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headhunter

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Occupations, Employment
head·hunt·er /ˈhedˌhʌntə $ -ər/ noun [countable]  BOBEsomeone who finds people with the right skills and experience to do particular jobs, and who tries to persuade them to leave their present jobs 物色人才者,猎头者headhunt verb [transitive]
Examples from the Corpus
headhunterYou could always return an imaginary call from a headhunter.A headhunter for ten years, Kinnaird has just been commissioned by his first female client, which speaks volumes.Do you ever ask headhunters to recruit a whole team? 4.Companies in the survey were asked if they used any mechanisms to protect themselves against poaching by other businesses employing headhunters.Sometimes the headhunter receives a fee for that advice without even undertaking an executive search.Unfortunately, the headhunter forgot to inform the candidate, so the meeting between the candidate and the client collapsed in misunderstanding.Send your resume to headhunters you would like to contact you, but make certain it is professionally prepared and presented well.Do you use headhunters regularly or on specific occasions only? 3.
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headhunter
headhunter /ˈhedˌhʌntə $ -ər/ noun [countable]
someone who finds people with the right skills and experience to do particular jobs, and who tries to persuade them to leave their present jobs
—headhunt verb [transitive]


head·hunt·erBrE /ˈhedhʌntə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈhedhʌntər/ 🔊 nouna person whose job is to find people with the necessary skills to work for a particular company and to persuade them to join this company 猎头者(专门负责延揽人才)a member of a people that collects the heads of the people they kill 猎头部落成员(收集所杀者的人头)