1.   After twelve months of reorganising and repositioning, Tyzack began to emerge as a contender in the top echelons of executive search.

2.   Again, because of the confidentiality and the need to attract the best possible talent, executive search firms are often called in.

3.   Although the firm was based in Minneapolis, the executive search firm found Ed in New York.

4.   Handy had left McKinsey over the issue of the status of the executive search function within the organisation.

5.   I conduct executive searches for senior-level management, so I know a fair bit about how these companies are managed.

6.   No executive search firm has been named.

7.   One of the notable features is that executive search consultants are a good deal younger than previously.

8.   Some executive search consultants are now becoming non-executive directors in businesses where there is no potential conflict.

9.   Sometimes the headhunter receives a fee for that advice without even undertaking an executive search.

10.   Such views about the executive search industry are relatively uncommon, yet these views should not be entirely ignored.