Talent FishersTM /ˈtalənt, fɪʃəs/
noun
Line breaker: ˈtalənt fish¦ers
origin from Latin talenta, plural of talentum; Old English fiscere.
Concept created in 2007 in Asia by leading international recruitment experts, by opposition with head hunting.
1 [function] The Talent Fishers are a rare typology of recruitment professionals specialized in a caring, committed, empathetic and quality-driven form of direct approach, sourcing and selection process.

2 [expertise] Within a few years, the phenomenon spread across Asia amongst hiring decision makers exhausted with non- professional, non tailor-made and industrial recruitment services.
• The Talent Fishers are now capable of identifying the most qualified professionals all over Asia and for all industries, even niche ones: We have been working with Talent Fishers on multiple recruitment and consulting assignments in Asia and each time the results have led us to work with them yet again. (International Construction Group Asia CEO)