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Good morning. As you may have heard already, Mr. Johnson will be leaving Thompson Incorporated at the end of this year. He has decided to step down from his position as the general manager and spend more time with his family. Anyway, the reason you have been asked to show up today is because Mr. Johnson believes that you are the most qualified people to be his successor. However, I don′t want you to automatically think that any one of you will be guaranteed of the job. There will be three rounds of interviews that each one of you will go through on three different dates. Of course, prospective candidates from outside the company will also be interviewed for the position. However, chances are that we will probably pick one of you, since our intention is to hire within the company. Anyway, good luck to you all and may the best person win.