For most people, headhunters think they are recruiters, but this is not the case. So, what does headhunting mean? What are the differences between headhunting companies and recruitment websites?

猎头是什么意思

What does headhunter mean

“猎头”(Headhunting)一词属舶来词，原意为割取敌人的头作为战利品的人，现在多指物色人才的人。

Headhunting is an imported word, which originally meant to cut off the head of the enemy as a trophy. Now it mostly refers to people who look for talents.

《猎头》也是1982年香港上映的一部电影名称。在潮汕话中，“猎头”指光头，实际应为“蜡头”。猎头一词来源于拉丁文，当时部落作战时把对方的头颅砍下来，挂在腰间炫耀。

Headhunter is also the title of a film released in Hong Kong in 1982. In Chaoshan dialect, "headhunter" refers to bald head, which should be "wax head". The word "headhunter" comes from Latin. At that time, the tribe cut off the head of each other and hung it on the waist to show off.

如今在很多人的理解看来，猎头是雇主公司的招聘方案提供者，回答雇主需要的人行业内有没有，在哪里，如何吸引他们来以及如何留住他们的问题。是人才的朋友，可以给到职业生涯发展的建议，少有别的候选人职业发现走弯路的教训。是人才和雇主之间良性沟通的桥梁!

Nowadays, many people understand that headhunters are the recruitment program providers of employers' companies. They answer the questions about whether, where, how to attract them and how to retain them in the industry. It's a talent's friend who can give advice on career development. At least other candidates find out the lesson of detour. It is a bridge between talents and employers!

猎头公司和招聘网站的区别

The difference between headhunters and recruitment websites

尽管，他们做的都是关于招聘的事情，但各自所的侧重不一样。

Although they are all about recruitment, they have different emphases.

1、通过正规猎头公司招聘人才，比通过一般招聘更快速。由于猎头招聘是主动出击，迅速锁定寻访的范围，与候选人建立联系。并在封闭的渠道里与候选人一对一交流，可以有效地达到招聘目标。

1. Recruitment through regular headhunters is faster than general recruitment. As the headhunter recruitment is to take the initiative, quickly lock the scope of the search and establish contact with the candidates. And in a closed channel, one-to-one communication with candidates can effectively achieve recruitment goals.

2、猎头招聘比一般招聘更准确。由于猎头公司主要从客户竞争对手公司内相同的职位上挖人，寻访到的人才一般比较符合要求，因此试用期走人的现象比较少。而且，候选人在成功并上班后，猎头会提供一系列的服务，帮助候选人尽快适应新公司的岗位，避免招聘失败造成的风险。

2. Headhunter recruitment is more accurate than general recruitment. Because headhunters mainly dig people from the same positions in their customers' competitors' companies, the talents they find generally meet the requirements, so the phenomenon of leaving during the probation period is relatively small. Moreover, after the candidates are successfully recommended and go to work, the headhunter will provide a series of services to help the candidates adapt to the positions of the new company as soon as possible and avoid the risk of recruitment failure.

3、猎头公司招聘的人选比一般招聘的人选要，可大大降低招聘风险。这是因为，人才往往被原来的老板重金笼络和重用，流动市场上少见。人才跳槽喜欢通过猎头公司或朋友，可以获得薪金谈判的缓冲。流动人才(招聘会、报刊、网络及其他媒体广告)中即使有才华出众者，往往由于人际关系能力较差、自我评价过高、以自我为、难以与人合作等原因，频繁跳槽。正规的猎头公司有广泛的寻访网络，对人才进行反复甄选、履历验证或人事调查，具有效率高、及时准确等特点同时可以避免用人失误。

3. The candidates recruited by headhunters are better than the general ones, which can greatly reduce the recruitment risk. This is because excellent talents are often attracted and reused by the original boss, which is rare in the mobile market. Senior talents like to change jobs through the recommendation of headhunting companies or friends, and can get a buffer of salary negotiation. Even if there are outstanding talents in mobile talents (job fairs, newspapers, Internet and other media advertisements), they often change jobs frequently due to poor interpersonal skills, high self-evaluation, self-centered, difficult to cooperate with others and other reasons. Regular headhunting companies have a wide range of search networks, which can repeatedly select recommended talents, verify their resumes or conduct personnel surveys, with the characteristics of high efficiency, timely and accurate, and avoid mistakes in employment.