008 total revenues Princor Financial Services Corporation is ranked number 15 in the Financial Planning magazine Top 50 (June 2009)
• Ranked No. 737 on The Forbes Global 2000 list, which recognizes the world’s biggest and most powerful companies, as measured by a composite ranking for sales, profits, assets and market value. (April 2009)

Interested in learning more?

• Yes! I don’t have financial services sales experience, but I want to take my career to a new entrepreneurial level and get experience as a financial representative.

Get experience as a financial representative

Imagine a teenager still able to go to college after the death of a parent. A business that stays open while its owner recovers from serious injury. A couple enjoying their retirement after years of hard work.

That’s all likely possible because these people had a plan for their financial future. It’s also likely that a trusted financial professional helped them identify their goals and put that plan into action.

The personal, professional and financial rewards of a career in sales in this industry are limitless.

Building a foundation for your success

At the Principal Financial Group, some of our most successful financial representatives came to us without financial services sales experience. But what they did have:

• An entrepreneurial spirit
• Community connections and natural networking ability
• A desire to help people set and achieve their financial goals

By becoming a financial professional with The Principal, you’ll help small-to medium-sized business owners plan for their futures. You’ll also help their employees ensure their families have a financially secure future. You’re able to do this in a work environment that lets you be independent yet provides the support you need.
It starts with a four-month development phase – a structured program to provide the knowledge and skills necessary to launch your career. We’ll be there with you every step of the way. After successful completion, you’ll rely on what we call “The Principal Powerful Resources”:

• Local wholesale and management support
• Leading-edge technology
• Home office expertise
• Practice management, marketing support and business consulting
• On-going professional development

Minimum requirements

• 5 years of work experience, minimum annual income of $40,000

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