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, 30th 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.top-consultant.com/UK/career/appointmentstwo.asp?ID=34080">Compass Management Consulting - Lead Consultant, Infrastructure Management</a></div> <div><br> We're looking for a lead consultant to join our Infrastructure Management and Operations team. 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In a nutshell I d say they ve been pretty atrocious of late  but I d add that there are now an increasing number of reasons for optimism on the hiring front, which should hopefully spell good news for consulting candidates as we move into the second half of 2009. </div> <div style="font-size:8pt"><a href="http://news.top-consultant.com/UK/news_story.aspx?ID=5748" >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=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=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=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=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=140">Revealed: How to Ace your Case Study Interview</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">Bi-monthly workshops -- <I><b>limited places available</i></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=405">IBC training courses in 2009</a></div> <div style="color:#0098ff">The IBC are running short training courses in 2009 designed specifically for the business consulting community. </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://www.top-consultant.com/central_london_offer.asp"> Fantastic offer for first 100 readers</a></div> <div><br> Need a meeting place in Central London or just a place to work for the day? 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In this instalment of my series on finding a job during the downturn, I d like to give some pointers on how to write a compelling CV that grabs the attention of the recruiter  and propels you to the top of the  Must Interview pile!</div> <div style="font-size:8pt"><a href="http://news.top-consultant.com/UK/news_story.aspx?ID=5732" >Full article>>></a></div> <br /> <div style="font-weight:bold"><a href="http://news.top-consultant.com/UK/news_story.aspx?ID=5747">Where are the Management Consultants?</a></div> <div>Kam Eftekhar is a Top-Consultant reader frustrated with the management consulting profession. Having been a consultant for over 20 years with the likes of A.T.Kearney, Accenture, BearingPoint and IBM, what's troubling Kam is our profession's lack of dynamism in getting itself onto the TV and putting forward solutions for reforming industries on the verge of bankruptcy. 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