What Is A Headhunter

A headhunter is someone who       including finding new clients and  recruits people on behalf       bringing in new work, and also     of a company or                 candidate recruitment. Both        corporation, usually a person who     consulting and staffing companies  works on contingency contracts.       generally use headhunters because  Generally they may or may not         the nature of their work is        work for an agency, but most of       contractual in nature. Most        them have many clients and act as     headhunters doing contract work    a third party representative.         are paid via a salary, but only                                          get a bonus or commission based    Headhunters can act alone or work     on the percentage of placements    through an agency as a form of        made.                              independent type contractor who                                          liaises between companies or          Full-time job headhunters are the  corporations (clients) and the        most common form. However, it is   potential candidates for specific     interesting that the term          job positions. They generally         headhunter is not a term that      specialize only in relationships      most of them like. Usually         with their clients, searching for     headhunters have a high level of   potential candidates or doing         knowledge of their industry and    both. Most headhunters deal with      specialize in one sense, but use   either full-time or permanent,        a broader spectrum in another.     contracted, directly hired, or a      They can place ads or inquiry      combination of all types of           calls without the use of           positions. Their main source of       individual knowledge of the        research is usually done online.      person they are contacting,                                              outside of their job position or   Contract work headhunters (hourly     basic background. Their search is  pay with temporary assignments)       more generalized than regular      divide their work into 2 groups,      recruiters in that they look for   basic criterion in job roles and      like the name as it implies that   match them up with a wide variety     they poach clients, which most     of candidates versus more             modern ones do not do, are a form  exacting fits. In fact, as            of executive recruiter whose       headhunters generally work in a       searches are more focused on       multitude of agencies or go solo      local candidates than global       occasionally, they have received      ones. They use similar methods to  their name in the past because        regular recruiters, but they work  they used to poach clients away       generally with less specified      from agencies.                        criterion for job positions for                                          their many clients and generally   Also, headhunters deal with           make database lists of potential   varied levels of management and       candidates that are both           executives, but usually and not       well-suited and possibly suited    exclusively mid-level positions.      for the jobs concerned. Though a   They have extensive contacts,         lot of headhunters deal mainly     sometimes globally, but usually       with mid-level management and/or   local and thus have a much better     executive positions, some do       grasp on what is going on in          cover a much broader range. They   their local area than regular         include two types, those covering  recruiters. However, their            contract workers or those          procedures are not that much          candidates that will be paid       different from regular recruiters     wages for positions that are       in that they do their candidate       usually temporary, attracting      searches, compile lists of            mainly consulting and staffing     potential candidates, interview       companies in their area, and       candidates and forward the best       full-time and permanent workers    of the group to their clients.        or those candidates that will go                                         onto salaried positions in         Headhunters, though most do not       companies ranging from small       businesses to large corporations.     are considered to be much more     Generally speaking though,            reputable, detail orientated and   headhunters are contingency           research candidates based on much  executive recruiters and work for     more specific criterion to find    salaries with bonuses for their       the best fit for client job        placements, unlike the retainment     positions, including specified     executive recruiters who are paid     qualifications, experiences,       on a fee basis only. Most             skill sets, ability to work in a   companies do prefer to work with      client’s specific work             retainment executive recruiters       environment and bring far more     versus headhunters or contingency     assets to the workplace.           recruiters simply because they         About the Author: Greg Heslin is a best selling career advice and "street smart" tips author on how to survive in the 21st Century workplace.To learn more about FREE cutting edge career tips and techniques, you can visit his web site at http://www.My-New-Career.com Published At: www.Isnare.com