WHATEVER!

Sincerely,
 
Keith R. Gill
Curator U-505 and Transportation
Museum of Science and Industry
5700 S. Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL 60637
Direct line  773-753-6284
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-----Original Message-----
From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Indigo Nights
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 9:22 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [MUSEUM-L] Headhunters

I propose a more politically correct term that leads
to what they are targeted to do: Employment
Facilitator.  

--- L Dewey <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Head collecting by some contemporaneous societies is
> established, and 
> the fossil evidence supports an argument that it was
> practiced by some 
> ancestral societies as well. The cultural rationale
> of the specific 
> practice is not specifically the same between
> societies, but generally 
> the practice relates to belief systems.
> 
> Therefore, referring to the 'professional recruiter'
> as 'head hunter' 
> implies a mystical or religious responsibility and
> may strike some as 
> ironic humor.
> 
> As an alternative, what about 'bounty-hunter'? It's
> a contemporary job 
> classification and often describes both the task
> requested and the 
> attitude brought to the process by the specialist
> doing the work.
> 
> -L.D.


Indigo Nights
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