Consultancy Careers Fair – only two weeks left
13-Aug-2007
In the last 7 days alone, over 300 candidates have registered to attend this October’s Consultancy Careers Fair, a management consultancy and IT consultancy careers fair that is now running for the 3rd consecutive year.
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Accenture donates $1.5 million to help entrepreneurship in Africa
08-Aug-2007
Accenture continues its ongoing consulting support of the Canada-based charity's mission.
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IT consultants flock to new TopITconsultant.com site
07-Aug-2007
The Top-Consultant team this week celebrated the successful launch of www.TopITconsultant.com, which in July alone attracted almost 11,000 IT Consulting candidates looking for positions in the UK market.
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GSA awards $50B Alliant GWAC contract for IT services
05-Aug-2007
Largest ever GWAC will provide federal agencies access to integrated IT solutions.
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IMG names senior VP for consulting division
31-Jul-2007
Chris Goodman will help lead IMG Consulting's worldwide business development activities.
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Hitachi Consulting managing VP named to top 25 consultants list
26-Jul-2007
The ranking of Tamra Chandler, managing vice president for Global Solutions and People for Hitachi Consulting, marks the third year in a row Hitachi Consulting has made the list.
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Accenture expands capabilities in strategic management consulting with new acquisition
23-Jul-2007
Accenture has agreed to acquire George Group, a privately held consulting firm specializing in helping companies and governments enhance their performance through strategic process improvements, accelerated innovation and streamlined operations.
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CSC names chief information officer
23-Jul-2007
Interim CIO for the past 10 months officially appointed to the post.
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Consulting recruitment spree becoming more targeted
17-Jul-2007
The last years have seen a dramatic growth in hiring targets at many of the world’s best-known consulting brands.
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Atos Consulting appoints new Partner in healthcare practice
12-Jul-2007
Atos Consulting, the business consulting arm of Atos Origin, has added a new partner, Sunil Patel, to its healthcare team.
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Accenture reports record Q3 revenues
04-Jul-2007
Accenture reported strong financial results for the third quarter of fiscal 2007, ended May 31, with record net revenues of $5.08 billion, a year-over-year increase of 15 percent in US dollars and 9 percent in local currency.
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Accenture to invest $250 million to expand technology consulting capabilities
27-Jun-2007
Accenture said it will invest more than $250 million over the next three years to expand its technology consulting capabilities.
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Consultancies' career website among top 30 in the US
25-Jun-2007
Deutsche Bank awarded Top US Corporate Career Website in the US.
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Consulting employers race to secure the best stands at the 2007 Consultancy Careers Fair
25-Jun-2007
A staggering 47 organisations have already signed up to meet consulting candidates at the 2007 Consultancy Careers Fair, taking place on 12th October at The Barbican in London.
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Dan O'Regan appointed Lead Procurement Partner at Ernst & Young
21-Jun-2007
Dan O'Regan has joined Ernst & Young UK as the Lead Procurement Partner in the Business Advisory Services practice.
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New MCA awards for consulting stars
21-Jun-2007
The Management Consultancies Association has launched the Consultant of the Year Awards in association with The Sunday Times.
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Accenture named to DiversityInc's “Top 50 Companies” list
05-Jun-2007
Accenture has been named to DiversityInc's “Top 50 Companies” list in recognition of the company's significant dedication to diversity.
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New consulting supplement to appear in The Times
05-Jun-2007
As the market for consulting candidates becomes ever more fiercely contested, consultancies have been investing in print media as a means of supplementing the recruitment results being achieved from online jobs boards and traditional recruitment agencies.
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BearingPoint and PA Consulting take the lead in thought leadership
24-May-2007
The global thought leadership ranking for consulting firms, White Space, has undergone a dramatic reallocation of the top positions during the first quarter of 2007.
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MCA report shows structure of UK consulting market
24-May-2007
Our management consultancy columnist, Mick James, this week looks at the new MCA report, which for the first time, segments member revenues by firm type.
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Accenture launched new training program for its IT workforce
23-May-2007
Employees will earn application developer and application designer certifications from Accenture and MIT MIT's Professional Education Programs office.
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Accenture wins contract from Korea's fourth-largest bank
10-May-2007
Hana Bank chooses Accenture to manage initial phase of next-generation banking system transformation.
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Two winners in UK ICT supply battle
08-May-2007
New research from Kable shows that Capgemini rose from seventh to fourth place, while HP shot up from thirteenth to fifth place in the rankings of top suppliers to the UK public ICT market.
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Atos Consulting wins top prize at MCA Awards for Balkans Justice Programme with DFID
03-May-2007
The awards aim to identify the best case studies in each of the 10 categories, where organisations, in the private or public sector, have achieved a significant improvement in performance with the assistance of management consultants, either in-house or external.
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Perot Systems cited as North American applications outsourcing leader
25-Apr-2007
Perot Systems Corporation was recently cited in a report by Forrester Research as a Leader in the North American applications outsourcing market, with strong offerings and strategies.
