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New to the Profession

Find resources tailored to the first decade of your career.

Jumpstart your career with FPA.

Join our vibrant community of students, aspiring financial planners and professionals in the early stages of their careers. Your membership provides you with access to learning, courses and other educational content, publications and specialized communities designed by the next generation of planners, for the next generation of planners.

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Monthly Magazine: FPA Next Generation Planner

This monthly app-based publication provides practical and valuable content to help you work toward your career goals.

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Podcast: You’re a Financial Planner, Now What?

This weekly podcast asks all the questions you’re dying to know as a new planner.

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FPA Virtual Externship

Today, financial planning students entering the profession might find themselves without in-person internship or mentorship opportunities. So we've created a one-of-a-kind opportunity for you: The FPA Virtual Externship.

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2020 Financial Planning Challenge

The Financial Planning Association® (FPA®), Ameriprise Financial and CFP Board are pleased to host the Financial Planning Challenge.

2020 Financial Planning Challenge

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FPA NexGen Gathering

Meet your fellow FPA NexGen members face-to-face at this annual gathering. This is where NexGen comes to life—it's the only conference focused on YOU and your career. Be sure to attend—we're told it's been a pivotal moment in many planners’ careers.

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FPA Residency

A week-long, interactive learning experience, FPA Residency offers NexGen planners individualized feedback from mentors in a case study-based program that will help you develop the skills you need to become a confident and competent professional.

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Local Chapters

Engage with fellow NexGen planners in your area. Local NexGen chapters offer in-person and virtual events, as well as the opportunity to connect with planners who share the same struggles and successes. Find people you can really connect with today.

Find Your Chapter

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FPA Connect

A compliance-friendly space for all levels of planners to ask questions, share insights and gather knowledge.

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FPA Activate

This Facebook group is just for you, providing community, resources and a place to get your questions answered. Along with live segments and opportunities to weigh in, members also get to connect with their peers from all over the country.

FPA Knowledge Circles

Connect with other members on the areas of the profession you are most passionate about.

Learn More about FPA Online Communities

BOARD, COMMITTEE AND VOLUNTEER SERVICE

Join the NexGen Committee

Do you want to become a guiding force for the NexGen community and the future of the profession? Learn more about current leadership, how to apply for future openings and how to volunteer in different roles throughout the organization.

See Leadership Opportunities