Top Echelon Network recruiters finished 2022 with a flourish, as they racked up 35 split placements during the last two weeks of the year.

Helping to lead the way was Phil Hurd of Oculus Search Partners, LLC. Phil finalized five splits during this two-week period, one of which generated one of the top five placement fees of December!

Trey Cameron of Cameron Craig Group, the Recruiter of the Month for December, and Michael Stuck of Gables Search Group, were also at the top of the heap. Trey and Michael were part of seven split placements apiece.

As a friendly neighborhood reminder, here is the information that we publish with our weekly placements:

• Names of the split recruiting partners involved (with their profile photos, when available)
• Job title
• Overall placement fee (before TE’s 6% brokerage fee, of course)
• Fee percentage

Please note that the placements listed below reflect deals finalized in Top Echelon Network for the two-week period from December 19, 2022 through January 1, 2023.

Remember, if you don’t want information related to your Network placements published in The Pinnacle, please send an email to marketing@topechelon.com to that effect.

Congratulations to everybody below for the split placements they made in Top Echelon Network!

This Week’s Top Echelon Split Placements

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Job recruiter: Suzanne Griffith of Ives & Associates, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Trey Cameron of Cameron Craig Group

Job title: ENGINEERING MANAGER

Overall placement fee: $26,000

Fee percentage: 20%

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Job recruiter: Troy Randolph of Lea Randolph & Associates, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Trey Cameron of Cameron Craig Group

Job title: HOSPICE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Overall placement fee: $25,000

Fee percentage: 20%

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Job recruiter: Bob White of Impact Solutions, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Trey Cameron of Cameron Craig Group

Job title: CNC HORIZONTAL BORING MILLING MACHINIST

Overall placement fee: $17,388

Fee percentage: 22%

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Job recruiter: Pat McCombs, CPC of KB Search Team, LLC

Candidate recruiter: Trey Cameron of Cameron Craig Group

Job title: ACCOUNT MANAGER 

Overall placement fee: $17,520

Fee percentage: 24%

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Job recruiter: Kerry Boehner of KOB Solutions, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Trey Cameron of Cameron Craig Group

Job title: POLYMER SYNTHESIS LAB TECH

Overall placement fee: $16,250

Fee percentage: 25%

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Job recruiter: Keith Cornelison of Personnel Resources

Candidate recruiter: Trey Cameron of Cameron Craig Group

Job title: RESPIRATORY THERAPIST

Overall placement fee: $8,892

Fee percentage: 15%

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Job recruiter: Keith Cornelison of Personnel Resources

Candidate recruiter: Trey Cameron of Cameron Craig Group

Job title: RADIOLOGY TECH 

Overall placement fee: $12,046

Fee percentage: 15%

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Job recruiter: Bob Jones of Bob Jones

Candidate recruiter: Joe Cresci of Food Management Search

Job title: SUPPLY CHAIN AND OPERATIONS PLANNING MANAGER

Overall placement fee: $30,000

Fee percentage: 25%

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Job recruiter: Amylyn Kyler of Kyler Professional Search

Candidate recruiter: David Cuozzo of CrowdSourced Recruiting (inactive)

Job title: ACCOUNTING CONTROLLER – MANUFACTURING

Overall placement fee: $22,500

Fee percentage: 18%

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Job recruiter: Bruce Widnes of The Recruiting Group, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Pamela Mahadeo Dimarzio of Pam & Co., Inc.

