For Immediate Release
Michael Kitces, CFP®, MTAX, MSFS, CLU, ChFC, Partner in New Planner Recruiting, LLC, founding member of Virtual Solutions Consortium, and director of research for Pinnacle Advisory Group, Inc. was recently honored by the Financial Planning Association® (FPA®) with a 2010 Heart of Financial Planning Award.

The Heart of Financial Planning Award recognizes individual professionals, financial planning firms, FPA chapters, or organizations who engage in extraordinary work, contributing and giving back to the financial planning community and public through financial planning. Recipients embody the heart of financial planning and represent FPA's Core Values of integrity, competence, dedication to relationship building and stewardship.

Kitces is recognized for his extraordinary work and commitment to education in the financial planning industry. As an active FPA volunteer at the local and national levels, he is co-founder of the FPA NexGen community of interest and continues to support young planners through his company, NewPlannerRecruiting.com. Kitces publishes The Kitces Report on Kitces.com, a website dedicated to advancing knowledge in financial planning. He is a speaker, writer and researcher dedicated to ongoing learning and continues to explore new planning ideas as Director of Research for private wealth management firm Pinnacle Advisory Group.

"The Heart of Financial Planning Awards highlight those who go above and beyond to give back to their communities and the financial planning profession," said Marv Tuttle, Executive Director and CEO of the Financial Planning Association. "FPA is thrilled to recognize our 2010 winners who have demonstrated and epitomized the commitment and spirit of our profession's focus on serving the public good."

Kitces will be presented with the Award at FPA Denver 2010, the annual conference of the financial planning community to be held October 9-12 at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, Colo.

Caleb Brown, MBA, CFP®
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Having placed entry level candidates for professional financial planning positions at their own firms and for colleagues Caleb Brown, founder of the Career Day program and Michael Kitces, one of the founders of Nexgen, are now making their talent acquisition and candidate placement service available for the first time nationally through New Planner Recruiting.www.newplannerrecruiting.com

New Planner Recruiting, LLC was established after seeing the many frustrations of financial planners, regarding professional staffing issues within financial planning firms. The amount of time spent (sometimes wasted) is often enormous when firm owners do not know what they are looking for, or how to find and evaluate the right talent for their business.  The mismatches that occur when firms and candidates are not the right fit can impede the success of both the planner and the firm. 

About New Planner Recruiting

New Planning Recruiting specializes in placing students graduating from CFP Board registered programs at firms seeking to fill entry level full-time professional planning positions. The firm's mission is to help financial planning business owners leverage their time by finding, selecting, and securing quality talent to help them grow, and to ensure that quality new financial planners are able to find employment that fits their unique talents and skills, in pursuit of securing mutual success for the business owner and new planner.

If you would like to learn more about New Planner Recruiting visit www.newplannerrecruiting.com or contact us at 1-888-666-1021.