Headhunting or Recruiting? The Path To Money

What is the difference between a headhunter and a recruiter? If you're starting a recruiting agency, what should be your path?

[CHayes-gnei]

The efficiency of headhunting is what I really like. No wasting time sending irrelevant candidates in droves to your clients...no. Vet, screen, send. I really connect with what you said about not wanting to get too deep into the interview process; we like to source and send. I totally agree!

[O.H]

Recruiting is about employing someone who applied for the job vacancy, on the other hand Headhunters are people who try to convince someone who fits perfectly for the position posted but he/she didn't apply nor care about applying simply Because they are satisfied within their job. Headhunting is harder because it takes more persuasive efforts to recruit.

[butterflydiary]

Headhunting is actively seeking out and contacting potential candidates for a job, usually at a senior level and often for specific roles or industries. Recruitment is a more general term for sourcing, screening, and shortlisting candidates for a job opening.

[JohnDoe-dndu]

I'm an IT guy, and I've always thought of it the other way. To me, professional recruiters know the role well and take the time to talk to a candidate to learn the candidate's strengths, weaknesses, goals, expectations, and motivations in order to find a good fit before submitting the candidate. I always appreciate ones who do that and am interested in talking with them because they don't waste my time (or the client's). On the other hand, headhunters are just looking for warm bodies to fill a role so they can close the sale and collect their commission. They don't know anything about the candidate or care, and most of the time, they don't know much about the role either. Most of the time, they waste my time with roles that aren't relevant because they don't match my skill set or are on-site in another city because they don't bother reading my profile. They just ask a few basic questions and then submit the candidate. But maybe I have the terms backwards.

[gn]

If I understood it correctly a headhunter is a proactive recruiter...

[davidtorres]

How can I hire you to be my headhunter?

[HotdogFlavoredDrama]

is there a way I can contact you? I’m 19 in college hoping to begin headhunting but there’s no good videos on where to start- mostly how to start recruiting which isn’t quite the same.

[AndreasWaatz]

Nice, do you have a head hunting video?

[mickeymouse-xrgy]

The sad reality is that many HR people can't identify the value of a headhunter if it bit them on the arse.

[Will-xytp]

The difference between the two...

People get confused...


Headhunting = calling the switchboard to get to the right candidate from their desk

Recruiters don't usually do it.

But LinkedIn messages is NOT headhunting

[JoeCostantini]

Am I correct to think that past jobs on resumes in fields that people are no longer working in are jobs they DO NOT want. I am here because I continuously get "recruiters" waisting there time presenting job opporunities to me that I once did and have no interest in doing again. My thought is if I can get into this freelance, then I can help others find jobs that encompass their skills yet are fullfilling and bring purpose to their lives.

[ecaldwell]

I need help finding a high Grade position - that is not in Leadership. I reside in Chicago (Healthcare Finance).