Headhunters: Matchmaking in the Labor Market

by William Finlay

Headhunters--third-party agents paid a fee by companies for locating job candidates--perform a unique sales role. The product they sell is people, matching candidates with jobs and companies with candidates. Headhunters affect the professional lives of thousands of employees every day, and their work has a profound, though hidden, effect on the employment picture in the United States. William Finlay and James E. Coverdill draw on interviews with...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501745387
• ISBN13: 9781501745386
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher