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.
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