Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A savage who practises head-hunting.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A member of any tribe or race of savages who have the custom of decapitating human beings and preserving their heads as trophies. The Dyaks of Borneo are the most noted head-hunters.
- noun A person whose profession is to find executives to fill open positions in corporations; an executive personnel recruiter; also, a company that performs a similar service.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative spelling of
headhunter .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a savage who cuts off and preserves the heads of enemies as trophies
- noun a recruiter of personnel (especially for corporations)
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Examples
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The government should also reduce dependency on outside "head-hunter" firms and cut the costs of recruitment, by developing Whitehall's in-house recruitment expertise.
MPs critical of 'arbitrary' salary cap for senior public appointments 2011
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The fascination here will be to see original director Max Stafford-Clark returning to the play he premiered at the Royal Court when Thatcherism was in the ascendancy, and asking whether today's women have anything in common with the thrusting, head-hunter, Marlene, who runs the employment agency, Top Girls.
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Mr. Boire was put on Mr. Lampert's radar back in 2008 by Berglass & Associates, the executive recruitment firm that eventually placed him at Sears, according to Matt Berglass , president of the head-hunter.
New at Sears: An Expert in Retailing Miguel Bustillo 2012
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The fascination here will be to see original director Max Stafford-Clark returning to the play he premiered at the Royal Court when Thatcherism was in the ascendancy, and asking whether today's women have anything in common with the thrusting, head-hunter, Marlene, who runs the employment agency, Top Girls.
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I declined her offer and the next day I was busy compiling the name of every head-hunter I could find.
A Case For Taking A Career Break Linda Zecher 2010
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It is hosted by Joy Chen, a Chinese-American former Deputy Mayor of Los Angeles who now works as a corporate head-hunter, finding U. S.-based CEOs and other talent for successful global companies.
Joy Chen: Should You Have Sex With Your Boss to Get Ahead? 2010
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City head-hunter Chris Roebuck, pay consultant Shaun Springer and pay expert Jonathan Chapman confirm that any changes to remuneration are cosmetic; if bonuses have been lowered base pay has gone up.
The banks have refused to mend their ways. Beware the next crash 2010
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Tom Colicchio, the chief head-hunter on "Top Chef," made the trip from New York to watch the president sign the bill that the chef had lobbied for.
Colicchio calls Hunger-Free Kids law a 'great start' Tim Carman 2010
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Meredith says, lets not forget the head-hunter (or whatever theyre called) scene in labyrinth. even though the song is about chilling out it still gives me the heebeejeebees.
Boing Boing 2007
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MEDINA: Today I'm touching base with a head-hunter to see if he has any jobs available for me.
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