[
US
/ˈhɛdˌhəntɝ/
]
[ UK /hˈɛdhʌntɐ/ ]
[ UK /hˈɛdhʌntɐ/ ]
NOUN
- a savage who cuts off and preserves the heads of enemies as trophies
- a recruiter of personnel (especially for corporations)
How To Use headhunter In A Sentence
- Most local headhunters operate on contingency, which means they do not charge or have commitment with the client until they offer the the right executive.
- In fact, he had already been approached by headhunters. Times, Sunday Times
- They carried a pocketful of quarters with them to call headhunters and other companies on the nearest pay phone. Undefined
- To save money, headhunters were not used. Times, Sunday Times
- Unfortunately, the headhunter forgot to inform the candidate, so the meeting between the candidate and the client collapsed in misunderstanding.
- In fact, he had already been approached by headhunters. Times, Sunday Times
- There was no need to appoint headhunters to find the next chief. Times, Sunday Times
- He meets with ex-colleagues, calls headhunters and taps his personal network, but, with banks wiping out layers of management, he says, "whenever I get a lead, I find that there is a sea of people like me applying for the same one. Income Gap Shrinks in Slump at the Expense of the Wealthy
- Despite the current depressed state of the advertising industry, Ashton receives a regular stream of calls from headhunters.
- It is ironic that “headhunter” now refers to high-level employment recruiters. Thinking in the Future Tense