headhunter
/ˈhedˌhʌn·tər/ n [C]Definition
› a person whose job is to find people qualified for and willing to take very important jobs: She was contacted by a headhunter and invited to apply for the position.
(Definition of headhunter n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
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