Job title: FIELD SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

Overall placement fee: $16,016

Fee percentage: 22%

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Job recruiter: Nick Hope of Hope and Associates

Candidate recruiter: Brad Dodge of iLocatum Recruiting

Job title: MAINTENANCE MANAGER 

Overall placement fee: $22,000

Fee percentage: 20%

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Job recruiter: Kristy Staggs of Byrnes & Rupkey, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Larry Gallin of Gallin Associates

Job title: FOOD SAFETY QUALITY MANAGER

Overall placement fee: $25,000

Fee percentage: 25%

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Job recruiter: Jeff Manga of 6 Degrees Search

Candidate recruiter: Arwen Gibbons of Hunter Gibbons

Job title: BUSINESS ANALYST – LENDING SYSTEMS

Overall placement fee: $17,600

Fee percentage: 20%

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Job recruiter: Brent Heaberlin of Corps Partners

Candidate recruiter: Nancy Gordon of Harlan Recruiting Group

Job title: HR MANAGER – MANUFACTURING  

Overall placement fee: $25,800

Fee percentage: 20%

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Job recruiter: Brandon Adsit of Accurate Engineering Solutions, LLC

Candidate recruiter: Brian Hulecki of Career Transitions, LLC

Job title: ENGINEERING PROJECT MANAGER 

Overall placement fee: $19,550

Fee percentage: 17%

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Job recruiter: Carol McBride of RCC Group, LLC

Candidate recruiter: Phil Hurd of Oculus Search Partners, LLC

Job title: SENIOR MANAGER – REAL ESTATE COUNSEL

Overall placement fee: $37,500

Fee percentage: 25%

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Job recruiter: Rich Grunenwald of Advisory and Consulting Services, LLC

Candidate recruiter: Phil Hurd of Oculus Search Partners, LLC

Job title: TAX CONSULTANT

Overall placement fee: $17,500

Fee percentage: 25%

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Job recruiter: Bruce Widnes of The Recruiting Group, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Phil Hurd of Oculus Search Partners, LLC

Job title: TERRITORY SALES MANAGER

Overall placement fee: $20,900

Fee percentage: 22%

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Job recruiter: Ernest Kidd of Accelerated Search Partners, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Phil Hurd of Oculus Search Partners, LLC

Job title: QUALITY ENGINEER

Overall placement fee: $9,300

Fee percentage: 15%

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Job recruiter: Chris Ramsay, CPC of Corporate Resources, LLC

Candidate recruiter: Phil Hurd of Oculus Search Partners, LLC

Job title: ACCOUNT MANAGER 

Overall placement fee: $13,750

Fee percentage: 25%

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Job recruiter: John Peterson of Sun Recruiting, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Steve Kohn of Affinity Executive Search, Inc.

Job title: CHEMICAL ENGINEER

Overall placement fee: $21,250

Fee percentage: 25%

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Job recruiter: Keith Cornelison of Personnel Resources

Candidate recruiter: Steve Kohn of Affinity Executive Search, Inc.

Job title: DIRECTOR OF NURSING

Overall placement fee: $14,775

Fee percentage: 15%

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Job recruiter: Dennis Cupp of Austin Allen Company, LLC

Candidate recruiter: Mike Pettit of Channel Personnel Services, Inc.

Job title: ENGINEER

Overall placement fee: $25,000

Fee percentage: 25%

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Job recruiter: Sherry Umpleby of Innovative Search Solutions

Candidate recruiter: Gary Schultz of Work 22, Inc.

Job title: HUMAN RESOURCES LEADER

Overall placement fee: $38,750

Fee percentage: 25%

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Job recruiter: Kristen Grant of Apple & Assoc. Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Richard Steinman of Steinman Recruiting Associates

Job title: EMBEDDED SOFTWARE ENGINEER II

Overall placement fee: $29,100

Fee percentage: 24.25%

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Job recruiter: Maria Hemminger of MJ Recruiters, LLC

Candidate recruiter: Jim Strickland of BioSource Recruiters

Job title: HR GENERALIST

Overall placement fee: $18,750

Fee percentage: 25%

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Job recruiter: Mike Burks of T. Burks & Associates

Candidate recruiter: Michael Stuck of Gables Search Group

Job title: MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR

Overall placement fee: $18,000

Fee percentage: 20%

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Job recruiter: Amylyn Kyler of Kyler Professional Search

