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, 11th 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/appointmentsthree.aspx?ID=36037">Consulting Sales Director  Customer Transformation</a></div> <div><br>Do you have a proven track record in identifying, targeting and engaging with new clients to win business? 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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=433">Diamond Management & Technology Consultants</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">Discuss openings for Operations + Technology Strategy + Architecture 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=412">Looking to build your independent consultancy business?</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">Come and meet The Lamberhurst Corporation 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://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=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://recruiters.top-consultant.com/UK/clientcentre/choosepackage.aspx">Recruiters  Act Now!</a></div> <div><br>For a limited time, premium adverts on Top-Consultant will be advertised on Jobsite at no extra cost. 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Looking to make a job offer within the next weeks, so apply now!<br><br> </div> <div><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.top-consultant.com/UK/career/appointmentsthree.aspx?ID=36171">Full details here & </a></div> </div> &nbsp; <!--- last 3 news --> <div style="font-weight:bold"><a href="http://news.top-consultant.com/UK/news_story.aspx?ID=6608">CMC Partnership helps establish UK Civilian Stablisation Group</a></div> <div>Management consultancy CMC Partnership has played a supporting role working with the Stabilisation Unit in establishing the Government s new UK Civilian Stabilisation Group, a 1,000-strong pool of civilian experts in conflict and disaster relief that can be deployed to help rebuild fragile states and war-torn countries. </div> <div style="font-size:8pt"><a href="http://news.top-consultant.com/UK/news_story.aspx?ID=6608" >Full article>>></a></div> <br /> <div style="font-weight:bold"><a href="http://news.top-consultant.com/UK/news_story.aspx?ID=6613">REC, PCG and the Cabinet Office call on recruiters to think twice about demands for existing security clearances</a></div> <div>It has been brought to the attention of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation, PCG and the Cabinet Office that there are concerns that workers are being asked whether they hold a security clearance for certain jobs before they are offered the placement.</div> <div style="font-size:8pt"><a href="http://news.top-consultant.com/UK/news_story.aspx?ID=6613" >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/UK/career/appointmentsthree.aspx?ID=36128"> Head of Business Technology Consulting</a></div> <div><br>Blue Chip media company with a reputation for innovation and success requires a Head of Business Technology Consulting with a proven ability to develop innovative solutions and strategies.<br><br></div> <div><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.top-consultant.com/UK/career/appointmentsthree.aspx?ID=36128">Find out more ...</a></div> </div> </div> </td> <td bordercolor="#FFFFFF" valign=top style="font-family:verdana;font-size:10pt;" width="220px"> <!--- Rec Button --> <div id="recButton" style="text-align:center;padding-top:20%;padding-bottom:20%"> <a href="http://recruiters.top-consultant.com/UK/clientcentre/solutions.aspx" style="border:none"> <img src="http://news.top-consultant.com/images/recbutton.jpg" alt="button for recruiters" style="border:none"/> </a> </div> <hr style="height:1px;background-color:#0098ff;color:#0098ff;width:80%;" /> <!--- CT Plug --> <div id="ctplug" style="text-align:center;color:#0098ff;width:100%"> Consulting Times <a href="http://www.consulting-times.com" style="border:none;margin-left:8%"> <img src="http://news.top-consultant.com/images/times_cover_small.jpg" alt="button for consulting times" style="border:none"/> </a> </div> <div id="Div1" style="text-align:center;color:#0098ff;margin-top:5px;margin-bottom:5px"> <a href="http://www.consulting-times.com" style="border:none;font-size:8pt">Get Your Copy Here</a> </div> <hr style="height:1px;background-color:#0098ff;color:#0098ff;width:80%;" /> <!--- ToolBar Plug --> <div id="Div2" style="text-align:center;color:#0098ff;margin-top:5px;margin-bottom:5px"> Top-Consultant Toolbar<br /><br /> <a href="http://www.top-consultant.com/toolbar.asp" style="border:none;margin-top:10px"> <img src="http://news.top-consultant.com/images/button.jpg" alt="button for toolbar" style="border:none"/> </a> </div> <hr style="height:1px;background-color:#0098ff;color:#0098ff;width:80%;" /> <!--- JBE Plug --> <div id="Div3" style="text-align:center;color:#0098ff;margin-top:5px;margin-bottom:5px"> &nbsp;<br /> <a href="http://www.top-consultant.com/UK/career/myjobsbyemail.asp" style="border:none;margin-top:10px"> <img src="http://news.top-consultant.com/images/button5.jpg" alt="button for toolbar" style="border:none"/> </a> </div> <hr style="height:1px;background-color:#0098ff;color:#0098ff;width:80%;" /> <div style="color:#000080;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;padding-top:20px;padding-bottom:10px">Thought Leadership</div> <div style="font-size:10pt"><a style="font-weight:bold" href="http://thought-leadership.top-consultant.com/UK/Enhancing_corporate_reputation_and_engagement_via_career_self-ownership_1979.html">Enhancing corporate reputation and engagement via career self-ownership</a></div> <div style="font-size:10pt"> People have a growing sense that they need to own their futures, and, by definition, the direction of their careers. 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