The best advice I've had is to find a fee-only financial advisor. Most advisors are basicaly salesmen; they get commissions for selling certain stocks. They may be good people, but their financial incentives mean they don't have your best interests at heat.
Check out this article:
http://www.fool.com/news/foth/2002/foth020401.htm
Keep in mind as well how much the advisor is costing you, and what that does to your overall returns. Doring as well as the market means making about 10% a year. If your advisor is charging you 1% of your portfolio a year, you have to make 11% to do as well as you would placing everything into index mutual funds or ETFs.