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headhunting

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head·hunt·ing  (hdhntng)
n.
1. The custom of cutting off and preserving the heads of enemies as trophies.
2. Slang The process of attempting to remove influence and power from enemies, especially political enemies.
3. Informal
a. The business of recruiting personnel, especially executive personnel, as for a corporation.
b. The act or an instance of such recruiting.
Translations
headhunting [ˈhedˌhʌntɪŋ]
A. N (lit) → caza f de cabezas (fig) → caza f de talentos
B. CPD headhunting agency Nagencia f de caza de talentos
headhunting [ˈhɛdhʌntɪŋ] nrecrutement m de cadres, chasse f aux cadres
headhunting firm ncabinet m de recrutement


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An even trickier question, but presumably some kind of inspired and informed headhunting, objectively searching out needs and possibilities, must provide the answer.
Instead, when their term is over, in preference to resuming their duties as a professor they enter the executive job market and trust their futures to headhunting firms.
They are supposed to be headhunting and getting us some people but we don't want to wait forever on that,'' board President Chuck James said.
 
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