EXHIBIT 23.5 CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT BDO INTERNATIONAL GMBH Baumgartner + Partner Personalberatung GmbH Sindelfingen, Germany We hereby consent to the inclusion in the Prospectus constituting a part of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 of our report dated June 20, 2000, relating to the financial statements of Baumgartner & Partner Personalberatung GmbH, which is contained in that Prospectus. We also consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in the Prospectus constituting a part of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement. /s/ BDO International GmbH -------------------------------------- BDO International GmbH Frankfurt am Main, Germany September 15, 2000