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    FAO Dodgy and other agents here...

    Is there any real difference between an agent and a headhunter? Is headhunter not just a posh term for agent?

    Should the approach be any different in dealing with either in respect to hearing about/being submitted for/interviewing for roles?

    RH

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    Well head hunters get you by the head, and squeeze it till its small and put it outside their hut.
    Agents go straight for the goolies




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      #3
      I feel a "She was only the headhunter's daughter but..." thread coming on.
      My all-time favourite Dilbert cartoon, this is: BTW, a Dumpster is a brand of skip, I think.

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        #4
        headhunter


        Agent



        Either way, this chap might be available and his skills might come in handy.
        And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014

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          #5
          Originally posted by realityhack View Post
          Is there any real difference between an agent and a headhunter? Is headhunter not just a posh term for agent?
          No doubt someone as elitist as DA will have a well thought out definition of the two terms.
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            #6
            Is a headhunter someone who makes a tulipload of money by placing one very highly paid person per week, while an agent makes a tulipload of money by placing one moderately paid minion per day?
            And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014

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              #7
              Head Hunter is a term used to describe themselves by people who want to big up their role at kelly services.

              HTH

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                #8
                Originally posted by realityhack View Post
                Is there any real difference between an agent and a headhunter? Is headhunter not just a posh term for agent?

                Should the approach be any different in dealing with either in respect to hearing about/being submitted for/interviewing for roles?

                RH
                Why RH?

                Has someone 'been in touch'?
                "I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
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                  #9
                  Head hunters are folk who go out and persuade you to leave your current role and work for their client.

                  Agents are the general dogs bodies of the recruitment and do whatever comes along, generally less strategic than head hunters.

                  PZZ

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Pondlife View Post
                    Head Hunter is a term used to describe themselves by people who want to big up their role at kelly services.

                    HTH
                    A headhunter works only on a specific assignment entirely on behalf of the client.

                    An agent/contingency agent works for both the candidate (finds him a job) and the client.

                    The headhunter is always paid a retainer "up front" an agent isnt paid (unless running an advert -which is called "selection") until the candidate either signs the contract of employment or his/her bum is fixed to the seat.

                    Headhunters are supposed to explore the finite ends of an entire skills market which is done by "mapping" the structures of competitor employers and then taking the job opportunities directly and personally to the most suitable candidate (the identification of which is quite a skilled job)

                    Contingency agents deal only with candidates that are active in the job markets and therefore never know how a candidate compares with the remainder of the market.

                    A lot of contingency agents and candidates like to think that they have either headhunted or been headhunted simply because they have been approached "out of the blue". However usually this is because a name has been given to an agent in order to get rid of an unwanted colleague/employee.

                    There is indeed a fundamental difference between the two.
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