0 a person who tries to persuade someone to leave their job by offering that person another job with more pay and a higher position
1 a member of a group of people that keeps the heads of the enemies that it has killed
2 a person whose job is to find people qualified for and willing to take very important jobs:
3 a person who is hired by a company to find someone who has the qualifications for an important job and is willing to leave their present job:
When both groups become aware that the other is on the island, they assume that the other is a group of headhunters.
They have grouped together to protect themselves from the fierce "mangangayaw" or headhunters from the hills.
They were known to be cannibalistic headhunters as recently as the 1950s.
His exploration of this region permitted him to record on film some of the rites of the tribes of headhunters still living in the remote mountain areas.
Even though he was 23 at that time, the headhunters at the club instantly recognized his talents and decided to place him in the first team right away.
What benefit could there be to the civil service of a big private sector headhunter taking over its recruitment?
The capitation system is so devised that the doctor who is the most successful headhunter is also the most successful financially.
In colloquial language, it is acting as a professional headhunter in this area, which will be extremely useful.