But he fell to the persuasions of the headhunters of Fianna Fail, who were looking for a popular candidate for a Cork seat in the Dail, the Irish parliament.
Of course the headhunters themselves have a financial incentive to provide this answer - since they get a commission from recruiting senior directors, and are therefore on board the big-pay gravy train.
That is not entirely the fault of headhunters.
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Last month I talked to three top CFO headhunters about the state of the American CFO.
Scott Robinson, a partner at the executive search firm Kensington International, says headhunters routinely search for references beyond the ones a job seeker provides.
Scott Robinson, a former partner at the executive search firm Kensington International, says headhunters routinely search for references beyond the ones a job seeker provides.
This year Jobvite queried 800 human resource staffers and headhunters in the U.S. Eighty-nine percent said they were using or planned to use social media, compared to 83% last year.
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She has guided my path here, advising me on everything from office politics to how to handle calls from headhunters and the vicissitudes of my changing profession (a recent admonition: figure out what you can do professionally outside of journalism).
Headhunters report that the quality of life in the Valley is frequently an issue when they try to hire qualified people.
Here they are kept together, inviting us to see connections and explore diverse cultural expressions, from refined court arts to the spiritually charged talismans of headhunters.
The distinction between angels and headhunters will blur and vanish.
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Some say that companies are gulled into paying more than they need to by the activities of pay consultants and headhunters.
Job applicants had more options when searching for a job, thus relying less on headhunters and clients had the option to post themselves.
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Sir Michael also revealed that he had been contacted by several headhunters on behalf of the Department for Education about the chief inspector's post, but had not initially thought himself suitable.
Nor do I doubt that the company has developed relationships with numerous headhunters.
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Some clients would forbade their headhunters from positing on CL at the risk of losing an entire recruiting fee.
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Headhunters might contact you merely to pad the list of applicants they present to an employer, without taking you seriously, for instance.
Kevin Kelly, the boss of Heidrick and Struggles, a firm of headhunters, says that a surprisingly large number of American directors tell him privately that they would welcome something similar.
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Recruiting experts say online job boards in China often attract a glut of unqualified candidates for well-known companies and none for smaller firms, while there are simply too many headhunters with varying degrees of credibility, making the market chaotic.
Spending millions to hire full-time headhunters, lawyers, marketers and accountants to nurture the companies, these flush firms are providing extra services at no cost to the entrepreneurs.
Maury Hannigan, who runs a consulting firm called MBA Scouting Report, which identifies promising MBA students for companies but charges less than headhunters, has seen business increase by 40% since the recession began.
Within one week, she had been approached by seven headhunters and her LinkedIn profile had attracted 539 hits, quadrupling the traffic she experienced the week before the campaign.
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Both headhunters say recruiting a CFO now is a much lengthier process than in the past.
The reply that came back was an bigger surprise than his losing streak: they were virtual headhunters hired by his very own father.
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