headhunt

headhunt
headhunt head‧hunt [ˈhedhʌnt] verb [transitive] HUMAN RESOURCES
to find a manager with the right skills and experience to do a particular job, often by persuading a suitable person to leave their present job:

• Mr Birt was headhunted to be director of the BBC.

— headhunter noun [countable] :

• They hired a headhunter to search out a replacement.

— headhunting noun [uncountable] :

• Most headhunting firms offer a professional and high-quality service.

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headhunt UK US /ˈhedhʌnt/ verb [T, usually passive]
HR to find someone who has the qualifications for an important job and is willing to leave their present job: be headhunted for sth »

He was headhunted for the chief executive's job by a firm of outside consultants.

headhunting noun [U]
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The board of directors has hired a headhunting firm to find a replacement for their chief executive.


Financial and business terms. 2012.

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  • headhunt — /hed hunt /, n. 1. a headhunting expedition: The men left the village to go on a headhunt. v.i. 2. to engage in headhunting. [HEAD + HUNT] * * * …   Universalium

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  • headhunt — verb Date: 1969 transitive verb to recruit (personnel and especially executives) for top level jobs < was headhunted by three different firms > intransitive verb to recruit personnel for top level jobs …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • headhunt — verb a) To cut off, and preserve, the heads of ones enemies Theres a brawl on the field because the pitcher has been headhunting throughout the game. b) To actively recruit executive personnel …   Wiktionary

  • headhunt — head|hunt [ hed,hʌnt ] verb transitive usually passive to try to persuade someone to leave their job and go to work for another company: He was headhunted by a large electronics company. ╾ head|hunt|ing noun uncount …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • headhunt — verb 1》 [as noun headhunting] the practice among some peoples of collecting the heads of dead enemies as trophies. 2》 identify and approach (someone employed elsewhere) to fill a business position. Derivatives headhunter noun …   English new terms dictionary

  • headhunt — [ˈhedˌhʌnt] verb [T] to try to persuade someone to leave their job in order to work for another company …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • headhunt — /ˈhɛdhʌnt/ (say hedhunt) verb (t) 1. to recruit (staff) by approaching people in existing jobs to offer them a new one. –verb (i) 2. (formerly) to collect the heads of slain enemies as trophies …  

  • headhunt — / hedhʌnt/ verb to look for managers and offer them jobs in other companies ♦ she was headhunted she was approached by a headhunter and offered a new job …   Marketing dictionary in english

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