Going up -- and how you get there;

              No mystery about advancing at TRB&S —
here is a clear statement of how promotions
are made and who is eligible.
Going up —
EACH YEAR ON SEPTEMBER 1 THOSE ALL-IMPORTANT PROMOTIONS to
partner, manager and supervisor are announced. But these announce­ments
are the culmination of a long, careful process that began many
months before. Candidates for partner are nominated (in April) two
years in advance of promotion. Recommendations for promotion to
manager, supervisor and senior consultant are sent to the Managing
Partner by May 15 of each year. After review by the partners having
national responsibilities, the Managing Partner passes upon the recom­mendations
for promotion to manager and to supervisor or senior
consultant; promotions below the supervisory level do not require
such approval.
Each management position carries certain responsibilities to clients,
to the public and to the firm, and calls for certain traits of personality
and character plus definite levels of skill and experience. You may be
interested in knowing exactly what the qualifications are for each of
the three management levels—partner, manager and supervisor.
Partners and principals
New partners are named each year from those within the firm who
have exhibited outstanding ability. Each must be a CPA and be rec­ognized
as an expert in his field. The partners make decisions in
applying the policies and operating practices of the firm. They super­vise
the staff to see that firm policies are carried out at all levels. Final
responsibility for all decisions rests with the partners; they are respon-
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