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
The city brought in a headhunter before Soboroff left, but the position has now been unfilled for longer than Soboroff’s 90-day tenure.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2025
My question: He’s hounding me for my headhunter contacts.
From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2023
Working as a kind of headhunter, John became the middleman, finding the right skilled, trustworthy crews to do the jobs.
From "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" by William Kamkwamba
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