This article explores a method developed by Ragin called qualitative comparative analysis or QCA. QCA would appear to offer two attractive possibilities: (a) it combines a consideration of systematic and ideographic elements in a single analysis; and (b) it overcomes some notable limitations of...

"High Tech and High Touch" -- "Contents" -- "Acknowledgments" -- "Introduction: Headhunting in an Era of Digital and Economic Transformation" -- "1. Getting Clients and Job Orders: Selling Search and Securing Business" -- "2. Qualifying Clients and Job Orders: Seeking Information, Assessing...

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...

Introduction : headhunting in an era of digital and economic transformation -- Getting clients and job orders : selling search and securing business -- Qualifying candidates and job orders : seeking information, assessing risk, and allocating effort -- Constructing candidates and securing...

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...

In High Tech and High Touch, James E. Coverdill and William Finlay invite readers into the dynamic world of headhunters, personnel professionals who acquire talent for businesses and other organizations on a contingent-fee basis. In a high-tech world where social media platforms have simplified...