Recently, a “RCGA” (aka recent college grad accountant) met me for a job consultation.  I don’t normally work with candidates with less than 3 years of experience, but this was a client referral.  Good candidate, with above average grades, internship experience, professional manner and appearance, interpersonal and communication skills.

You may have seen or heard of the movie Jumper, in which people teleport and move instantaneously and effortlessly from one place to another.  Well, there are jumpers in the employment world also, those people who change jobs every year or two.  Many employers shy away from them, at least when candidates are readily available. However, I am an eternal optimist and always want to meet them.  I want to identify their strengths and weaknesses, with the goal of correcting their weaknesses so that they can stay in one place for more than a few years.

Believe it or not making partner is not as random as the movie "Trading Places" with Eddie Murphy and Dan Akroyd, but wouldn’t it be great if someone told you how to make partner in your public accounting firm?  Check out these three vignettes, then pack your things for the corner office!

If you prefer fairy tales to articulate points then you will love this post. It is a tale about our hero Luke and Lord Pinnacle. It is set like most tales in a far away land, very long ago.  If you don’t have time to read the entire fable, please skip to the ‘Morals of the Story’ section at the end.