What is a Headhunter?
A headhunter is a job recruiter who specializes in matching highly skilled professionals with corporate clients. A headhunter might be an independent contractor or work through an agency of headhunters where each agent specializes in particular areas of employment and possibly also in geographic areas. Corporations benefit from using a headhunter or a headhunting service in two ways. Using a headhunter eliminates the need to place an advertisement for the open position and then address the inevitable list of applicants, most of which will be unfit for various reasons. A headhunter does the tedious work of finding good candidates, providing an initial screening mechanism, which saves the corporation valuable time. In turn the headhunter is paid a fee if he or she is able to find the right candidate, typically a small percentage of the annual starting salary of the filled position. This payment arrangement encourages headhunters to build lasting, tight relationships with corporate client