Candidate recruiter: Michael Stuck of Gables Search Group

Job title: MEDICAL TOOLS SALES LEADER

Overall placement fee: $17,000

Fee percentage: 20%

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Job recruiter: Adam Franklin of TradeLink Solutions

Candidate recruiter: Michael Stuck of Gables Search Group

Job title: PROJECT MANAGER/SUPERINTENDENT – NEW HOMES

Overall placement fee: $6,000

Fee percentage: Flat

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Job recruiter: Amylyn Kyler of Kyler Professional Search

Candidate recruiter: Michael Stuck of Gables Search Group

Job title: ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT – LEGAL BUTLER

Overall placement fee: $9,360

Fee percentage: 18%

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Job recruiter: Amber Schleinkofer of KB Search Team, LLC

Candidate recruiter: Michael Stuck of Gables Search Group

Job title: SERVICE CENTER MANAGER

Overall placement fee: $27,500

Fee percentage: 25%

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Job recruiter: Erika Staszewski of Integritas Search

Candidate recruiter: Michael Stuck of Gables Search Group

Job title: PRODUCTION PLANNER

Overall placement fee: $22,500

Fee percentage: 25%

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Job recruiter: Adam Franklin of TradeLink Solutions

Candidate recruiter: Michael Stuck of Gables Search Group

Job title: SALES ASSISTANT – NEW CONSTRUCTION 

Overall placement fee: $4,000

Fee percentage: Flat

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Job recruiter: Alex Bakker of USA Staffing Network

Candidate recruiter: Jim Sullivan of Galaxy Management Group, Inc.

Job title: SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST

Overall placement fee: $12,577

Fee percentage: 15%

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Job recruiter: David Wood, CPC of The David Wood Company

Candidate recruiter: Bob White of Impact Solutions, Inc.

Job title: BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT EXECUTIVE

Overall placement fee: $36,675

Fee percentage: 22.5%

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If you’re a newer Network member and you’d like to enjoy more success in our recruiter network, then I encourage you to contact Top Echelon Director of Network Operations Drea Codispoti, CPC/CERS.

You can do so by calling 330.595.1742 or by sending an email to drea@topechelon.com.

It’s not how you start, but it’s how you finish, and for the Top Echelon Network recruiters listed below, they finished 2022 in fine fashion!

That’s because their split placements commanded the largest recruiting fees in the Network for the month of December. Leading the way were John Moskonas of The ARGroup of Search Companies and Brent Barth of bizjobz, LLC.

John and Brent placed an Assistant VP – Statutory Accounting/Reporting to generate a fee of $42,500 at 25%. In addition to highlighting these two recruiters, we’d also like to mention Bob White of Impact Solutions, Inc. As you can see below, Bob was part of two of the top five recruiting fees in Top Echelon in December.

As a reminder, Top Echelon determines the monthly and quarterly winners of its Network split fee recruiting awards in four distinct categories:

1.) Recruiter of the Month
2.) Largest Split Fee of the Month
3.) Recruiter of the Quarter
4.) Largest Split Fee of the Quarter

We only announce the winners of these awards in The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog. We do so usually (but not always) in the issue following the conclusion of each month and/or quarter.

So congratulations to everybody on the list below for scoring some BIG placement fees during the month of December!

Largest Split Fees – December 2022

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First Place:

John Moskonas of The ARGroup of Search Companies and Brent Barth of bizjobz, LLC

The position for this split placement was an Assistant VP – Statutory Accounting/Reporting and the fee percentage associated with this placement was 25%.

John was the job order recruiter and Brent was the candidate recruiter.

The fee for this split placement was $42,500.

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Second Place:

Sherry Umpleby of Innovative Search Solutions and Gary Schultz of Work 22, Inc.

The position for this split placement was a Human Resources Leader and the fee percentage associated with this placement was 25%.

Sherry was the job order recruiter and Gary was the candidate recruiter.

The fee for this split placement was $38,750.

