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  Thursday, 29th May, 2008
Performance/Process/Operations Improvement Consulting roles – Director to Consultant Level

We have roles in the UK, France, Belgium, Germany, Middle East, Australia and USA for a number of leading management consultancies that specialise in Business Process Re-engineering. Some clients will arrange visas too.
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Business & Consultancy News
Slowdown in UK consulting growth reported
It’s official – the UK consulting industry is no longer booming at the growth rates seen in 2005 and 2006. Growth slowed to 10% in 2007 and is expected to dip further in 2008; but rather than facing a dot-com style crash, the industry will instead experience a period of subdued growth for the next 1-2 years. Full article >>>
Forthcoming events

Elevation Learning -
Summer School Conference at Latimer, Buckinghamshire
Our summer conference offers busy consultants an opportunity to keep up to date with the latest thinking across a broad range of subjects.
17 & 18 July 2008

PIPC career event
Join the world's leading global project delivery consultancy

Place Group
Open Evening - How would you like to join us and make a real impact on the Education Transformation Agenda?
June 2008 - Birmingham, Manchester and London

Project and programme management consultants
Find out about career opportunities at Moorhouse Consulting
Monthly careers evenings in Westminster, Central London

IBM
Recruitment Open Evening for SAP Professionals
12 June 2008

The Art of Selling Consulting Services
Our most popular seminar ever!
10 July 2008 - London (Hyde Park Corner)

Revealed: How to Ace your Case Study Interview
Monthly workshops -- limited places available

Institute of Business Consulting
Knowledge Management event: Creating Competitive Advantage through Learning, Knowledge & Innovation
University of Greenwich Business School, London
30 June 2008

Business Analyst - To £55,000 + benefits - Transport for London
Raise your profile. Go underground.

Ideally an MBA-qualified business consultant, you’ll have the ability to grasp a very broad range of strategic management issues - but your success will depend more on subtle communication: tact, diplomacy and professionalism as you win over managers and teams.
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Can HP turn risk into opportunity?
There's been a curiously muted reaction to HP's acquisition of EDS. The main fall-out so far has been from investors, who responded to the $13bn deal by knocking $12bn off HP's market cap. What's their problem? HP has now created a laptops-to-outsourcing IT and services behemoth to rival IBM. Ah. I see what they mean.
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No time for theory
Consultants are often hired because their personal qualities and approach make up for something lacking in the client, but that difference can make communication difficult and lead to friction. Malcolm Sleath suggests that by modifying their approach to match the values and priorities of the client, consultants can maintain their integrity and enhance the value of their contribution. Full article >>>
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Atos Origin and investment funds reach agreement
Atos Origin, Centaurus and Pardus have issued a joint statement, announcing that they have reached an agreement which they consider to be in the best interest of the company, ending months of disagreement about its management and future direction.
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Young project managers inspired by new event
Thirty of the UK's hottest up and coming project managers attended the Association of Project Management's (APM) recent 'Young Project Manager of the Year Roadshow' event.
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Thought Leadership
The hunt for top talent: 11 questions to ask prospective search firms
Many organizations fail to properly qualify Executive Search Firms; often with disastrous results. A less qualified executive could be hired; or, even worse, a critical position could go unfilled. Therefore, understanding how to evaluate a search firm’s capabilities up front is crucial.
(Walter U. Baker -
Signium International)
Survival of the fittest: Ensuring IT is providing you with an innovative edge
Analysts tell us that IT innovation is high on the CIO’s agenda. But in the next breath they tell us that IT is increasingly being asked to do more with less. What’s a CIO to do? Celona Technologies’ Paul Hollingsworth looks at how some CIOs are managing to do both.
(Paul Hollingsworth -
Celona Technologies)
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Management Consultants' Blog
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