ÿþ<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" > <head></head><body> <!--- TC Header --> <table border=1 bordercolor=#0098ff width="706px" cellpadding=0 > <tr style="background-color:#0098ff;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;color:white"> <td colspan="2" style="font-weight:bold"><font face="Verdana">Top-Consultant.com's &nbsp; Management Consultants' Weekly Newsletter&nbsp;</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td bordercolor="#FFFFFF" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:10pt;" width="455px"> <div id="pane1" style="width:455px;padding:5px;border-right:solid 1px #0098ff"> <!--- date --> <div id="date1" style="font-size:8pt;color:#000080;font-weight:bold;padding:5px"> Thursday, 4th February 2010 </div> <!--- advert1 --> <div id="advert1" style="background-color:#b7dbff;padding:5px;margin-top:5px"> <div style="padding-bottom:5px"><a style="font-weight:bold" href="http://www.top-consultant.com/uk/career/appointments.asp?sel_firm=238">PRTM  Opportunities for Experienced Consultants in Telecommunications and Aerospace & Defence</a></div> <div><br>We are looking for consultants who are confident, insightful people who can see what others don t and who can exert their influence to help drive growth, increase profitability and set new market-leadership standards for our clients around the globe. <br><br> </div> <div><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.top-consultant.com/uk/career/appointments.asp?sel_firm=238">Click here for more details ...</a></div> </div> <!--- main news --> <div style="color:#000080;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;padding-top:20px;padding-bottom:10px">Business & Consultancy News</div> <div style="font-weight:bold"><a href="http://news.top-consultant.com/UK/news_story.aspx?ID=6572">Global technology markets recover $1.1 trillion in 2009</a></div> <div>Technology firms were clear winners in 2009, regaining over $1.1 trillion in market value, or about 72% of the value they lost in 2008. This is a higher gain compared to the media sector, which recovered 63%, and a significant gain compared to communications firms, which recovered only 15% of the value they lost.</div> <div style="font-size:8pt"><a href="http://news.top-consultant.com/UK/news_story.aspx?ID=6572" >Full article>>></a></div> <div style="color:#000080;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px">Forthcoming events</div> <div style="padding-bottom:5px"><a style="font-weight:bold" href="http://events.top-consultant.com/UK/careerconference.aspx?ID=432"> Recruiter briefing -- What awaits Management Consultancy recruiters in 2010?</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">Mayfair (London), Friday 12th March 2010 (9am to 12.30pm) </div> <div style="font-style:italic"></div> <br /> <div style="padding-bottom:5px"><a style="font-weight:bold" href="http://events.top-consultant.com/UK/careerconference.aspx?ID=299">Project and Programme Management - <br>Senior Consultant opportunities at Moorhouse Consulting</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">We are the Institute of Business Consulting Practice of the Year 2009 and finalists for the National Business Awards Employer of the Year. Find out why at one of our monthly Careers Evenings.</div> <div style="font-style:italic"></div> <br /> <div style="padding-bottom:5px"><a style="font-weight:bold" href="http://events.top-consultant.com/UK/careerconference.aspx?ID=429"> Growth and Innovation Consultants; Client Leads and Project Leads</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">Do you have experience of identifying, developing and launching new business ventures for large blue-chip companies? </div> <div style="font-style:italic"></div> <br /> <div style="padding-bottom:5px"><a style="font-weight:bold" href="http://events.top-consultant.com/UK/careerconference.aspx?ID=425"> Cognizant Technology Solutions</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">Cognizant provides <b>high-value</b> strategic IT management solutions. We're hiring across our UK, Netherlands and Germany practices, register your details and come and meet us....</div> <div style="font-style:italic"></div> <br /> <div style="padding-bottom:5px"><a style="font-weight:bold" href="http://events.top-consultant.com/UK/careerconference.aspx?ID=431">Sink or Swim</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">Can you adapt to the harsh new consulting environment?