How to Use headhunter in a Sentence

headhunter

noun
  • One of the best ways to find a new job is to enlist the help of a headhunter.
    — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 25 Apr. 2022
  • The past year and a half has been open season for headhunters in the food industry.
    — Beth Kowitt, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2017
  • As the big headhunters have grown bigger, boutique firms have struggled to keep up.
    — The Economist, 6 Feb. 2020
  • Like them or not, headhunters play a pivotal role in helping countless job seekers find work.
    — Maurie Backman, USA TODAY, 23 Dec. 2017
  • To their surprise, the island is home to an ancient tribe of headhunters guarding the land at all costs.
    — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Oct. 2024
  • One woman risked terrorists, headhunters, and the 'fish mafia' to see an Asian arowana in the wild.
    — National Geographic, 17 July 2016
  • Amazon’s board will want to hang on to his magic touch for as long as possible, says a headhunter who knows the firm well.
    — The Economist, 18 June 2020
  • The job is no different from that of a headhunter, says Taksh Gupta, its founder.
    — The Economist, 21 Sep. 2017
  • But your job as a recruiter or headhunter is to dive deeper than even a good resume portrays a candidate.
    — John M. O'Connor, Forbes, 2 May 2022
  • The ultimate in household head-hunting is to hire the headhunters themselves.
    — Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 12 Sep. 2024
  • Bringing these skills together with a headhunter’s mindset is a unique balance.
    — Alison Coleman, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2023
  • Your final option is to provide him your contacts, while letting the headhunters know of your concerns about him.
    — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2023
  • One of those two was at best looking at a demotion or checking in with an executive headhunter.
    — Dallas News, 19 July 2022
  • The Hammer board will need time to select a headhunter to begin the sure-to-be-lengthy search for a new director.
    — Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Leading headhunters, though, are still expecting a solid and fluid job market.
    — James Manso, Footwear News, 6 Jan. 2026
  • With so little to go on, headhunters rely on college grades and the pedigree of their current employers as proxies.
    — Miriam Gottfried, WSJ, 31 Oct. 2018
  • Vanderbilt has used a search firm and/or headhunter three times on coaching searches since 2011.
    — John Talty, AL.com, 26 Oct. 2017
  • The Wa, notorious headhunters, liked to arrange long rows of skulls on pikes, and would sometimes kill outsiders on sight.
    — Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 14 Dec. 2023
  • While playing with her daughter at a playground on Wednesday, a headhunter called asking her to travel for an interview.
    — Dallas News, 27 May 2022
  • The headhunter without ethics is really the ruthless Kim Hye-jin, played by Park Bo-kyung.
    — Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Gordon, a current member of faculty, says he was warned by a headhunter to leave Hong Kong as fast as possible.
    — Cnn Staff, CNN, 18 Sep. 2021
  • Consulting alumni are eyed by headhunters for the ability to see patterns, problems, and solutions from a bird’s-eye view.
    — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2023
  • The headhunter politely points out that the job seeker’s current title is several levels above what his client is willing to offer.
    — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 11 July 2022
  • Junior analysts a few weeks on the job can now expect a flurry of emails from headhunters for some of the most prestigious private equity firms in the world.
    — Yueqi Yang, Bloomberg.com, 8 Sep. 2017
  • Dressed in an Arc'teryx vest and jeans, Ruf, 36, could pass for any run-of-the-mill headhunter on a casual Friday.
    — Brandon Kochkodin, Forbes, 30 Jan. 2025
  • In 1989, a headhunter recruited her for a job in Citicorp’s private-banking arm.
    — New York Times, 4 Feb. 2020
  • The modern headhunter is part researcher, part sounding board and part concierge, making all the arrangements on the down low for conference calls and interviews.
    — Teddy Greenstein, chicagotribune.com, 14 Nov. 2019
  • While there are countless recruiters and other resources available online, finding the right headhunter to partner with requires some effort.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2023
  • The data revealed that around 18% of them had been recruited to their current role by either a firm directly or an external headhunter.
    — Pavel Krapivin, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2021
  • Facebook hired a headhunter and launched a comprehensive search for a prominent Democrat who could lead its lobbying efforts.
    — Julie Bykowicz, WSJ, 26 Oct. 2021

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