"The job of a headhunter is very different from that of a placement agency"

What is the difference in a headhunter and placement agency? A client of mine recently addressed this question in an article published in the St. Louis Post Dispatch.

Just 12 heads, one a month.

As an executive recruiter, or headhunter, that's Bob Bishop's benchmark for a successful year's work.

Originally a photographer, Bishop established his one-man recruitment firm in July 2001. "It was, perhaps, the worst possible time," he said, describing the state of the economy. read the rest of the story . . .