Recruitment · Headquarters

headhunter skill icon in Big Ambitions

Headhunter in Big Ambitions

A Headquarters role used to source candidates for the recruitment plans you run. Hire at City Workforce Inc., assign at Headquarters, and separate candidate sourcing from employee management.

Hire at
City Workforce Inc.
Works at
Headquarters
Main function
Candidate recruitment
Skill affects
Recruitment cadence

Where to Hire a Headhunter

A Headhunter is hired through the normal recruitment system, then assigned at your Headquarters.

Recruitment agency

City Workforce Inc.

Recruitable role
Headhunter
Location
Fourth Avenue 41 · Lower Manhattan
View Recruitment Agency

Recruitment Sources

Where a role can be recruited is a property of the role, not of the Headhunter.

Recruitment Sources
RoleRecruitment agencyLocation
HeadhunterCity Workforce Inc.Fourth Avenue 41 · Lower Manhattan

What Does a Headhunter Do?

A Headhunter is a Headquarters employee used for candidate sourcing. The Headhunter helps you find candidates, while an HR Manager manages employees after they are hired.

Recruitment capability and employee management are two different jobs. Passing one check says nothing about the other.

  1. 01

    Recruitment agency

  2. 02

    Candidate pool / role

  3. 03

    Headhunter

  4. 04

    Candidate sourcing

  5. 05

    Hire

  6. 06

    HR Manager

Headhunter Requirements

Every node below is a known requirement. Anything this page cannot confirm stays hidden instead of being guessed.

Before hiring

  1. 01Headhunter

Before recruitment

  1. 01Recruitment source
  2. 02Headquarters
  3. 03Headhunter skill

Some requirements are not confirmed by the current data and stay hidden.

What Does Headhunter Skill Do?

Headhunter skill sets the candidate cadence, the demand-filter budget and how many HR recruitment plans the Headhunter can run.

75
80

A targeted candidate is sampled around the chosen primary skill.

Candidate cadence
1.25 hours per recruit
Filter points
75 filter points
HR plans
1 HR plans
Candidate skill window
75 – 85

Skill breakpoints

Skill breakpoints
Role0255075100
Candidate cadence4.253.252.251.250.25
Filter points0255075100
HR plans00012

Current skill: 75

Headhunter and Recruitment Agencies

A recruitment agency lists the roles; a Headhunter sources candidates for the plans you run.

Recruitment agencyHeadhunter
Main roleLists the roles that are availableHeadquarters recruitment capability
ProvidesThe recruitment source of a roleCandidate sourcing for the plans you run
Used byThe business or the playerHeadquarters
Typical questionWhere do I hire this role?Can my Headhunter find this candidate?

Headhunter vs HR Manager

Both roles work at Headquarters, but they are used at different stages of employment.

HeadhunterHR Manager
Main functionCandidate sourcingEmployee management
Works inHeadquartersHeadquarters
Skill affectsCandidate cadence, filter points and HR plansEmployee capacity and the managed training path
Used forCandidates before they are hiredEmployees after they are hired

Why Isn’t My Headhunter Working?

Answer what you can see in your save. Each step is a known prerequisite, and the first missing step is the blocker.

Check these in order

Needs your input: Headhunter hired

When every known prerequisite passes, this page stops there instead of calling it a bug.

Headhunters in Big Ambitions

Where do I hire a Headhunter?
City Workforce Inc. in Lower Manhattan lists the role.
What does a Headhunter do?
They source candidates for the HR recruitment plans you run at Headquarters. Candidate sourcing is separate from employee management.
Can a Headhunter manage employees?
No. Managing employees who are already hired is the HR Manager’s job. A Headhunter only helps you find candidates.
Why is my Headhunter not finding candidates?
Check the assignment, the Headquarters schedule, the skill breakpoints and the HR plan capacity in order. The first missing step is the blocker.
Does Headhunter skill make recruitment faster?
The confirmed rule is 4.25 − skill / 25 hours per recruit, plus filter points and HR plan breakpoints. It is a base cadence, not the final time a candidate arrives.

A Headhunter finds candidates; an HR Manager manages employees. Recruitment and employee management are two separate Headquarters jobs, and passing one check says nothing about the other.

The Headhunter is recruited like any other employee role. The role comes from a recruitment agency, then works at Headquarters with the other management roles.

There is no universal best recruitment strategy here. This page explains the rules the game can confirm, not which hiring plan you should choose.