‘Lucky Socks’: the Key to Landing a Huge Placement Fee?

by Matthew Deutsch on 05.23.2012

Preferred Member recruiters in Top Echelon Network make split placements for a lot of different reasons . . . but a pair of “lucky socks”?

Yes, a pair of “lucky socks.” Or a pair of “stinky lucky socks,” depending upon your proximity to them.

At least, that’s the case if you ask Steve Copeland of Albert Energy, LLC and Jeff Gilbert of Kingfish Technology, LLC. Steve and Jeff recently shared a huge placement fee (the amount of which you can see by checking their placement history in the Members’ Area), and that placement and subsequent fee may—or may not—have been the direct result of Jeff’s superstitious nature.

For the purposes of this blog post, though, let’s go ahead and say that his “stinky lucky socks” had something to do with it.

After all, once you see the amount of the fee involved, you’ll probably understand why Jeff refers to that particular pair of footwear as his “lucky socks.”

Call them “stinky.” Call them “lucky.” Or call them the key to a huge placement fee. It all comes out the same in the wash.

If you’d like to thank another recruiter for their efforts in a split placement situation, send your information to marketing@topechelon.com. Your comments might be included in an upcoming issue of The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog!

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“‘The Kingfish’ of passive recruiting! It was the fact that Jeff wore his ‘stinky lucky socks’ since January 1 that gave this hire the boost it needed. Jeff didn’t take those socks off until our candidate showed up on the job! He even wore them to bed. I bet he slept in the other room with the dog . . . if the dog could stand it, that is.”

Submitted by Steve Copeland of Albert Energy, LLC regarding his split placement with Jeff Gilbert of Kingfish Technology, LLC

Position Title—GLOBAL ALLIANCE PROGRAM DIRECTOR
Fee Percentage—25%

(Editor’s note: this is the first split placement that Copeland and Gilbert have made together in Top Echelon Network.)

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“We recruiters are a very superstitious bunch! What can I say, I have my ‘lucky socks.’ Now that summer is upon us, you can imagine . . . they look pretty ridiculous with my flip flops. Regardless, we have many more deals to close by year’s end!”