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Accenture wins Vodafone contract
19-Apr-2007
Vodafone has appointed Accenture to assist in the implementation of a global ERP system.
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Small teams doing big things
18-Apr-2007
Our management consultancy columnist, Mick James, this week talks to Molten Joint MD Irene Molodtsov about the firm's "careful, careful" growth strategy.
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Atos Consulting appoints new partner to join public sector team
12-Apr-2007
Atos Consulting announced the appointment of a new partner, Parry Jenkins, to join the Public Sector team in London.
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Sun Life picks Accenture as preferred vendor
11-Apr-2007
Accenture has signed a master services agreement with Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, a member of the Sun Life Financial group of companies, becoming a preferred vendor for application development and maintenance services to Sun Life Financial.
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Consultants driving change in the public sector
04-Apr-2007
Implementing the government's change agenda has created enormous amounts of work for the consultancy industry, which has been called upon to implement change projects on an unprecedented scale.
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KPMG is back in the game
04-Apr-2007
Our management consultancy columnist, Mick James, this week talks to Alan Downey, chief operating officer for KPMG Risk Advisory Services, about the firm's return to consultancy.
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Accenture raises full year forecast on improved demand for consulting
29-Mar-2007
Quarterly profit rose for the company as revenue increased on higher demand for its consulting and outsourcing services.
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Accenture sets the pace in fast-growing consulting sector
28-Mar-2007
Accenture has always set the pace in the consultancy marketplace since it began life as Andersen Consulting.
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IT firms jostle with strategy firms for intellectual high ground
27-Mar-2007
Who would have thought ten years ago, that the likes of Accenture and IBM would be ranked alongside McKinsey in terms of the quantity and quality of their "thought leadership" – the intellectual high ground of consulting.
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MCA elects new president
27-Mar-2007
Vice President of global IT services company elected President of the Management Consultancies Association.
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Canada's leading position as a business destination being eroded
23-Mar-2007
Other countries are making business-friendly reforms and some have caught up with Canada during the last few years, according to an Economist Intelligence Unit study sponsored by Accenture.
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Accenture accelerates digital media capabilities with acquisition
13-Mar-2007
Accenture acquires Paris-based Digiplug to serve the media, entertainment and communications industries.
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Big Four make a comeback in thought leadership
13-Mar-2007
Big Four firms have rebuilt their consulting practices and this group is once again a force to be reckoned with, as evidenced in their thought leadership performance, according to a new report, which evaluates thought leadership published by the top global consulting firms.
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Women execs say gender is still biggest hurdle to career advancement
09-Mar-2007
Women say their gender still plays a key role in limiting their achievement in the workplace, according to a research report released by Accenture.
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Consultancy Careers Fair – details of 2007 event released
08-Mar-2007
In 2005 there were 41 exhibitors.
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Consulting Special in the Evening Standard reaches 855,000 potential hires
05-Mar-2007
February 27th saw the publication of a new quarterly “Consulting Special” section in the Evening Standard, the result of a partnership between Top-Consultant.com and the London newspaper.
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Accenture gives $1.5 million to Aidmatrix to support expansion of global relief network
28-Feb-2007
Grant to help Aidmatrix deliver urgent aid to people in need more quickly, efficiently.
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Xchanging sponsors Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race
28-Feb-2007
Xchanging, a provider of business processes outsourcing services, once again will be the official sponsor of the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race in April, the epic clash of two of the best-known and most prestigious universities in the world.
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HR firms show lacklustre performance in thought leadership
21-Feb-2007
Corporate culture and values, the role and future of human resources and leadership development are all issues which concern clients but a new report has found that there is comparatively little material written about them.
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HR firms show lacklustre performance in thought leadership
20-Feb-2007
Corporate culture and values, the role and future of human resources and leadership development are all issues which concern clients but a new report has found that there is comparatively little material written about them.
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Do strategy firms still lead the thinking?
14-Feb-2007
The intellectual high ground of management consulting or ‘thought leadership’ has traditionally been held by the strategy firms.
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buyingTeam shortlisted for global outsourcing award
13-Feb-2007
buyingTeam is the only procurement specialist to have reached this stage.
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Hitachi Consulting promotes names new VP for Microsoft service line
31-Jan-2007
Hitachi Consulting, the business and IT consulting company of Hitachi, Ltd, continues to expand its leadership capabilities nationally with the promotion of Microsoft solutions expert Drew Naukam to vice president, Microsoft Strategic Service Line.
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Accenture opens new delivery centre in Brno
26-Jan-2007
Brno is Accenture’s sixth centre operating in Central and Eastern Europe.
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Accenture and AIG Europe sign 10-year BPO deal
24-Jan-2007
The agreement, which aims to maximize operational efficiencies and enhance services, will be implemented in several European countries starting initially with France.
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What will be the competitive edge in 2007?
18-Jan-2007
Our management consultancy columnist, Mick James, this week makes his predictions for the management consulting industry in 2007 and says that we have an exciting year ahead of us.
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Accenture scholarships to help junior college, community college students
16-Jan-2007
Scholarships will help up to 20 students seeking bachelor’s degrees in high technology and business.
