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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

He quickly shut down a headhunter who had reached out to him.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

A second London-based investment banking headhunter said having the Goldman Sachs brand on your CV will "always be helpful" but senior bankers were likely to find the job hunt more of a challenge.

From Reuters • Jan. 12, 2023

A few days ago, a university headhunter reached out to Elizabeth T. Jacobs, a professor of epidemiology at the University of Arizona, to gauge her interest in moving to a leading university in Texas.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2022

A headhunter he’d contacted via e-mail was practically guaranteeing them work.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz