Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense headhunts, present participle headhunting, past tense, past participle headhunted
verb
If someone who works for a particular company is headhunted, they leave that company because another company has approached them and offered them another job with better pay and higher status.
He was headhunted by Barkers last October to build an advertising team. [beVERB-ed]
They may headhunt her for the vacant position of Executive Producer. [VERB noun]
headhunt in British English
(ˈhɛdhʌnt)
verb(transitive)
business
to offer a job to a person who already has a job with another company
They may headhunt her for the vacant position of Executive Producer.
She was headhunted.
He was headhunted by Barkers last October to build an advertising team.
Examples of 'headhunt' in a sentence
headhunt
) decided the company should headhunt a'new type of creative'.
Scarlett Thomas POPCO (2004)
In other languages
headhunt
British English: headhunt VERB
If someone who works for a particular company is headhunted, they leave that company because another company has offered them another job with better pay and higher status.
He was headhunted by him last October to build an advertising team.
American English: headhunt
Brazilian Portuguese: fazer uma proposta profissional
Chinese: 物色 人才
European Spanish: ofrecer un puesto a
French: recruter
German: abwerben
Italian: offrire un lavoro migliore a
Japanese: 引き抜く
Korean: 스카우트되다
European Portuguese: fazer uma proposta profissional