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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
headhunt .
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Examples
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"Top performers are accustomed to being" headhunted "by recruiters.
PRWeb 2009
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Russell Crowe is the latest member of the Michael Maguire fan club, having headhunted the Wigan coach to take charge of his South Sydney Rabbitohs next season.
Wigan silent as rival coaches voice concern over tackles and tactics 2011
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One of the first big pay stories to break in Financial News came in spring 1996 when Steve Plag, the pharmaceuticals analyst, was headhunted from NatWest Securities to BZW, a move which was said to make him the highest paid analyst in the City.
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In the services sector, which accounts for over half of India's GDP, annual wage increases of 14%—and bumps of up to 40% for headhunted staff in new jobs—are common, according to Aon Hewitt, a human-resource consultancy.
India Aims to Miss the Mark, Again Harsh Joshi 2011
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Anderson explained why there was a paucity of black chief executives: Wherever there are talented black executives in local authorities they tend to get headhunted by the civil service and industry.
Campaigners question why local government bosses are almost all white Marc Wadsworth 2010
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Having read "The Angel of Fremont Street" (that story's why he headhunted me for this), he knew I could do it.
Friday! ultra_lilac 2009
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Cook certainly has plenty to be proud of since being headhunted from Nike's headquarters in May 2008.
From Partridge to Brent – why the jokes have stopped for Garry Cook 2011
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In 1993, when he was just 28 years old, he was headhunted to return to Portugal as group chief executive of Banco Santander de Neg ó cios Portugal.
A Meteoric Rise for Lloyds's Future Chief Maryam Omidi 2010
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In the summer of 2009, with only 12 months of experience behind him, he was headhunted by West Bromwich Albion to lead them back to the Premier League at the first attempt.
Roberto Di Matteo: 'It happened so suddenly … I went into depression' 2011
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I have just been headhunted to head up a German online portal by a well known venture capital firm.
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