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CSC completes transfer of authority for UK NHS work
16-Jan-2007
Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) said that final agreements were signed on January 8 to transfer the UK National Health Service (NHS) Connecting for Health program work in the North East and East of England, previously awarded to Accenture, to CSC.
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BearingPoint appoints Ed Harbach as president and COO
14-Jan-2007
Harbach has more than 28 years of experience in the management and technology consulting industry and retired as a managing partner and member of the leadership team at Accenture.
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PAC: Top players on the European IT services market in 2006
14-Jan-2007
The IT services market has been recovering – but the leading providers have been recording mixed results, according to analysis from Pierre Audoin Consultants (PAC), the market research firm.
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Mercer HR Consulting names new Asia leader
09-Jan-2007
Rajan Srikanth, 44, has joined Mercer Human Resource Consulting to head the Asia region and to lead Mercer's Human Capital Advisory Services (HCAS) in Asia.
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Pacesetter Management Consulting promotes Partner, adds Principal
09-Jan-2007
Judy Rienzo promoted to Partner and Mark Philhower joins Pacesetter Management Consulting as Principal.
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Accenture: Managers say majority of information obtained for work is useless
08-Jan-2007
UK and US middle managers say information on competitors is easier to find than that on other parts of their own organizations.
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Accenture reports record quarterly revenues
22-Dec-2006
Accenture reported strong financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2007, ended November 30, with net revenues of $4.75 billion, an increase of 14 percent in US dollars over the same period last year and above the high end of the company’s previously stated expectations.
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Accenture in top position in worldwide HR outsourcing market
19-Dec-2006
Accenture is positioned as the worldwide leader in human resources business process outsourcing (HR BPO) services, according to the IDC Leadership Grid: Worldwide HRO Market report.
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ING finalizes contracts with team of IT service providers for outsourcing of workplace services
14-Dec-2006
Accenture, Atos Origin, Getronics and KPN sign ING final outsourcing contracts totalling €750 million.
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Accenture donates $600,000 to aid Hurricane Katrina victims
13-Dec-2006
The donation in consulting services and cash will aid the Louisiana Association of Nonprofit Organizations, a resource cooperative.
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Accenture to develop SAP retail system for Rautakesko
06-Dec-2006
The solution will boost the growth of retail stores and standardise their operations in the increasingly international Rautakesko.
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Management consulting and the media
06-Dec-2006
Our management consultancy columnist, Mick James, this week breaks a New Year’s resolution to outline the template media reports use in slagging off the management consulting industry.
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Accenture is now as much in the market for industry experience as anyone else
22-Nov-2006
Our management consultancy columnist, Mick James, this week talks to Angus Wildblood, a partner in Accenture’s Financial Services group, about the group’s differentiators and how they are shaping its recruitment strategy.
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Accenture takes lead in system integration
21-Nov-2006
As the systems integration market in 2005 had its strongest year since dot-com boom, Accenture has become the new market leader.
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
20-Nov-2006
Have you ever had a lousy experience of working with a management consultancy recruiter? Or recently been impressed by the calibre of headhunter who’s assisted you? Or perhaps you’ve just been active in the jobs market in the last 12 months and would like to see how your experiences compare with those of other consulting candidates?
That’s why we undertake a comprehensive survey of management consultancy candidates every year, aimed specifically at uncovering i) changing trends in the consulting recruitment space and ii) the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of the suppliers serving candidates looking for a UK consulting job.
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Systems integration market has strongest year since dot-com boom
15-Nov-2006
Competitive landscape continues to evolve among top ten players, IDC research reveals.
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Accenture to run London 2012 back office systems
06-Nov-2006
The London Organising Committee for the 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games has selected Accenture to run its 'back office' systems.
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Capgemini acquires Kanbay; says Q3 organic growth up 13.5%
01-Nov-2006
Capgemini is buying IT services company Kanbay International, boosting its Indian presence.
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Billetts Marketing Sciences – a niche consultancy with a success-story to tell
25-Oct-2006
Our management consulting columnist, Mick James, this week talks with David Bridges – CEO of the specialist consultancy Billetts Marketing Sciences.
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Travel and transportation consulting veteran joins Diamond as partner
24-Oct-2006
Diamond Management & Technology Consultants said Julian Sparkes has joined the firm as a partner.
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Accenture named "Consulting Market Leader" by CRM magazine
22-Oct-2006
Accenture has been awarded CRM magazine’s top 2006 "Consulting Market Leader" award, marking the fourth consecutive year that the magazine has recognized Accenture’s Customer Relationship Management (CRM) practice.
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Accenture selected for Toronto fare card project
16-Oct-2006
Accenture has been awarded a 10 year contract, worth $250 million CDN, to design, develop and implement a seamless fare card system for public transit in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA).
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Accenture reports 51% increase in fourth-quarter profit
04-Oct-2006
Accenture reported a 51 percent increase in fiscal fourth-quarter profit, while many analysts expressed relief that the company withdrew from the money-losing NHS contract without suffering any penalties.
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