Think you don’t have to worry about healthcare reform because you don’t have 50 or more employees? Think again! Most of the hype about the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the healthcare reform law better known as Obamacare, has been surrounding…

June is almost here, which means that July is almost here, which means that . . . the 2013 Top Echelon Network Ohio Golf Outing is almost here! Okay, that’s a stretch, but work with me here. The 2013 Top…

  Don’t say we didn’t warn you!  Actually, this is more of a “friendly reminder” than anything . . . giving you a warning has such a negative connation, and we wouldn’t dream of such a thing. At least not…

Last week, we discussed how Hiring Hook recruiting websites are helping Network recruiters make more split placements. Well, we’re shifting gears this week.  More specifically, our Network recruiters are shifting gears. That’s because ALL of the Network splits in this…

When a Top Echelon Network Preferred Member wants to recommend a split recruiter for their work in a split placement situation, they use a variety of descriptions to do so. In this issue of The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog, those descriptions…

There’s a new sheriff in town when it comes to worker misclassification. Many employers use 1099 independent contractors (ICs) to reduce the costs associated with workers. By utilizing ICs, employers avoid paying the employer share of payroll taxes, the expenses…

Time flies . . . whether you’re having fun or not.  And that’s just one reason to remember that the 2013 National Association of Personnel Services (NAPS) Conference will be here before you know it! The other reasons?  Well, they’re…

While we were at the National Convention in St. Petersburg at the end of last month, something funny happened: we moved! For 25 years, we were located in a building in downtown Canton, near the center of the city.  We’re…

We held another FREE recruiting webinar this week, and it was another big success!  That webinar was by Greg Doersching of the Griffin Group, and it was titled “Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something True.” Doersching has presented quite…

Way back in the day, it used to be that only a few Network recruiters made placements with their websites.  They were the “trailblazers,” so to speak, those who recognized the value that a website could bring to their recruiting…