Executive Search Firms (ESFs)

question 41

Multiple Choice

Executive search firms (ESFs) :

• A)work almost exclusively with high-level, unemployed executives.
• B)require the person being placed to make the initial contact with the prospective employer directly.
• C)suffered least damage from the reduced employment levels because of the recent recession.
• D)serve as an important confidentiality buffer between the employer and the recruit.
• E)have remained unaffected by the increased use of low cost electronic search vehicles.

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Definitions:

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