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Take me to a leader - Corporate headhunters are more powerful than ever | Briefing | The Economist Lists of candidates who look good on paper are then compared against tips from informants, who are typically former colleagues or chatty middlemen.
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To whittle down a longlist of 15 or so people, consultants quiz candidates’ suppliers, clients, ex-bosses and subordinates. They check Glassdoor, a website which lets workers rate employers. The phone is ne, but visits are better— valuable information can emerge in the last minutes of a meeting, or on the way to the lift.
It is often only at this point that candidates are contacted. Since the most desirable hires typically already hold plush posts, and are constantly wooed by
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