Surf Search is at it again!

After claiming part of four of the 10 largest split placements in Top Echelon Network in 2020, the TE agency has started the year with a bang. Specifically, the agency is part of the Largest Split Fee Award in the Network for the month of January!

As you can see below, Debbie Winkelbauer of Surf Search split a $50K placement fee with Shelli Saunders of GoRecruitMe to take the top spot.

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 Debbie and Shelli for making this placement and for earning the Largest Split Fee of the Month Award . . . and congratulations to everybody on list below for making some BIG placement fees during January!

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Largest Split Fee — January 2021

Shelli Saunders

Debbie Winkelbauer

Debbie Winkelbauer of Surf Search and Shelli Saunders of GoRecruitMe

The position for this split placement was a Medical Director – Remote, and the fee percentage associated with this placement was 20%.

Debbie was the job order recruiter and Shelli was the candidate recruiter.

The fee for this split placement was $50,000.

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Second Place:

Pat McCombs, CPC of KB Search Team, LLC (job order recruiter)
Ann Boland of The Boland Group (candidate recruiter)
Position Title: Director of Engineering
Fee percentage: 25%
Split Fee: $42,500

Third Place:

Bill Kubena of Kubena & Associates (job order recruiter)
Marcus Strother of the Bridgeway Commerce Group, LLC (candidate recruiter)
Position Title: Continuous Improvement Engineer
Fee percentage: 25%
Split Fee: $31,500

Fourth Place (tie):

Julie Mysinger of Hire Horizons (job order recruiter)
Robert Proudfoot of Apex Global Recruiting (candidate recruiter)
Position Title: Business Development Manager, Wastewater Capital
Fee percentage: 25%
Split Fee: $30,000

Fourth Place (tie):

Erika Staszewski of Integritas Search (job order recruiter)
Gary Schultz of Work 22, Inc. (candidate recruiter)
Position Title: Warehouse and Distribution Manager
Fee percentage: 25%
Split Fee: $30,000

Fifth Place:

Phil Hurd of Oculus Search Partners, LLC (job order recruiter)
Rob Hunter of Questgroup Consultants, Inc. (candidate recruiter)
Position Title: Clinical Terminologist
Fee percentage: 23%
Split Fee: $28,750

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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 330.455.1433, x156 or by sending an email to drea@topechelon.com.

As many of you are probably aware, Top Echelon Software acquired CATS Software, Inc. last fall.

Since that time, quite a few CATS users have joined Top Echelon Network as member agencies. Of course, we expect more CATS recruiting firms to join the Network membership ranks in the future.

With that in mind, we’re pleased to announce that Network members that use CATS can now copy a job from the CATS software to the Top Echelon Network database as part of their membership!

The process for doing so is both quick and easy. (Please note that in order to see the copy option on your CATS job order, you must use the same logins for both your CATS and Top Echelon accounts.)

Here are the steps:

1.) Navigate to the corresponding Job Order within your CATS database.

2.) Locate the Top Echelon Network card and click the Copy to Top Echelon Network button in the top right-hand corner of the screen.

3.) While some of the information will be pre-populated, fill in any additional information, specifically these required fields:

• Job Title
• Location
• Min + Max Compensation
• Fee
• At least one Industry
• At lease one Occupation Code
• Job Description (500 character minimum)

4.) Click the Save button in the bottom left-hand corner of the screen when complete.

We encourage you to view the Help Center article associated with this feature for more information, including screenshots for a more complete training experience:

View the Help Center article!

If you have any questions about this new feature or about any of the features associated with your Top Echelon Network and/or Big Biller recruiting software account, please send an email to support@topechelon.com.

We’re pleased to present the top recruiters in Top Echelon Network for the month of January!

Last year, we made a couple of changes to this regular feature in The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog. Those changes are as follows:

1. We now list the top 10 recruiters for the month, instead of just the top five.
2. We now base the order of the recruiters on their amount of “cash-in” dollars, as opposed to the number of split placements they made during the month.

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

Now that we’ve set the ground rules, congratulations to the recruiters listed below and congratulations to every Network member who made a split placement (or multiple splits) during the month of January!

