Best of 2025: Our Recruiter Coaching Series
In 2025, Top Echelon delivered another year of high-impact, free training through its Expert Recruiter Coaching Series. Each monthly webinar featured respected industry experts sharing practical strategies to help agency recruiters and search consultants make more placements, work smarter, and build more profitable businesses.
If you missed a session—or want to revisit one—this post recaps all 12 webinars from January through December, with links to the recorded training videos, all available for free in the Top Echelon Recruiter Training Library.
Let’s take a look back.
January 2025
Power Marketing Strategies for Recruiters to Drive More Business
Presenter: Alexis Meschi, Ora Marketing
Alexis kicked off the year with an actionable session designed to help recruiters turn personal branding into a consistent source of inbound leads. She shared Ora Marketing’s proven content model, including three weekly content types that attract ideal clients and position recruiters as authentic industry authorities.
February 2025
Beyond the Buzz: Making AI Work for Your Recruiting Desk
Presenters: Jason Thibeault & Tricia Tamkin, Moore eSSentials
This practical, no-hype session showed recruiters exactly how to use ChatGPT on their desks today. Jason and Tricia walked through prompt-writing, real-world use cases, and common AI pitfalls—giving attendees tools they could implement immediately to save time and close more deals.
March 2025
Beyond the Spin: Next-Gen Strategies for Referral Growth and AI-Enhanced Recruiting
Presenter: Greg Doersching, Next Level Training
Greg reimagined the traditional spin call, showing recruiters how to build stronger referral networks while leveraging AI to increase efficiency. The session focused on turning everyday conversations into strategic growth opportunities.
April 2025
Stop Working for Free: Learn the Firewall Method
Presenter: Gary Stauble, The Recruiting Lab
Gary tackled one of recruiting’s biggest profitability killers: unpaid searches. Recruiters learned how to qualify job orders, secure client commitment, and stop wasting time on searches that never result in a fee.
May 2025
Become a Recruiting Powerhouse!
Presenter: Barb Bruno, CPC/CTS, Good as Gold Training
Barb delivered a blueprint for long-term success built around specialization and reputation. Recruiters learned how narrowing their focus leads to higher fees, stronger client relationships, and more inbound business—without spending money on marketing.
June 2025
AI and the Future of Recruiting, Part Two
Presenter: Bob Marshall, TBMG International
Bob revisited the rapidly evolving AI landscape, breaking down what recruiters need to know now. This session explored AI’s opportunities and threats, the jobs AI can’t replace, and how recruiters can maintain their human edge in an automated world.
July 2025
Composed, Clear, and in Control: The New Standard for Recruiting Leaders
Presenter: Mike Lejeune
This leadership-focused session centered on emotional intelligence and clarity under pressure. Mike shared frameworks and language recruiters can use to lead difficult conversations, reduce friction, and build trust-driven teams.
August 2025
What the Best Recruiting Firms Do Differently
Presenter: Brad Bialy, Haley Marketing
Brad distilled insights from years of working with top-performing recruiting firms. Attendees learned how elite firms differentiate themselves through branding, focus, sales enablement, and a clear ideal client strategy.
September 2025
5 Evolution Shifts to Dominate the Next 5 Years
Presenter: Greg Doersching, Next Level Exchange
Greg returned with a future-focused roadmap for recruiting success. This fast-paced session covered five critical shifts—from pre-qualifying employers to accelerating offers—that recruiters must make to stay competitive.
October 2025
AI for Recruiting Influence
Presenters: Tricia Tamkin & Jason Thibeault, Moore eSSentials
Effective influence is invisible—and this hands-on session showed recruiters how to build it. Tricia and Jason demonstrated how to use targeted AI-driven research, proven prompts, and message frameworks to move conversations toward placements.
Attendees walked away with plug-and-play templates, simple workflows, and practical tactics to get noticed, start better conversations, and close more business.
November 2025
The Power of AI: Using Next Level Strategies to Bring the Human Edge to Staffing
Presenter: Henna Pryor, CSP
Henna reframed AI as a tool to amplify human connection. Recruiters learned how to simulate tough conversations, sharpen listening skills, and use AI to build trust, improve communication, and elevate performance.
December 2025
Positioning Your Value Early and Often as a Recruiter
Presenter: Rob Mosley, Next Level Exchange
Rob closed the year with a powerful lesson in tailored positioning. Recruiters learned how to clearly communicate their value—through the lens of what clients and candidates care about most—creating stronger engagement from the very first conversation.
One Year. Twelve Webinars. Unlimited Value.
The 2025 Expert Recruiter Coaching Series delivered practical, timely training across marketing, AI, leadership, business development, and client strategy—all designed to help recruiters make more placements and build stronger businesses.
All recorded webinars are available free of charge in the Top Echelon Recruiter Training Library.
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