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headhunter

[hed-huhn-ter] / ˈhɛdˌhʌn tər /




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A series of short bets made in the third quarter of 2025 on software companies including headhunter marketplace ZipRecruiter and IT-services provider Unisys initially failed to deliver.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

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

In March, the city hired the Northern California-based headhunter Bob Murray & Associates to conduct the nationwide chief search — the same firm that helped pick Bratton more than two decades ago.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 26, 2024

My question: He’s hounding me for my headhunter contacts.

From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2023

Just before the sale closed, he was approached by a headhunter to become the CEO of a new company called Mosaic Communications, forged by two now-legendary innovators—Jim Clark and Marc Andreessen.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman