headhunter
Talent scout, corporate
A headhunter is a recruiter who seeks out candidates for high-level or specialized positions, often approaching people who aren't actively job-hunting: A headhunter contacted me about a VP role.
The term comes from the original meaning—a member of a society that takes and preserves enemies' heads as trophies, a practice documented in various cultures historically.
Recruiting senior corporate leaders
- talent acquisitionSourcing and hiring employees
- placementPutting somewhere specific
- candidatePerson seeking selection
- hireTake on for work
poach · LinkedIn · networking · shortlist · interview · offer · contingency · sourcing
Award for winning
- skullHead's bone casing
- warriorOne skilled in combat
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- tribeSocial group sharing ancestry
indigenous · Borneo · Amazon · ceremonial · anthropology · colonial · expedition · artifact
Senior organizational leader
- CEOTop corporate officer
- C-suiteTop executive positions
- directorOne who leads
- managementOrganizing and directing resources
boardroom · leadership · partner · vice president · consultant · firm · succession · compensation
executive search
Recruiting senior corporate leaders
- talent acquisitionSourcing and hiring employees
- placementPutting somewhere specific
- candidatePerson seeking selection
hire · poach · LinkedIn · networking · shortlist · interview · offer · contingency · sourcing · pipeline
trophy
Award for winning
tribe · indigenous · Borneo · Amazon · ceremonial · anthropology · colonial · expedition · artifact
executive
Senior organizational leader
management · boardroom · leadership · partner · vice president · consultant · firm · succession · compensation · industry
fugitive
One fleeing authorities
pursuit · target · contract · assassination · hitman · mercenary
- employmentjob, jobs, career, careers, interview
- agenciesOgilvy, FDA, travel agency, employment agency, news agency
- workjob, 9 to 5, jobs, labor, employee
- careersdoctor, lawyer, teacher, engineer, nurse
- job searchjob hunting, job boards, job search, job fairs, job fair
- trabalholabor, cargo, bonus, CEO, trainee
headhunterHR department
Staff management division
job board · human resources · employment agency · temp agency · employment office
headhunterjob seeker
Person pursuing employment
applicant · recruit · candidate · talent · unemployed worker
headhunterhealer
One who restores health
peacemaker · pacifist · life-giver · shaman · protector
- headhunting firmExecutive recruitment agency