head hunter

1. Someone who recruits employees for a business or corporation. I'm not actively looking for a new job, but this head hunter for a big firm keeps calling me, so I might as well hear her pitch. I have a head hunter working on it, boss, but none of the candidates she's interviewed so far has wowed her. I'm always wary of head hunters trying to sell me on some "fantastic" new job opportunity.

2. A member of a tribe who decapitates other people and preserves their heads as souvenirs. Be careful exploring that part of the rainforest—it's home to a tribe of head hunters! My best guess? He never made back from the expedition because that gang of head hunters captured him. Please don't tell your younger siblings any more scary stories about head hunters, OK? Especially in autumn when there are decorative skulls out everywhere!

headhunter

n. someone who recruits executives for employment. (Head means boss here.) The board of directors hired a headhunter to get a new manager.

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Not much information can be obtained from just a written CV so CapaCV should ease the work of HR recruiters, head hunters and consultants.

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PTCL liability will be restricted to the head hunters' commission in case the employee is selected for any job.

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Lumholtz published the book "Through Central Borneo - An Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of the Head Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917" in the wake of the expedition that stunned the public with its rich illustrations and vivid tales of the land and people of Borneo.

Through Central Borneo in the Footsteps of the Explorer Carl Lumholtz 100 Years After

There are about 4,000-5,000 people across sectors in the Rs 1 crore-plus salary club according to head hunters. Companies such as Unilever, Airtel and Coca Cola are offering salaries in the range of a crore of rupees-plus to professionals at the CXO (chief experience officer) level.

Corporates deserve the ' vulgar' pay packages

Head Hunters by Claire Peate (Honno) If you're looking for escapism and enjoy a bit of whimsy, this is one to add to your summer list of easy reading.

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The union responded by advertising the role and calling in specialist head hunters Odgers Ray & Bernstein to help find the right candidate.

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"For the most part, top students in these automotive programs across the province are approached by industry head hunters," he says.

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Doherty: First of all, I'd like to set one point straight: We're not head hunters. Head hunting usually implies going into a company, often by nefarious means, and pulling employees from that company.

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Compaq's whiz kid Barbara Mair, the only woman repeatedly named by head hunters, is under 40.

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