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, 8th January 2009 </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?firm=ConnectedGroup">Connected Group - Work in the UAE</a></div> <div><br> Fantastic opportunity - 2 director roles within the public sector and energy industry of one of the fastest growing economies. 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Come and meet us on the 18th February 2009 in London.</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=401">Strategic Analytics Recruitment Campaign</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">Senior Consultant Opportunities<br><i> Come and meet us in central London</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=397">Exciting opportunities Down Under</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">Do you have experience working within customer facing organisations particularly retail or FMCG ideally in the UK or mainland Europe?</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=399">Carving out a successful career as a Freelance consultant</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">Monday 23rd February 2009 - London (Mayfair)</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 consultants</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">Senior Consultant opportunities at Moorhouse Consulting<br><i>Monthly careers evenings in Westminster, Central London</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=389">PA Consulting Group - Recruitment Open Evening</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">Information Technology Group - Delivering a visible difference<br> <i>28 January 2009 - PA Head Office, 123 Buckingham Palace Road</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=391">Generating more warm leads</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">An inspiring five-month programme with a one day workshop<br><I>Friday, March 20th 2009 - London</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=402">Mindbench are holding an MCA Masterclass</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">'How to emerge fitter, leaner, stronger!' <br><i>HR and resourcing in the downturn.</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"><i>Bi-monthly workshops --- limited places available</i> </div> <div style="font-style:italic"></div> <br /> <div style="padding-bottom:5px"><a style="font-weight:bold" href="http://www.top-consultant.com/mcamanagementawards.aspx">MCA Management Awards Dinner</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff"><i>27 April 2009 - London Hilton, Park Lane</i> </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.asp?ID=33275">Accelrys are looking for a Managing Consultant to join them</a></div> <div><br> In this high profile, entrepreneurial role you ll lead the UK Solutions Consulting team at Accelrys, a leading scientific software company. 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