Top-Consultant.com's   Management Consultants' Weekly Newsletter 
Thursday, 4th February 2010

We are looking for consultants who are confident, insightful people who can see what others don’t and who can exert their influence to help drive growth, increase profitability and set new market-leadership standards for our clients around the globe.

Business & Consultancy News
Technology firms were clear winners in 2009, regaining over $1.1 trillion in market value, or about 72% of the value they lost in 2008. This is a higher gain compared to the media sector, which recovered 63%, and a significant gain compared to communications firms, which recovered only 15% of the value they lost.
Forthcoming events
Mayfair (London), Friday 12th March 2010 (9am to 12.30pm)

We are the Institute of Business Consulting Practice of the Year 2009 and finalists for the National Business Awards Employer of the Year. Find out why at one of our monthly Careers Evenings.

Do you have experience of identifying, developing and launching new business ventures for large blue-chip companies?

Cognizant provides high-value strategic IT management solutions. We're hiring across our UK, Netherlands and Germany practices, register your details and come and meet us....

Can you adapt to the harsh new consulting environment?
23rd March, Central London venue

Bi-monthly workshops --- limited places available

December 2009 event -- Slide & audio recordings now available

Senior consultants and practice managers, Elevation Learning is offering a new programme to develop the skills and knowledge to undertake managerial tasks and deliver superior consulting performance from your team.


Ideas change the world: Introduce your expertise in a growing company and give exciting future fields new impulses.

 
Tony Restell, Co-Founder of Top-Consultant.com, this week briefed aspiring consulting candidates about the state of the market and the likely hiring trends in 2010. The full webinar recording is available to watch online.

Top-Consultant.com’s management consultancy columnist, Mick James, this week writes about his first visit to an event aimed at provoking new thinking about our broken financial systems.



Are you a Financial Services expert? Passionate about Project Management? Then find out what makes Severn different...

 
Clients often feel that consultants push solutions at them instead of collaborating with them. Malcolm Sleath from coaching consultancy 12boxes says establish the value before attempting to educate the client.

The value of outsourcing contracts awarded in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) surged during the fourth quarter of 2009, contributing significantly to the turn of the global market, according to TPI, a sourcing data and advisory firm.


If you spend hours creating timelines and project plans for clients, then take a look at Swiftlight project management software - designed by consultants and great for consulting. It helps get you organized, saves you time and helps you get things done


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Thought Leadership
Engaging young talented professionals
This case study explains how organisations can engage their young talent more effectively. It sets out that the key is to ensure organisations understand what attracts talent to their organisation in the first place, and to then assess how well they are meeting this group’s expectations. (Gordon Barker - TalentDrain)


Personal branding – It matters in today’s employment market
Many jobseekers are still sticking to the traditional methods, reading ads in newspapers and joining recruitment agencies hoping to bypass the new advances in technology including social media, which have changed the face of recruitment. (Dawn Winder - HDA)


Search our database of 1300+ thought leadership articles. Generate client leads by publishing articles in this newsletter. Submit articles to: sophia@top-consultant.com.
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