Definitions

headhunting

[hed-huhn-ting] / ˈhɛdˌhʌn tɪŋ /

NOUN

recruiting

Synonyms

WEAK

executive recruiting executive recruitment recruitment talent search

Example Sentences

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

From New York Times • Nov. 16, 2022

The firm said on Sunday it would work with a headhunting firm to find a new CEO and did not set a timetable for the process.

From Reuters • Aug. 12, 2022

I was recently contacted by a headhunting firm recruiting for an academic position in Texas.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2022

Swanson doesn’t want to be construed as some headhunting reliever.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 1, 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