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 October 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/appointmentstwo.asp?ID=33877">Calling all Financial Services Management Consultants</a></div> <div><br> <u>Prestigious Global Consultancy looking for experienced consultants to Director level.</u> <b>£50k to £170k base + benefits</b>. This is an excellent time to fast-forward your consulting career, by joining a firm with a real opportunity to move towards Partnership, excellent job security and huge organic growth. <br><br> </div> <div><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.top-consultant.com/UK/career/appointmentstwo.asp?ID=33877">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=6162">Weeding out consultancy chancers and charlatans</a></div> <div>Our management consultancy columnist, Mick James, this week argues that we should never let up on the pressure to back up genuine commitment and expertise with consultancy affiliations and qualifications. </div> <div style="font-size:8pt"><a href="http://news.top-consultant.com/UK/news_story.aspx?ID=6162" >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=419"> Roles and Habits of Effective Leaders - Stephen Covey</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">Your chance to meet the internationally respected leadership authority and author of the #1 Most Influential Business Book of the Twentieth Century.<br> <i>14th October 2009, Manchester</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=417">Alexander Recruitment Campaign</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">Your chance to join one of the fastest growing Public Sector Consultancies in the UK. We are recruiting a number of Senior Consultants, Programme Directors and Business Development Consultants.</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=394">Hudson & Yorke Recruitment Campaign</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">Hudson & Yorke is seeking talented professionals to join its specialist team pioneering best practice in Strategy, Sourcing and Governance of telecoms and networks. </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 - Senior Strategy Consultant Opportunities</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">If you're the best of the best and want to work with like minded Strategy Consultants come and meet us at one of our open 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=408">AT Kearney Managing Consultants: Strategy and Operations</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">Exceptional openings for specialists with strategy/operations consulting experience in the <b>Oil/Energy</b> sector. </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"><b>Senior Consultant opportunities at Moorhouse Consulting</b><br>We won the Project Management Company of the Year award at the APM. Come and find out why at 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=412">Looking to build your independent consultancy business?</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">Come and meet <b>The Lamberhurst Corporation</b> at the Institute of Directors in London to learn more about our professional network for independent consultants.</div> <div style="font-style:italic"></div> <br /> <div style="padding-bottom:5px"><a style="font-weight:bold" href="http://www.ibconsulting.org.uk/content_1.aspx?id=10:5663&id=10:5635">IB Consulting Awards 2009 - Call for Entries!</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">The Annual IB Consulting Awards are taking entries for the awards until 9th October. 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Sit things out? Move on? Change career direction altogether? Drawing on the insights and expertise of leading recruiters, this event will answer pressing questions like these.<br><br> </div> <div><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://events.top-consultant.com/UK/careerconference.aspx?ID=421">Click here for more details...</a></div> </div> &nbsp; <!--- last 3 news --> <div style="font-weight:bold"><a href="http://news.top-consultant.com/UK/news_story.aspx?ID=6155">How the UK s managers are learning from the recession</a></div> <div>Recessions are not completely negative experiences for businesses but can have a silver lining as they provide great development opportunities for managers according to a survey by leadership development organisation Common Purpose. </div> <div style="font-size:8pt"><a href="http://news.top-consultant.com/UK/news_story.aspx?ID=6155" >Full article>>></a></div> <br /> <div style="font-weight:bold"><a href="http://news.top-consultant.com/UK/news_story.aspx?ID=6170">Business commentators look ahead to 2020 as PCG marks National Freelancers Day</a></div> <div>A select group of experts will look ahead to 2020, examining how the concept of freelancing is likely to develop within the changing business world. </div> <div style="font-size:8pt"><a href="http://news.top-consultant.com/UK/news_story.aspx?ID=6170" >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://events.top-consultant.com/UK/careerconference.aspx?ID=423">The Art of Selling Consulting Services<br>Mayfair - Friday 20th November</a></div> <div><br> Looking to accelerate you career from delivery consultant to business winner? 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