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Third Place:

Carol McBride of RCC Group, LLC and Phil Hurd of Oculus Search Partners, LLC

The position for this split placement was a Senior Manager – Real Estate Counsel and the fee percentage associated with this placement was 25%.

Carol was the job order recruiter and Phil was the candidate recruiter.

The fee for this split placement was $37,500.

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Fourth Place:

  David Wood of The David Wood Company and Bob White of Impact Solutions, Inc.

The position for this split placement was a Business Development Executive and the fee percentage associated with this placement was 22.5%.

David was the job order recruiter and Bob was the candidate recruiter.

The fee for this split placement was $36,675.

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Fifth Place:

John Ricciardi of Afton Consulting Group and Bob White of Impact Solutions, Inc.

The position for this split placement was a Regulatory Affairs Manager and the fee percentage associated with this placement was 25%.

John was the job order recruiter and Bob was the candidate recruiter.

The fee for this split placement was $32,500.

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If YOU want to make more money through Top Echelon’s recruiter network, then contact Director of Network Operations Drea Codispoti, CPC/CERS.

You can reach Drea by calling 330.595.1742 or by sending an email to drea@topechelon.com.

Trey Cameron of Cameron Craig Group was not able to catch Michael Stuck of Gables Search Group for Recruiter of the Year honors in Top Echelon Network. However, he was able to beat out Michael for Recruiter of the Month honors in December!

Not only that, but Trey is also close to reaching the $10 million plateau in terms of his career cash-in billings within the Network. As you can see below, Trey and Michael are just two of the recruiters who generated healthy supplemental revenue through the split placements they made in Top Echelon last month.

Below is the information that we include with the Recruiters of the Month feature in Top Echelon Network:

1. The top 10 recruiters for the month.
2. The “cash-in” total for each recruiter during the month. (We base the order of the recruiters on their amount of “cash-in” dollars, as opposed to the number of split placements they made.)
3. The number of splits that the recruiters made during the month.
4. The number of splits each recruiter has made during their Network career.
5. Each recruiter’s “cash-in” total for their Network career.

With this format, there are more than likely going to be ties among recruiters, especially with those members who have made split placements with each other.

Congratulations to the recruiters listed below . . . and congratulations to every Network member who made a split placement (or multiple splits) during the month of December!

Recruiters of the Month – December 2022

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First Place:

Recruiter: Trey Cameron
Agency: Cameron Craig Group
Placements: Eight (8)
Cash-in total: $76,149.01
Career Top Echelon placements: 1,268
Career Top Echelon cash-in: $9,956,933.64

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Second Place:

Recruiter: Michael Stuck
Agency: Gables Search Group
Placements: Eighteen (18)
Cash-in total: $67,998.74
Career Top Echelon placements: 459
Career Top Echelon cash-in: $3,127,552.42

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Third Place:

Recruiter: Bob White 
Agency: Impact Solutions, Inc.
Placements: Four (4)
Cash-in total: $51,114.85
Career Top Echelon placements: 82
Career Top Echelon cash-in: $527,645.59

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Fourth Place:

Recruiter: Phil Hurd 
Agency: Oculus Search Partners, LLC 
Placements: Five (5)
Cash-in total: $33,675.50
Career Top Echelon placements: 52
Career Top Echelon cash-in: $303,539.31

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Fifth Place:

Recruiter: John Ricciardi 
Agency: Afton Consulting Group
Placements: Two (2)
Cash-in total: $27,119.00
Career Top Echelon placements: 45
Career Top Echelon cash-in $452,100.44

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Sixth Place:

Recruiter: Steve Kohn
Agency: Affinity Executive Search, Inc.
Placements: Two (2)
Cash-in total: $25,850.00
Career Top Echelon placements: 508
Career Top Echelon cash-in: $4,472,331.72

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Seventh Place:

