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, 18th 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.knowledgetoaction.co.uk/workshop-v1.php5?gid=TOPCO180210NEW">Have you ever considered a career as a private financial trader? </a></div> <div><br>Did you know many private financial traders take home £100k to £2m per annum, with some traders starting with less than £10k in their trading accounts? 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But how much has candidate activity had to evolve as a result of the downturn?</div> <div style="font-size:8pt"><a href="http://news.top-consultant.com/UK/news_story.aspx?ID=6637" >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=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://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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