Definitions

headhunting

[hed-huhn-ting] / ˈhɛdˌhʌn tɪŋ /

NOUN

recruiting

Synonyms

WEAK

executive recruiting executive recruitment recruitment talent search

Example Sentences

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Los Angeles officials have hired a Northern California-based headhunting firm to identify and vet candidates to be the next chief of police.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2024

Those expat executives willing to relocate to the kingdom from neighboring Dubai, United Arab Emirates, can ask for 20% to 35% extra, according to headhunting firm Mark Williams.

From Seattle Times • May 7, 2023

Several headhunting firms offered her opportunities, but she settled on an American company based in China.

From New York Times • Nov. 16, 2022

In the city's Futian district, Candice, a 28-year-old who works with a headhunting business, expressed dismay over the latest lockdown measures.

From Reuters • Sep. 3, 2022

The quality of statesmanship in Wood which dealt with these problems and settled them so that from a slave-holding, polygamous, headhunting land there arose a self-governing community is of the highest order.

From The Career of Leonard Wood by Sears, Joseph Hamblen