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, 26th February 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=Accenture">Accenture are hiring</a></div> <div><br>We have multiple roles from Tax Transformation Consultants to Management Accountants. 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Come and meet us on the 3rd March 2009 in 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=395">Consulting in India - Strong demand for International Consulting talent!</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">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=391">Generating more warm leads</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">An inspiring five-month programme with a one day workshop<br><I>Friday, March 20th 2009 - 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=140">Revealed: How to Ace your Case Study Interview</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff"><i>Bi-monthly workshops --- limited places available</i><br> <FONT face=Verdana size="2" </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=407">Business Consulting Qualifications: Set Yourself Ahead</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">Investing in yourself when the business climate is tough is a shrewd business decision. 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