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 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</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td bordercolor="#FFFFFF" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:10pt;" width="455px"> <div id="pane1" style="float:left;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, 14th August 2008 </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=Consulting_Point">Over 100 different roles in Management Consultancy - £50,000-£500,000 packages++</a></div> <div>Consulting Point has outstanding consulting job opportunities for the best management consultants. We have roles in Strategy, Change/HR, CRM, Supply Chain, Purchasing, SAP, Public Sector, Finance, IT Strategy, Telecoms and much more.<br> If you are a management consultant looking for an outstanding opportunity click below for more details. </div> <div><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.top-consultant.com/UK/career/appointments.asp?firm=Consulting_Point">For further info click here..</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.asp?ID=4949">Consultancy Careers Fair - Exhibitors have just two weeks left to book stands</a></div> <div>Enthusiasm for the <a href=http://www.theconsultancycareersfair.com/visitors/whyattend.aspx target=_blank>Consultancy Careers Fair</a>, which will be held at The Barbican on the evening of the 9th October and throughout the day of the 10th October, shows that the consulting market is bucking the gloomy headlines in the wider business press. With a steady stream of candidate registrations already being made and with 47 firms already booked to exhibit, this fourth annual careers fair looks set to continue to build on the success of the past events. </div> <div style="font-size:8pt"><a href="http://news.top-consultant.com/UK/news_story.asp?ID=4949" >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=384"> Working with Procurement Departments</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">How to ensure your consulting proposal doesn't fall foul of the procurement process<br><i>London (Mayfair) - Thursday 16th October 2008</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=383">IBM - SAP Careers event </a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">Attend our next assesment day - Job offers made on the spot. </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=385">Deloitte - Technology and Systems Consulting Event</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">With the right balance, you ll achieve great things<br><i>4th September - 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=386">Consultancy Qualifications: What sets you apart as a Business Consultant?</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">Training Courses and Distance Learning Available Now </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=373">Currently Requiring Motivation? CRM opportunities waiting for you - UK</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">Fantastic opportunities for CRM consultants within the Change Management and Business Transformation fields. </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=372">SAP consultants - Change Management & Business Transformation</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">Schedule an initial confidential discussion</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=368">The Art of Selling Consulting Services</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff"><FONT face=Verdana size="2" ><i>London (Westminster) - Friday 7th November 2008</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=371">PIPC Career Event </a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">Interested in delivering some of the biggest, most challenging multi-sector client projects <br><i>Click here to join the company that makes them a reality</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=299">Project and programme management consultants - Senior Consultant opportunities at Moorhouse Consulting</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">Monthly careers evenings in Westminster, Central 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=140">Revealed: How to Ace your Case Study Interview</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">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=381">Lean & Six Sigma Opportunities From ChapmanBlack</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">Corporate and Consulting Opportunities in Germany, UK, Benelux & Dubai<br><I>Feel like a CHANGE? ChapmanBlack are currently working with the leading Lean, Six Sigma and Performance Improvement teams.</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=382">Strategy Consulting - exceptional careers for exceptional people</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff"><FONT face=Verdana size="2" color=#3399FF>Germany, Benelux, Dubai and the UK. - STRATEGIC in everything you do?</font><br> <FONT face=Verdana size="2" ><i>Are you STRATEGIC about your career choices and able to formulate and execute leading business plans?</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/appointmentsthree.asp?ID=31770">Analysys Mason seeks Senior Strategy Consultant  Telecoms</a></div> <div>Senior Consultant post within our operational strategy unit focusing on end to end cross market strategy advice and project delivery. </div> <div><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.top-consultant.com/UK/career/appointmentsthree.asp?ID=31770">For further info click here..</a></div> </div> &nbsp; <!--- next 3 news --> <div style="font-weight:bold"><a href="http://news.top-consultant.com/UK/news_story.asp?ID=4948">Systems and cars always crash</a></div> <div>Our management consultancy columnist, Mick James, this week takes another look at the NHS IT programme and the criticism it continues to receive. </div> <div style="font-size:8pt"><a href="http://news.top-consultant.com/UK/news_story.asp?ID=4948" >Full article>>></a></div> <br /> <div style="font-weight:bold"><a href="http://news.top-consultant.com/UK/news_story.asp?ID=4933">ABeam Consulting sets sail to the Beijing Olympics</a></div> <div>Two employees of ABeam Consulting, the global business management consultancy originally based in Japan, will represent Japan in the Beijing Olympic Games. &#39;Team ABeam&#39; will compete in the Women&#39;s Sailing 470 event  one of the most important events for Japan at the Games and the only women&#39;s sailing event in which the country has previously won a medal.</div> <div style="font-size:8pt"><a href="http://news.top-consultant.com/UK/news_story.asp?ID=4933" >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://subscribers.top-contractconsultant.com/whysubscribe.aspx">Immediate Start Dates - Details here</a></div> <div>Want access to short-term consulting assignments, many with immediate start dates?<br><br> <b>>> Click here to access all the latest short-term assignments</b> <br><br> * Recruiters * Do you need a contract / interim consultant? 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