My first impression upon encountering Executive Search Firm was to think:

"Why would I ever use this instead of Executive Boot Camp which is far more flexible? After all I can't use it to search for Bioroids, Clones or Regions and EBC can already tutor any asset!"

Now considering EBC can save your bacon from DDoS and Blackmail it seems almost silly to include the far less flexible ESF.

ESF does have one advantage however, it can be used repeatedly at the cost of revealing the card to the runner. How do you make that work then?

That's where every runner's least favourite card comes into the picture. Yes, the bloody museum of bloody history.

What do you want to recur with it then? Batty & Keegan

• Batty + nasty ICE can be fired over and over again every turn
• Keegan Lane + Data Raven can lock any runner (except Jesminder) out of a server, with the only answers being bypass tricks, tag prevention or Hunting Grounds
• Ryon Knight isn't recommended because it would take either a desperate runner or a very determined corp to land the brain damage more than once

You can also pull utility cards like Jackson Howard, Elizabeth Mills, Mark Yale or Zealous Judge as well but that's really just a secondary side usage for this card in my opinion.