What are headhunters and headhunting companies?

"Headhunting" is called head hunting in English. In foreign countries, it is a very popular way to recruit talents. Hongkong and Taiwan Province translated it as "headhunting", so we also called it headhunting after it was introduced to the mainland, which means "recruiting senior talents".

The emergence of headhunting service promotes the flow and rational allocation of human resources in the social and economic system. headhunting service has become an important channel for enterprises to obtain senior talents and the flow of senior talents, and has gradually begun to form an industry.

The maturity of the professional manager market in China has led to the emergence of hundreds of headhunting companies in major cities in China. Professional headhunting consultants generally have good experience in understanding managers and can provide informed advice on human resources development for enterprises. They are of good character, have deputy responsibilities, can provide the real situation of candidates and communicate frankly, have rich experience, and have at least engaged in higher positions in foreign companies, so as to provide valuable advice. Professional headhunting consultants should also be conservative and strictly adhere to the industry. A comprehensive understanding of customers' needs is the premise of successfully finding suitable talents, so headhunting consultants must have superb communication skills and skills in order to accurately understand customers' real needs. Professional headhunting consultants should also have deep knowledge of psychology and interpersonal relationship. It is precisely because of this value-added and professional service that it has been recognized by many enterprises in terms of personnel quality and recruitment cost, and it is becoming a trend.

Entrust recruitment of senior talents, also known as headhunting service. A company specializing in middle and senior talents is often called a headhunting company. The word headhunter is a foreign word, and it is a person who is willing to cut off the enemy's head as a trophy. Here it means a person looking for talents. The "head" is where the wisdom and talents are concentrated, and "headhunting" refers to hunting for talents, that is, discovering, tracking, evaluating, selecting and senior talents. Headhunting company is an intermediary organization that survives and obtains by hunting all kinds of senior talents needed by society. Different from the talent exchange center, headhunting companies take the active competition mode of hidden hunting and quick attack to hunt for senior talents that are not available in the company's talent market for customers who need senior talents. The prey of headhunting companies is senior management talents. Generally speaking, it mainly recommends the president, vice president, general manager, deputy general manager, personnel director, personnel manager, financial manager, marketing director, marketing manager, marketing manager, product manager, technical director, technical manager, factory director, production manager, senior project manager, senior engineer, postdoctoral fellow, doctor, senior industrial and commercial management personnel, other senior consultants and other personnel above the manager level. The services of the talent exchange center are "blue-collar" talents, basic talents and micro-regional talents; The former is to choose what the customer wants, and the latter is to sit and wait, and choose what to come.

headhunting companies are very different from simple intermediary companies. Headhunting companies don't charge individuals. Intermediary companies charge individuals if they need to find a job, and enterprises charge them if they find someone. The level of doing it is relatively low. Headhunting companies charge enterprises. If they charge individuals, it is definitely not a headhunter, but an intermediary. Headhunting companies need to provide consulting services for talent evaluation, investigation and communication assistance, and intermediary companies are often very simple to match; Headhunters charge high fees, while intermediary services are often low; Headhunters mainly take the initiative to find talents, and intermediaries are more likely to match in existing resources. In addition, intermediary companies serve more people looking for jobs, while headhunting companies serve more talents with strong ability and good professional ethics. As a person, they should have a sense of responsibility to the society. They may have more opportunities and better personal development.