As you may have noticed, I’ve been hammering the fundamentals of Top Echelon’s recruiting network. That’s because getting back to basics is the best way to enjoy success in TE. For this particular blog post, the topic I’m addressing is…

Last week in The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog, we presented “2 Big Reasons to Start Making Contract Placements.” We also explained the difference between direct hire and contract placements. This week, we continue our special series of blog posts about contract…

We love to welcome new TE members in The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog. We do it every month, and we’re doing it again right now. There are a lot of new TE members who have joined our recruiting network recently and…

Just as with anything that is unfamiliar or outside a person’s comfort zone, there is a huge fear factor involved with contract staffing. Many recruiters believe contracting is extremely complicated and too different from direct hire. But as the popularity…

For the past several years, we’ve been publishing articles in The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog about best practices. Specifically, those articles have dealt with best practices for both the importer and exporter when working in Top Echelon’s recruiting network. Obviously, both…

Split placements are delicious! Do they taste as good as the cake pictured in the above photo? Allow me to answer that question with another question: do you know how many cakes you can buy with your half of a…

Time flies when you’re having fun. And what could be more fun than the 2018 Top Echelon Network Fall Conference? Speaking of time, it’s getting short if you want to sign up for the conference before the end of Regular…

If you outsource the back office for your contract placements, you probably do so in part to reduce your employment liability. But is your recruitment back office really doing everything it can to protect you from co-employment? In general, co-employment…

If you’re not at least offering contract staffing to your clients, you could be “leaving money on the table.” What does that mean? It means you could be making easy placements and generating recurring revenue at the same time you…

There are a number of reasons why recruiters shy away from contract placements. However, most of those reasons are the result of myths or misconceptions. One common myth about contract staffing is that you must have a stable of contractors…