<br><i>23rd March, Central London venue</i></div> <div style="font-style:italic"></div> <br /> <div style="padding-bottom:5px"><a style="font-weight:bold" href="http://events.top-consultant.com/UK/careerconference.aspx?ID=140">Revealed: How to ace your case study interview</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">Bi-monthly workshops --- limited places available</div> <div style="font-style:italic"></div> <br /> <div style="padding-bottom:5px"><a style="font-weight:bold" href="http://events.top-consultant.com/UK/careerconference.aspx?ID=421">Your career at a crossroads  which way next?</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">December 2009 event -- Slide & audio recordings now available</div> <div style="font-style:italic"></div> <br /> <div style="padding-bottom:5px"><a style="font-weight:bold" href="http://events.top-consultant.com/UK/careerconference.aspx?ID=430">Advanced Consulting Skills - 22-24 March and 28-30 June</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">Senior consultants and practice managers, Elevation Learning is offering a new programme to develop the skills and knowledge to undertake managerial tasks and deliver superior consulting performance from your team. </div> <div style="font-style:italic"></div> <br /> <!--- advert2 --> <div id="Div4" style="background-color:#b7dbff;padding:5px;margin-top:5px"> <div style="padding-bottom:5px"><a style="font-weight:bold" href="http://www.top-consultant.com/UK/career/appointmentstwo.aspx?ID=36086">Peppers & Rogers Group is looking for:<br> Management Consultants (m/f)<br> Location: Turkey, Belgium, Germany, Middle East and South Africa</a></div> <div><br>Ideas change the world: Introduce your expertise in a growing company and give exciting future fields new impulses. <br><br> </div> <div><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.top-consultant.com/UK/career/appointmentstwo.aspx?ID=36086">For more information, click here. </a></div> </div> &nbsp; <!--- next 3 news --> <div style="font-weight:bold"><a href="http://news.top-consultant.com/UK/news_story.aspx?ID=6536">Consulting candidates braced for a year of transition</a></div> <div>Tony Restell, Co-Founder of Top-Consultant.com, this week briefed aspiring consulting candidates about the state of the market and the likely hiring trends in 2010. The full webinar recording is available to watch online.</div> <div style="font-size:8pt"><a href="http://news.top-consultant.com/UK/news_story.aspx?ID=6536" >Full article>>></a></div> <br /> <div style="font-weight:bold"><a href="http://news.top-consultant.com/UK/news_story.aspx?ID=6585">Long Finance initiative looks for new answers to old questions</a></div> <div>Top-Consultant.com s management consultancy columnist, Mick James, this week writes about his first visit to an event aimed at provoking new thinking about our broken financial systems. </div> <div style="font-size:8pt"><a href="http://news.top-consultant.com/UK/news_story.aspx?ID=6585" >Full article>>></a></div> <br /> <br /> <!--- advert3 --> <div id="Div5" style="background-color:#b7dbff;padding:5px;margin-top:5px"> <div style="padding-bottom:5px"><a style="font-weight:bold" href="http://www.top-consultant.com/UK/career/appointmentstwo.aspx?ID=36051">Severn are hiring - Senior Consultants and Managing Consultants</a></div> <div><br>Are you a Financial Services expert? 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Malcolm Sleath from coaching consultancy 12boxes says establish the value before attempting to educate the client. </div> <div style="font-size:8pt"><a href="http://news.top-consultant.com/UK/news_story.aspx?ID=6579" >Full article>>></a></div> <br /> <div style="font-weight:bold"><a href="http://news.top-consultant.com/UK/news_story.aspx?ID=6571">TPI Index finds outsourcing market in Europe surged during Q4</a></div> <div>The value of outsourcing contracts awarded in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) surged during the fourth quarter of 2009, contributing significantly to the turn of the global market, according to TPI, a sourcing data and advisory firm. </div> <div style="font-size:8pt"><a href="http://news.top-consultant.com/UK/news_story.aspx?ID=6571" >Full article>>></a></div> <br /> <!--- advert4 --> <div id="Div6" style="background-color:#b7dbff;padding:5px;margin-top:5px"> <div style="padding-bottom:5px"><a style="font-weight:bold" href=" http://www.top-consultant.com/swiftlightUK.aspx">Save Time and get ahead in 2010</a></div> <div><br>If you spend hours creating timelines and project plans for clients, then take a look at Swiftlight project management software - designed by consultants and great for consulting. 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