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Recruiters of the Month — January 2021:

1st Place: Pat McCombs, CPC
Agency: KB Search Team, LLC
Placements: Three (3)
Commission: $33,252

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2nd Place (tie): Shelli Saunders
Agency: GoRecruitMe
Placements: One (1)
Commission: $23,500

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2nd Place (tie): Debbie Winkelbauer
Agency: Surf Search
Placements: One (1)
Commission: $23,500

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3rd Place: Michael Stuck
Agency: Gables Search Group
Placements: Four (4)
Commission: $21,681

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4th Place: Maria Hemminger
Agency: MJ Recruiters, LLC
Placements: Three (3)
Commission: $20,163

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5th Place: Ann Boland
Agency: The Boland Group
Placements: One (1)
Commission: $19,975

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6th Place: Steve Kohn
Agency: Affinity Executive Search, Inc.
Placements: Three (3)
Commission: $18,988

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7th Place (tie): Marcus Strother
Agency: Bridgeway Commerce Group, LLC
Placements: One (1)
Commission: $14,805

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7th Place (tie): Bill Kubena
Agency: Kubena & Associates
Placements: One (1)
Commission: $14,805

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8th Place: Errol Neider
Agency: EGN Technical Resources
Placements: Two (2)
Commission: $14,648

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9th Place: John Peterson
Agency: Sun Recruiting, Inc.
Placements: Two (2)
Commission: $14,648

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10th Place (tie): Gary Schultz
Agency: Work 22, Inc.
Placements: One (1)
Commission: $14,100

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10th Place (tie): Rob Proudfoot
Agency: Apex Global Recruiting
Placements: One (1)
Commission: $14,100

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10th Place (tie): Erika Staszewski
Agency: Integritas Search
Placements: One (1)
Commission: $14,100

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10th Place (tie): Julie Mysinger
Agency: Hire Horizons
Placements: One (1)
Commission: $14,100

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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 330.455.1433, x156 or by sending an email to drea@topechelon.com.

Top Echelon ended the year 2020 with a bang in terms of Network membership, and we’ve started the year 2021 with an even bigger bang.

That’s because while 17 new recruiting agencies joined the Network membership ranks in December, we welcomed another 23 agencies into our recruiting network in January!

As you might already know, we run the names of recruiting agencies applying for membership in the Network Dashboard 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 congratulate the agencies listed below. I also welcome them to the membership and look forward to helping them make splits in the Network!

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.

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New Member Agencies — January 2020:

360 TALENT GROUP
Industries: Information Technology, Sales, and Recruiting positions
Recruiters: Susan Johnson
Location: Powell, Ohio

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ARIS SEARCH
Industries: Information Technology and Sales
Recruiters: Tellis Sigros
Location: Arlington, Virginia

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ATLANTA EXECUTIVE SEARCH
Industries: Manufacturing, Business, and Information Technology
Recruiters: Miles Nelson
Location: Hiawassee, Georgia

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CORPORATE STRATEGIC RESOURCING
Industries: Information Technology: Complex IT Solutions/Process Re-engineering/Change Management/Project Management Training
Recruiters: Jane Prugh
Location: Chicago, Illinois

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HUNTER LEMON GROUP
Industries: Marketing, Sales, Digital Media, Operations, Supply Chain, Project Management, and Human Resources.
Recruiters: Loryn Schiraldo
Location: Hoboken, New Jersey

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JENN RESOURCES
Industries: Partners with emerging to mid-sized Biotech, Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research Organizations (CRO) across the U.S., placing contract and perm Clinical Operations & Development, Quality Assurance, Regulatory & Safety, and Medical Affairs professionals
Recruiters: Jennifer Hull
Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado

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JOHN F. KINSTLER
Industries: Information Technology, Health & Human Services, and Software Publishers
Recruiters: John Kinstler and Jeff Bienstock
Location: Delray Beach, Florida

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LABMINDS STAFFING
Industries: Healthcare
Recruiters: Van Bonjoc
Location: Bakersfield, California

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LESLIE DEARMOND
Industries: Engineering and Manufacturing, Human Resources, Logistics, Procurement, Operations Management, Quality, Materials Management, Accounting and Finance, Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, and Sales & Marketing
Recruiters: Leslie DeArmond
Location: Matthews, North Carolina

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NIAH, LLC
Industries: Technology, Product & Design, HR, Finance, and Marketing
Recruiters: Tatiana Becker
Location: Pasadena, California

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PEMBERTON, WHITEMAN, AND HILL
Industries: BioMedical, Healthcare, Technical IT, and Legal (Attorney) Recruitment
Recruiters: Joshua Hill
Location: Kansas City, Missouri

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PEOPLEFIND, INC.
Industries: General
Recruiters: Charles Grossner, Osborne Ekhibise, Arti Kane, Brijesh Patel, Vandana Ramesh, Victor Udora, and Janna Vassil
Location: Markham, Ontario

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RELIENT HEALTH
Industries: Healthcare, with specialty areas in Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech Language Pathology, and Nursing
Recruiters: Payne Broom
Location: Atlanta, Georgia

