Monday, February 28, 2005
US cross-cultural training providers
Who are the consultancies in the U.S. that provide cross-cultural training and coaching, especially for India and China?
Consulting in France
Bryan from Top-Consultant. Just seen another anonymous request for a thread. This time we've been asked for comments on market trends in France:
"I'd be interested to see a thread on the consulting market evolutions in France : trends in market size by segment (strategy/organization/IT/HR, etc.), by type of clients (big corporations, middle market, public clients), trends in recruiting, etc."
Can anyone help?
"I'd be interested to see a thread on the consulting market evolutions in France : trends in market size by segment (strategy/organization/IT/HR, etc.), by type of clients (big corporations, middle market, public clients), trends in recruiting, etc."
Can anyone help?
Consulting in the Middle East
Hi again - Bryan from Top-Consultant. I was just browsing through the blog (it's been a long and busy day once again) when I saw this request for a thread:
"I would like to know some details regarding Consulting business in Middle East and Saudi Arabia. Who are are the key players and what type of talent they look ? Any suggestions for the companies / recruiters currently hiring from North America for the assignments in Middle East or Saudi Arabia."
In response to this anonymous posting, I'd suggest she/he has a look at Serco Middle East - who've recently been running a campaign on the site. Good luck!
"I would like to know some details regarding Consulting business in Middle East and Saudi Arabia. Who are are the key players and what type of talent they look ? Any suggestions for the companies / recruiters currently hiring from North America for the assignments in Middle East or Saudi Arabia."
In response to this anonymous posting, I'd suggest she/he has a look at Serco Middle East - who've recently been running a campaign on the site. Good luck!
BPM thread
Hi everyone - Bryan here from Top-Consultant. Stephen Hamilton has suggested we start a thread on BPM..:
"I would like to see a thread on the different points of view related to BPM. Many of the industry analysts only look at BPM from the IT perspective, while not mentioning the Business perspective. The client market is more and more confused from all of the Software hype. Many do not realize the steps they must undertake as an enterprise prior to deploying a BPM technology solution."
What are your thoughts?
"I would like to see a thread on the different points of view related to BPM. Many of the industry analysts only look at BPM from the IT perspective, while not mentioning the Business perspective. The client market is more and more confused from all of the Software hype. Many do not realize the steps they must undertake as an enterprise prior to deploying a BPM technology solution."
What are your thoughts?
Thursday, February 24, 2005
Capgemini expects strong growth rebound in 2005
Capgemini have just released their latest results and the picture looks encouraging. The second half of 2004 represented a considerable strengthening over the first half of 2004 - and revenue growth of 10% is being predicted for 2005. Retention rates have deteriorated a little, so this should point to quite a few career opportunities for Top-Consultant readers in the coming months. There's a video interview with CEO Paul Hermelin on Capgemini's site, discussing these results and the prospects for the next 12 months. Click here to view the webcast interview with CEO Paul Hermelin
Tony
Tony
Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Work / life balance the new key to keeping consultants happy?
Yesterday's careers event for consulting candidates was fascinating for all sorts of reasons. 13 major consulting brands were there and that gave us some great insights into the changing dynamics of recruiting & retaining consultants.
The biggest thing that struck me though was the focus on getting the work-life balance issue right. Just about every firm present stressed the initiatives they were working on to improve the consultancy lifestyle. And I really think the firms were being genuine...
... every one of them recognised that consulting is consulting and that the client is king. So consulting is always going to be tough and there was no attempt to hide this. But there was also an acknowledgement that graduates leaving University are now much more concerned about having a good quality of life than they were 10 years' ago. And that encouraging women back into consulting after a career break is a key strategy for addressing the current skills shortage.
Encouraging working from home, installing broadband, stressing to clients that consultants might only be on site 3 days a week... these were just some of the many initiatives the firms are putting into place to make the consulting lifestyle more palatable.
I think most agreed they hadn't done everything they could do and that they're constantly on the look-out for new initiatives to improve things further.
Any readers got any examples of great policies that are in place at your firm? Things that really make a difference and make the harder sides of the career more bearable? Please do post your contribution using the link below... Tony
The biggest thing that struck me though was the focus on getting the work-life balance issue right. Just about every firm present stressed the initiatives they were working on to improve the consultancy lifestyle. And I really think the firms were being genuine...
... every one of them recognised that consulting is consulting and that the client is king. So consulting is always going to be tough and there was no attempt to hide this. But there was also an acknowledgement that graduates leaving University are now much more concerned about having a good quality of life than they were 10 years' ago. And that encouraging women back into consulting after a career break is a key strategy for addressing the current skills shortage.
Encouraging working from home, installing broadband, stressing to clients that consultants might only be on site 3 days a week... these were just some of the many initiatives the firms are putting into place to make the consulting lifestyle more palatable.
I think most agreed they hadn't done everything they could do and that they're constantly on the look-out for new initiatives to improve things further.
Any readers got any examples of great policies that are in place at your firm? Things that really make a difference and make the harder sides of the career more bearable? Please do post your contribution using the link below... Tony
Thursday, February 17, 2005
Consulting Times launches tomorrow!
Post updated 18th Feb. The first edition is now available at:
http://www.consulting-times.com/currentedition/1.aspx
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Be sure to check your inbox on Friday 18th Feb. This is the launch date for our new monthly consulting magazine Consulting Times, which will be distributed free to all Top-Consultant subscribers.
This launch edition features a couple of exclusives including "the 20 fastest growing consulting firms" plus the fascinating results of our bonus & salary survey (over 1,500 consultants polled from firms like McKinsey, BCG & Bain; Accenture, Capgemini & Deloitte).
With the demise of paper-based consulting magazines during the last recession, we've had a lot of feedback from readers that the industry would benefit from a new monthly publication. Our aim is to quickly grow the readership of this publication to over 200,000 professionals. Future editions will be available in PDF and potentially also distributed in paper copy via the post.
Hope you like the new publication! Tony
http://www.consulting-times.com/currentedition/1.aspx
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Be sure to check your inbox on Friday 18th Feb. This is the launch date for our new monthly consulting magazine Consulting Times, which will be distributed free to all Top-Consultant subscribers.
This launch edition features a couple of exclusives including "the 20 fastest growing consulting firms" plus the fascinating results of our bonus & salary survey (over 1,500 consultants polled from firms like McKinsey, BCG & Bain; Accenture, Capgemini & Deloitte).
With the demise of paper-based consulting magazines during the last recession, we've had a lot of feedback from readers that the industry would benefit from a new monthly publication. Our aim is to quickly grow the readership of this publication to over 200,000 professionals. Future editions will be available in PDF and potentially also distributed in paper copy via the post.
Hope you like the new publication! Tony
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