- Headhunting is a process in talent search that refers to the approach of finding and attracting the best experienced person with the right skill set. This is a process of identifying the resources by adopting efficient methods other than the traditional ways such as job portal lookup etc.
- Headhunters play an important role in identifying the potential candidate and they provide much better results than the usual HR recruiters.

- Headhunters have strong market knowledge and have great networking capabilities that help them source the right guy for the right position. They maintain contacts in various companies and know which company has what kind of experts working for them. Hence, most of the companies prefer headhunters for their manpower requirements.
- Both recruiter and a headhunter strive for the same – a qualified candidate who fits for the position in all aspects. But their approach is different. Headhunter will be able to give good results if companies are looking for niche experts who are less in numbers. But, the usual recruiter will be able to give good results if the requirements are for general junior skillsets.
- Recruiters usually target for active job seekers who are visible in job boards and profiles that are floating. Headhunters not only target them but also passive job seekers who are usually not visible in any job boards. There are quite a number of right talent available in the market who exactly fit for the client or company’s requirements, but accessing them is a real challenge. Here comes the role of a headhunter in approaching and convincing them.
- As mentioned, headhunters are well aware of the market. Once they get any requirement from a company, they map the industry, identify similar projects and then approach the person who is doing the similar role in these target companies. The person might be a passive job seeker. Hence needs to be convinced. So, headhunter has to be well aware of his client and the candidate’s organisation. Also, the candidate’s needs to go for it. Here quality of the profile is very high so as the fitment.
- Most of the job agencies are adopting this method to increase their success rate. The preference for such agencies is also high.