What is an Executive Headhunter

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What is an Executive Headhunter? By Budda Oliver

With the way that the economy is these days it is almost a must to employ the services of a headhunter to find a job. A headhunter is someone who is basically a recruiter who helps people find jobs and who helps companies fill different positions. There can be headhunters who specialize in finding jobs and filling jobs for specific industry or those who find and fill jobs for a wide variety of occupations and skills.

An executive headhunter would be someone who works specifically with executive companies and positions. These recruiters work with those who have executive experience, who are seeking a senior job and for those companies who need to fill senior positions.

These agency recruiters are going to work with individuals who are in a sense, leaders; because that's part of what being an executive is all about. The positions that they will be filling and the individuals that they will be working with are by no means entry level.

These positions will be those that are higher paying and at higher levels within companies and organizations. The people that are looking for a job by using an executive headhunter are those people who have college educations, possibly graduate educations, a great deal of experience and a real know-how for the business in which the are pursuing.

Executives are considered managers and are looking to hold a great deal of responsibility in their hands. An executive must be a leader, a manager, and someone who is a doer. The recruiter will be looking for people who possess these qualities to fill the positions that they have available.

A headhunter of this caliber is one that has a good understanding of what the executives in certain industry must know and do and they will most likely have a great deal of contacts in that


specified area. These recruiters are not only going to help individuals find jobs, but help them find careers. And they are not only going to help companies find employees but executives and assets.

A recruiter doesn't just help someone find a job or help a company fill a position, but they are more involved in the process than you may think. These professionals help interview potential candidates so that they are really only presenting the companies with the top notch individuals to fill the positions.

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