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RESULTS SOCIAL MEDIA CONSULTING
Industries: Manufacturing, Construction, Transportation, and Retail
Recruiters: David Wilson
Location: Riegelsville, Pennsylvania

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TALENTNOW SOLUTIONS
Industries: Professional Services, Media, and Technology
Recruiters: Regina Angeles
Location: New York, New York

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TALENTSOURCE RECRUITING
Industries: Software Publishers and Sales
Recruiters: Jeff Detwiler
Location: Phoenix, Arizona

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TECHNISEARCH RECRUITERS
Industries: Automotive
Recruiters: Christine Mueller
Location: Paducah, Kentucky

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THE RECRUITING CONSORTIUM, LLC
Industries: Information Technology, Engineering, Accounting & Finance, Infrastructure and Operational positions, in both the commercial and government sectors
Recruiters: Mark Bradley
Location: Greensboro, North Carolina

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THE TIMBERLINE GROUP
Industries: Information Technology
Recruiters: Greg Wallen
Location: Sullivan, Missouri

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THINK BIG RECRUITING, INC.
Industries: Manufacturing
Recruiters: Darren King and Blanca Perales
Location: Raleigh, North Carolina

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TIRO, LLC
Industries: Automotive, Engineering, Construction, Healthcare, Supply Chain, and Information Technology
Recruiters: Jason Hunt
Location: Berkley, Michigan

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TRAVIS JANKO
Industries: Sales, SDR, BDR, SMB, Enterprise, SaaS, Sales Leadership, and Sales Engineering
Recruiters: Travis Janko
Location: Littleton, Colorado

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WORK HORSE TEMPS, LLC
Industries: Manufacturing, Construction, and Engineering
Recruiters: Kelvin Young, Jennifer Avila, and Kenneth Elliott
Location: Orlando, Florida

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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 330.455.1433, x156 or by sending an email to drea@topechelon.com.

It’s another big month for Network anniversaries in Top Echelon!

That’s because not only do we have another large batch of member agencies celebrating an anniversary this month, but there are also two agencies that are celebrating anniversaries of 20 years or more.

Those two agencies are Pan American Search, Inc. in El Paso, Texas and Computer Recruiters, Inc. in Woodland Hills, California. They have now been members of Top Echelon Network for 26 and 21 years, respectively.

As you can see below, there are 32 agencies overall celebrating a Network anniversary during the month of February. Top Echelon now recognizes any and ALL Network agencies celebrating an anniversary during a given month.

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 February!

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26-Year Anniversary

• Pan American Search, Inc. in El Paso, Texas

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21-Year Anniversary

• Computer Recruiters, Inc. in Woodland Hills, California

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14-Year Anniversary

• Johnson Resource Group, LLC in Covington, Kentucky

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13-Year Anniversary

• Downs Associates in Little Rock, Arkansas

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12-Year Anniversary

• Talsco, Inc. in Franklin, Wisconsin

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11-Year Anniversary

• Bidwell & Associates, LLC in Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Matt Scheihing in Springfield, Missouri

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10-Year Anniversary

• Albert Energy, LLC in Saint Simons, Georgia
• Dunson & Associates, Inc. in Clayton, Ohio

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9-Year Anniversary

• PRA USA in St. Clair, Minnesota

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7-Year Anniversary

• The Recruiting Pro in Buford, Georgia

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6-Year Anniversary

• Blue Marble Executive Search in Venice, California
• Cambridge Consulting in Elmhurst, Illinois

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5-Year Anniversary

• Channel Personnel Services, Inc. in Pasadena, Texas
• Premier Search Associates, Inc. in Sister Bay, Wisconsin
• Therese Eckhoff in Oak Brook, Illinois
• Work Life Recruiting in Vancouver, Washington

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4-Year Anniversary

• Galaxy Management Group, Inc. in Garden, New York
• Hunter Davis Group in Punta Gorda, Florida

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3-Year Anniversary

• Advanced Technical Staffing, LLC in Scituate, Massachusetts
• Executive Placements in Piqua, Ohio
• J. Gifford, Inc. in Tulsa, Oklahoma
• Midas Management, Inc. in Jupiter, Florida

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2-Year Anniversary

• Gateway Sourcing, LLC in Fairhope, Alabama
• Plumlee & Associates in Franklin, Tennessee
• Seifert & Associates in Massillon, Ohio

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1-Year Anniversary

• Hart Consulting in Sanford, Florida
• Omni Directs National Recruiting Services in Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin
• PMO Partners in Groton, Massachusetts
• RC Search Group in West Des Moines, Iowa
• Reyna Consulting in Grapevine, Texas
• Wolfland Group in Marina Del Rey, California