headhunter

headhunter Definition

head·hunter (hed′hunt′ər)

noun

a member of any of certain primitive peoples that remove the heads of slain enemies and preserve them as trophies
☆ Slang an agent or agency specializing in the recruitment of executive or highly skilled personnel

headhunter Related Forms

head′·hunt′·ing noun

headhunter Usage Examples

Converse of subject

approach: Tony Hall: I was approached by a headhunter who said, Would you consider putting your name forward for this?

Converse of object

appoint: So, why should you appoint a headhunter, over your own HR department?
use: An organization may use headhunters for any one or a combination of the following reasons.
ask: He spotted her potential and asked headhunters to approach her.
say: Rentokil Initial said headhunters had been appointed and they are well into the process of finding a new chief executive.
make: In Papua there was a tradition hat, when warring tribes of headhunters made peace, they exchanged a child.

Preposition: for

service: Search and Selection City of London based headhunters for financial services, systems and software, and new media sectors.

Adjective modifier

corporate: If you are a corporate headhunter wanting to offer me a huge wedge to join your company please read on and be suitably impressed.
top: Wrapping the seminar up, Nicholas Cobbold, top headhunter from City firm Norman Broadbent, gave a historical perspective to the industry.
former: Now the former headhunter wants not only to keep Polish talent in Poland, but to reverse the brain drain.

Noun used with modifier

specialist: Elliot Marsh Elliot Marsh are specialist headhunters for the building services, consulting engineering, engineering, process control and industrial automation markets.

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