AT some recruiting firms, special committees rule on which board memberships raise that red flag.

It is the largest online recruiting firm in the Middle East.

They hired a professional recruiting firm and set up a search committee to screen the nominees.

The client company then completes the search, unless it wants more help from the recruiting firm.

Mr. Kennedy also said that recruiting firms would continue to seek mergers.

The foundation has hired a recruiting firm to begin the search for a replacement.

"I think we are the first recruiting firm to do this," she said recently.

In fact, some recruiting firms are weighing the benefits of having their own shops run by internationalists.

"Appearance is always a consideration, particularly at higher levels," a manager of a national recruiting firm said.

The two companies are among the largest executive recruiting firms.