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headhunter

[hed-huhn-ter] / ˈhɛdˌhʌn tər /




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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 finalized a deal with the Northern California-based headhunter Bob Murray & Associates on March 1, but didn’t announce the decision until Tuesday’s meeting of the Board of Police Commissioners.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2024

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

From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2023

And then just a few weeks later I get this call from the headhunter.

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