headhunting
Executive recruitment practice
Headhunting is the practice of recruiting executives or highly skilled professionals for organizations, typically by specialized agencies that actively pursue candidates rather than waiting for applicants: The firm was headhunted for a VP position at a rival company.
The term evokes the older, literal meaning—taking enemies' heads as trophies—suggesting aggressive pursuit of valuable talent.
Unlawful wildlife capture
- C-suiteTop executive positions
- placementPutting somewhere specific
- sourcingObtaining from suppliers
- prospectingSearching for mineral wealth
candidate · shortlist · approach · offer · negotiation · onboarding · recruiter · scouting
One who finds candidates
- candidatePerson seeking selection
- sourcingObtaining from suppliers
- screeningEvaluative selection process
- shortlistCulled selection for review
interview · placement · resume · applicant · vacancy · selection · onboarding · employer
Unlawful wildlife capture
- raidingSudden attack for plunder
- predatoryExploiting the vulnerable
- cutthroatViciously competitive or murderous
- competitiveDriven by rivalry
relentless · targeting · pursuit · luring · stealing · enticement · inducement · counter-offer
poaching
Unlawful wildlife capture
prospecting · candidate · shortlist · approach · offer · negotiation · onboarding · recruiter · scouting · networking
recruiter
One who finds candidates
- candidatePerson seeking selection
- sourcingObtaining from suppliers
- screeningEvaluative selection process
shortlist · interview · placement · resume · applicant · vacancy · selection · onboarding · employer · pipeline
poaching
Unlawful wildlife capture
- raidingSudden attack for plunder
- predatoryExploiting the vulnerable
- cutthroatViciously competitive or murderous
competitive · relentless · targeting · pursuit · luring · stealing · enticement · inducement · counter-offer · non-compete
skull
Head's bone casing
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
- warfareArmed conflict between groups
warriors · tribes · indigenous · Amazon · spear · raiding · cannibalism · primitive · jungle · ethnography
- employmentjob, jobs, career, careers, interview
- servicescleaning services, streaming, delivery services, salon, bellhop
- workforceworkers, employee, employees, labor force, employer
- hiringhiring, job, interview, resume, application
- recruitingrecruiter, recruiting, recruit, recruiters, recruitment agency
- selectionchoosing, picking, selection committee, shortlist, shortlisting
headhuntingjob hunting
Seeking paid employment
applying · pounding the pavement · networking · job searching
- headhunting firmExecutive recruitment agency
head, hunt, hunter, hunting, heading, headlong, headhunter, headhunters, headhunt