Recruiter: Amber Schleinkofer 
Agency: KB Search Team, LLC
Placements: Two (2)
Cash-in total: $25,262.50
Career Top Echelon placements: 33
Career Top Echelon cash-in: $256,155.17

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Eighth Place:

Recruiter: Joe Cresci
Agency: Food Management Search
Placements: Four (4)
Cash-in total: $25,068.86
Career Top Echelon placements: 85
Career Top Echelon cash-in: $659,582.00

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Ninth Place:

Recruiter: Adam Krueger 
Agency: Sun Recruiting, Inc.
Placements: Two (2)
Cash-in total: $24,322.50
Career Top Echelon placements: 38
Career Top Echelon cash-in: $450,667.33

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Tenth Place:

Recruiter: Erika Staszewski
Agency: Integritas Search
Placements: Two (2)
Cash-in total: $23,500.00
Career Top Echelon placements: 24
Career Top Echelon cash-in: $239,653.00

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If YOU want to make more money through Top Echelon’s recruiting network, then contact Director of Network Operations, Drea Codispoti, CPC/CERS.

You can reach Drea by calling 330.595.1742 or by sending an email to drea@topechelon.com.

Top Echelon Network ended 2022 in strong fashion, as 16 recruiting agencies joined the Network ranks as new members in December!

One of those agencies was Transcend Recruiting, LLC in Massillon, Ohio. Mike McRae, who was a Senior Account Manager at Top Echelon for 11 years, is the owner of Transcend Recruiting. Mike focuses on Manufacturing, Engineering, and Medical Equipment, to name just a few industries. Let’s give a warm welcome to Mike McRae!

As is the case every month, our new agencies work in a variety of industries and niches, and they’re all ready to make split placements and generate more revenue! These industries include Information Technology, Sales, Marketing, Healthcare, Engineering, Cybersecurity, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, and Finance, among others.

With that in mind, I encourage you to look over the list of new member agencies below. And of course, reach out to any one of them (or more) if you believe that you can make splits together.

We run the names of recruiting agencies applying for membership in the Network Dashboard section of the Top Echelon software. We list the names of new Network agencies, as well.

However, we also list our new members in The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog. This list typically includes the:

• Name of the agency
• Industries and/or specialties in which the agency operates
• Names of the recruiters working at the agency
• Geographic location of the agency

So I’d like to take this moment to once again congratulate the agencies listed below and welcome them to the Network. I look forward to helping them make split placements!

(Note: If you have any questions about reaching out to new members or about your split recruiting membership in general, please contact me. My contact information is listed at the end of this blog post.)

New Member Agencies – December 2022

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The Butler Organization
Industries: Generalist
Recruiters: David Butler
Location: Olmsted Township, OH

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Fox Search Consultants, Inc.
Industries: High-Tech, and Telecommunications
Recruiters: Donnie Fox
Location: Marietta, GA

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G2 Group 
Industries: Healthcare and Generalist
Recruiters: Tucker Burton
Location: Indianapolis, IN

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InfoSec Connect
Industries: Technology and Information Security/Cybersecurity
Recruiters: Pete Strouse
Location: Bradenton, FL

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MediForce Staffing, Inc.
Industries: Healthcare, Engineering, and Accounting/Finance 
Recruiters: Tyler Martin
Location: San Jose, CA

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MetriX
Industries: Manufacturing, Engineering, Marketing/PR, and Information Technology
Recruiters: Anna Buchanan
Location: Austin, TX

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The Newschool Group
Industries: Generalist
Recruiters: Michael Duke
Location: Shelbyville, KY

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Parnetic Search, LLC
Industries: Sales and Finance
Recruiters: Kunji Sedo
Location: Eagle, ID

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The Pontem Group
Industries: Generalist
Recruiters: Eddy Ricci
Location: East Greenwich, RI

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SearchPath Next Level Recruitment
Industries: Finance, Insurance, Professional, Science, and Technology
Recruiters: Kaye-Ann Brown-Barrett
Location: East Stroudsburg, PA

