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, 23rd April 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.equiteq.co.uk/equiteq/DisplayArticle.asp?ID=18914">Does recession equal disaster for your consulting firm?</a></div> <div><br> Are you trying to determine the steps your consultancy could take to arm itself for surviving the downturn? If so, get your copy of the newly-released <i><b>100 Tips for Consulting firms to survive and grow in a recession</i></b>. <br><br> </div> <div><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.equiteq.co.uk/equiteq/DisplayArticle.asp?ID=18914">>>> Get your free copy 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.aspx?ID=5731">Top-Consultant.com: Recruitment in management consulting will concentrate in second half of the year</a></div> <div>With half of management consultancy recruiters not having scaled back their hiring targets for 2009 and more than one third of recruitment campaigns being held back, survey findings from management consultancy s premier jobsite Top-Consultant.com suggest that recruitment in the industry will concentrate in the second half of the year.</div> <div style="font-size:8pt"><a href="http://news.top-consultant.com/UK/news_story.aspx?ID=5731" >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=410">Pursue your Public Sector consulting career with Sector</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">We want to talk with consulting business-winners and those with the appetite to start building up their own client base.</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=413">Revitalising Your Consulting Career</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff"><I>Securing a Career Move in Consulting in 2009</i><br> Central London (Oxford Street)  Monday 29th June 2009 <br>(evening event) followed by a series of conference calls</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=414">The Art of Selling Consulting Services</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">London (Westminster) - Friday 10th July 2009</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 experienced Oil, Pharmaceutical or Government 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=397">Exciting opportunities Down Under</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">Do you have experience working within customer facing organisations, particularly retail or FMCG, ideally in the UK or mainland Europe?</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=395">Consulting in India</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">Strong demand for International Consulting talent! - Find out WHO might want to hire you in India... and WHAT THEY CAN OFFER to make this an extremely attractive career option</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">Senior Consultant opportunities at Moorhouse Consulting<br><i>Monthly careers evenings in Westminster, Central 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=401">Strategic Analytics Recruitment Campaign</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">Senior Strategy Consultant Opportunities Come and meet us in 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=396"><FONT color=#FF0000>*Last chance to register*</font> - 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Managers are clear that ongoing skills development will be key for Britain s economic recovery, but are no longer able to support it without more government help.</div> <div style="font-size:8pt"><a href="http://news.top-consultant.com/UK/news_story.aspx?ID=5720" >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.success121.com/client-workshops.asp">MORE FEES IN LESS TIME <br>May 7th in London and July 3rd in Brussels</a></div> <div><br> Most consultants and professionals know they could be earning more for their services as they know that their services contribute real value. 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