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, 19th Nobember 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?sel_firm=14">Ernst & Young  People and Organisational Change opportunities</a></div> <div><br>This is a significant opportunity for individuals at Senior Consultant, Manager, Senior Manager and Director levels to contribute to the future growth of our practice and work with a broad range of clients designing and delivering sustainable change in leading organisations. <br><br> </div> <div><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.top-consultant.com/uk/career/appointments.asp?sel_firm=14">Click here to find out more ...</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=6317">Drastic fall in jobs + increase in applicants = Battle to Get Noticed</a></div> <div>The Battle to Get Noticed -- without doubt this is the single biggest challenge facing consulting candidates today. So what are the implications for your job hunt and how long will this state of affairs last?</div> <div style="font-size:8pt"><a href="http://news.top-consultant.com/UK/news_story.aspx?ID=6317" >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://www.top-consultant.com/14th_December_training.asp">Training event for Recruiters</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">Monday 14th December 2009 (morning event)  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=421">Your career at a crossroads  which way next?</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">Monday 14th December 2009 (afternoon event)  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=299">Project and Programme Management - Senior Consultant opportunities at Moorhouse Consulting</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">We are the APM Project Management Company of the Year 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=427"> Move ahead in your career</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">Exceptional strategy and operational improvement consulting opportunities with consulting firms and internally with banks through <b>Mindbench</b>! </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=426">Niche Management Consultancy</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">Niche are looking for Healthcare consultants with Acute experience to build and grow a new service line. </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=394">Hudson & Yorke Recruitment Campaign</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">Join a growing and dynamic niche consulting practice.</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=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. 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