headhunter
Americannoun
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a person who engages in headhunting.
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a personnel recruiter for a corporation or executive recruitment agency.
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an executive recruitment agency.
Etymology
Origin of headhunter
Example Sentences
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ByteDance, which has the biggest AI team in Chinese tech, sometimes pays salaries two or three times the market average to recruit top talent, said industry headhunter Shen Wei.
From Barron's • Feb. 14, 2026
MWM Consulting, the headhunter working on the search, declined to comment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 2, 2025
"I don't trust it," Candice, a 28-year old headhunter in Shenzhen told Reuters, citing stories from friends about health impacts, as well as similar health warnings on social media.
From Reuters • Dec. 19, 2022
Much of the poaching involved Chinese companies trying to capture Taiwanese expertise, applying that knowledge in their plants and then ditching the workers, said one headhunter, Michael Lo.
From New York Times • Nov. 16, 2022
And then just a few weeks later I get this call from the headhunter.
From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman
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