51.   Hernandez said the company had hired a national search firm and the board had considered several external candidates before deciding that Blake Nordstrom was the best choice.

52.   He thinks search firms may not be suited to the demands of Wall Street.

53.   I was struck by advice in a recent career tip sheet from Battalia Winston International, an executive search firm.

54.   In a labor market squeezed tightly by the demands of a robust economy and the Internet, stocks of executive search firms have been spectacular performers of late.

55.   In June, the company said it hired an executive search firm to look for a new chief executive.

56.   Indeed, search firms have had trouble navigating public waters when times were not so good.

57.   It contains information on scholarships and grants, as well as warnings about fraudulent search firms.

58.   It has hired Herbert Mines Associates Inc., an executive search firm that specializes in the retail industry, to find a replacement for Lavin.

59.   It was the head of the search firm asking me to put my decision on hold because the board was talking to someone else.