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, 23th September 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?firm=Wreay">Wreay Group is a specialist search consultancy with a Management Consultant & Senior Hire Division.</a></div> <div>We are currently looking for a Head of Consultants (up to £80,000) in Surrey and Consultants for both public and private sector requirements (City). We also require an Account Director  Public Sector Consultancy Sales experience. <br><br> </div> <div><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.top-consultant.com/uk/career/appointments.asp?firm=Wreay"> Click here for more details & </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=6116">Management consultants pay rises more elusive than bonuses</a></div> <div>Unsurprisingly the global recession has affected remuneration for management consultants, however, the latest salary benchmarking report from Top-Consultant.com suggests that while bonuses in 2009 continued to be paid on a par with previous years, pay rises have evaporated for almost half of consultants. </div> <div style="font-size:8pt"><a href="http://news.top-consultant.com/UK/news_story.aspx?ID=6116" >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=419"> Roles and Habits of Effective Leaders - Stephen Covey</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">Your chance to meet the internationally respected leadership authority and author of the #1 Most Influential Business Book of the Twentieth Century.<br> <i>14th October 2009, Manchester</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=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. We are recruiting a number of Senior Consultants, Programme Directors and Business Development 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=394">Hudson & Yorke Recruitment Campaign</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">Hudson & Yorke is seeking talented professionals to join its specialist team pioneering best practice in Strategy, Sourcing and Governance of telecoms and networks. </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=408">AT Kearney Managing Consultants: Strategy and Operations</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">Exceptional openings for specialists with strategy/operations consulting experience in the <b>Oil/Energy</b> sector. </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"><b>Senior Consultant opportunities at Moorhouse Consulting</b><br>We won the Project Management Company of the Year award at the APM. Come and find out why at 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=424">Business Consulting Qualifications: Set Yourself Ahead</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">Investing in you when the business climate is tough is a shrewd business decision. Seize the opportunity. </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=420">A MasterClass<font color=#FF0000> ** Last chance to book ** </font><br>Nurturing Connected Leadership: Creating Agile and High Performing Organisations - 29th September 2009</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">Gobillot offers an alternative view looking at organisations to make them robust and flexible to manage change.</div> <div style="font-style:italic"></div> <br /> <div style="padding-bottom:5px"><a style="font-weight:bold" href="http://www.ibconsulting.org.uk/bulkemails/Flyer_Midlands_Roadshow.pdf">IBC Event - 'Innovation in Consulting: Bringing ideas to life' - <br>6 October 2009, Hilton Warwick</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">Your chance to gain practical strategies and best practice examples of innovation, plus insight into the latest research and regional developments relating to this important topic. </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://events.top-consultant.com/UK/careerconference.aspx?ID=421">Your career at a crossroads  which way next?<br><i>Friday 23rd October 2009 (afternoon event)  Central London</i></a></div> <div><br> What should an ambitious consultant like yourself do with their career in the coming year? Sit things out? Move on? Change career direction altogether? Drawing on the insights and expertise of leading recruiters, this event will answer pressing questions like these.<br><br> </div> <div><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://events.top-consultant.com/UK/careerconference.aspx?ID=421">Click here for more details...</a></div> </div> &nbsp; <!--- next 3 news --> <div style="font-weight:bold"><a href="http://news.top-consultant.com/UK/news_story.aspx?ID=6108">Recovery   what recovery? say Consulting recruiters</a></div> <div>There s been a flurry of new hiring  activity in the consulting sector since June of this year, with recruitment agencies notably busier and in many cases working flat out on new assignments. This may have caused many consultants to think that the good times are just around the corner, at least in terms of career progression. Unfortunately the reality remains rather more subdued.</div> <div style="font-size:8pt"><a href="http://news.top-consultant.com/UK/news_story.aspx?ID=6108" >Full article>>></a></div> <br /> <div style="font-weight:bold"><a href="http://news.top-consultant.com/UK/news_story.aspx?ID=6117">The myths of UK management</a></div> <div>Our management consultancy columnist, Mick James, this week outlines the management fads he sees in UK business. </div> <div style="font-size:8pt"><a href="http://news.top-consultant.com/UK/news_story.aspx?ID=6117" >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://events.top-consultant.com/UK/careerconference.aspx?ID=423">The Art of Selling Consulting Services<br>Mayfair - Friday 20th November</a></div> <div><br> Looking to accelerate you career from delivery consultant to business winner? 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