talent scout

noun

: a person engaged in discovering and recruiting people of talent for a specialized field or activity

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web But the man’s a quarterback, not a talent scout. —

Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 5 May 2021 Like soccer tournaments all over the world, the Masaza Cup is tracked by talent scouts and backed by corporate sponsors. —

Liam Taylor, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Mar. 2023 Showrunners enlist a trio of talent scouts – Jimmie Allen, Orville Peck and Mickey Guyton – known for breaking barriers in a format overrun for decades by straight white men. —

Matthew Leimkuehler, USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2023 Dodd in 1961, first as a gofer and record vendor and eventually as a talent scout, engineer and producer for Dodd’s Studio One, a Jamaican hit factory in the early 1960s. —

New York Times, 30 Aug. 2021 The cabaret dancer, who also had minor movie roles in France, moved to New York City following a short stint in Hollywood, after an American talent scout encouraged her to take a leap of faith into the creative industry. —

Dana Givens, Robb Report, 3 Feb. 2023 After a talent scout discovered him at a mall, Sheridan began landing acting gigs on shows such as CSI and NYPD Blue. —

Chloe Berger, Fortune, 12 Jan. 2023 When cinema began to boom outside at Rome's Cinecittà Studios, she was discovered by a talent scout while studying drawing and sculpture at Rome's Academy of Fine Arts. —

Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 16 Jan. 2023 During one school production, a talent scout from Paramount Pictures saw her onstage and offered her a screen test. —

Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 20 Dec. 2022 See More

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