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Systems Connection Group, LLC
Industries: Information Technology
Recruiters: Darin Woodard
Location: East Point, GA

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Talent Connectors
Industries: Food & Beverage and Technology 
Recruiters: Samantha Foster
Location: Boise, ID

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TelForce Group
Industries: Telecommunications
Recruiters: Karolyn Lawrence
Location: Nashville, TN

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Transcend Recruiting, LLC
Industries: Manufacturing, Engineering, and Medical Equipment
Recruiters: Mike McRae
Location: Massillon, OH

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Valarezo Enterprises, LLC (dba as VE Hiring)
Industries: Professional, Science and Technology
Recruiters: Sara Valarezo
Location: Loxahatchee, FL

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VeTalent
Industries: Healthcare, Defense, IT, and Cybersecurity
Recruiters: Kevin O’Brien
Location: Warminster, PA

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It doesn’t matter if you’re a newer Network recruiter or an established member. If you want help making split placements with other Top Echelon Network members, then I encourage you to contact me.

You can do so by calling 330.595.1742 or by sending an email to drea@topechelon.com.

It’s a New Year full of promise, fresh starts, and new beginnings . . . so let’s help kick off 2023 with our Top Echelon Network anniversaries for the month of January!

Especially noteworthy is the fact that there are two recruiting agencies celebrating an anniversary of 30+ years in Top Echelon. As you can see below, those agencies are Markent Personnel (34 years) and Larry Radzely (32 years). Overall, there are 31 agencies celebrating an anniversary in Top Echelon Network during the month of January.

When recognizing Network agencies for their anniversaries, Top Echelon includes the name of the agency; the length of the anniversary; and the location of the agency, including the city and state.

So congratulations to all of the agencies celebrating anniversaries in our split fee recruiting network during the month of January!

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34-Year Anniversary

• Markent Personnel in Portage, WI

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32-Year Anniversary

• Adel-Lawrence Assoc. in Manalapan, NJ

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20-Year Anniversary

• Cameron Craig Group in Cornelius, NC

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18-Year Anniversary

• Apple & Assoc., Inc. in Chapin, SC

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17-Year Anniversary

• JN Adams & Associates, Inc. in Madison, CT

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16-Year Anniversary

• Ives & Associates, Inc. in Columbus, OH

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11-Year Anniversary

• Sun Recruiting, Inc. in Glen Ellyn, IL
• The ARGroup of Search Companies in Sparta, NJ

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8-Year Anniversary

• DES, LLC in Franksville, WI

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6-Year Anniversary

• CRJ Search in Springboro, OH
• Max Populi, LLC in Export, PA

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5-Year Anniversary

• GLS Management Services, LLC in Oakland City, IN
• JSR Associates, LLC in Goodyear, AZ

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3-Year Anniversary

• McCord Executive Search in Red Wing, MN
• New Talent in Charleston, SC

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2-Year Anniversary

• Corporate Strategic Resourcing in Chicago, IL 
• Jenn Resources in Colorado Springs, CO
• Relient Health in Atlanta, GA
• TechniSearch Recruiters in Paducah, KY
• The Timberline Group in Sullivan, MO
• Tiro, LLC in Berkley, MI
• Work Horse Temps, LLC in Orlando, FL

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1-Year Anniversary

• Ability Professional Network, LLC in Dublin, OH
• ESP Prosearch in Miami, FL
• Exceptional People, Inc. in Bel Tiburon, CA
• FSN in Wake Forest, NC
• fulltimeGiGS/Albert Energy LLC in Saint Simons Island, GA
• HG Arias & Associates in El Paso, TX
• High Performance Recruiting in Atlanta, GA
• Lazio Search Group, Inc. in Auburn Hills, MI
• OmniDirects in Fond Du Lac, WI 

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Thank you to all of these agencies and the many others that have joined Top Echelon Network over the years. We look forward to many more anniversaries and split placements in the years ahead!