If you want to use the services of a technical recruiter, do some research to find one. Talk to your acquaintances, or call a couple of human resources or IS managers and ask them what recruiters they use. Try to find a successful recruiter that specializes in your field. Be ready to answer a lot of questions, both technical and personal, so that the recruiter can assess your potential fit to one of their clients. To those of us in the profession, the word headhunter is more or less slang.
Legend has it that the term originated during the Great Depression.
When a company needed laborers, the word would spread and dozens of hopefuls would line up outside the company's door. At the appointed time, someone would count off the required number of heads and those lucky ones got a job. I tell my clients that I prefer not to be called a headhunter, if for no other reason than because I usually deliver the whole body. Tom Whitley and the staff of Management Recruiters of Kannapolis, specialize in recruiting information systems, telecommunications, and networking professionals at both the technical and managerial levels. Discuss your career goals with the Career Doctor Shaun Kelly Network World's online archive of Fusion Focus newsletters on Careers.