The first quarter of the year is now officially over (actually, it’s been officially over for almost two weeks now), so this is a good time to reflect on what happened in our recruiting network during that time.

The bottom line is that there is plenty of good news regarding Network activity during the first three months of 2021.

Below are some of the numbers associated with this good news:

• As I mentioned last week, we set a new record for membership with at least 20 new agencies becoming Network members for three straight months (January-March).
• Members added 1,729 job orders to the Network system during the first quarter, bringing the overall number of jobs in the system to nearly 2,300.
• There were 194 placements created and 131 placements finalized during the quarter, a strong start to the year and a harbinger of good things to come in the second quarter and beyond.

Plenty of recruiting agencies are finding enough value in Network membership to join in droves every month, and current members are still billing plenty through TE. Not only are some of them making a lot of placements, but some of them are also earning big fees as a result of their Top Echelon Network membership.

With all of this being said, the message that I have for you, the members of our split fee recruiting network is . . . pick up the phone and call your trading partners!

Now, more than ever, Network members need to be connecting with one another. If a member calls you, call them back. Not only does the future of your productivity and profitability depend upon it, but it’s also a reflection of your character and the type of trading partner you are.

This Network is based on communication. (Which is why Communication is one of The Four Pillars of Top Echelon Network.) That’s because communication leads to relationships, and relationships lead to more placements.

So congratulations to everybody who made split placements in Top Echelon Network during the first quarter. Let’s forge ahead and make the second quarter of the year even better!

Just like we have the top TE recruiters for the first quarter of 2021 . . . we also have the top TE recruiting fees in the first quarter!

As you can see below, there is a tie for the Largest Split Fee of the Quarter. Two pair of recruiters were involved in separate split placements that resulted in $60,000 fees.

But wait’s there’s more! Specifically, there are nine more large recruiting fees that Network members made during the first quarter. So we invite you to check out all of the top recruiting fees below.

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 Juanita Smith, Nick Hope, Emily Outhwaite, and Jacob Horn for sharing the Largest Split Fee of the Quarter Award!

And congratulations to everybody who made the largest split fees in Top Echelon Network during the first quarter of 2021!

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Largest Split Fees of the Quarter
First Place (tie) :

Juanita Smith of the Executive Group and Nick Hope of Hope and Associates

The position for this split placement was a (Refining) Operations Manager and the fee percentage associated with this placement was 25%.

Juanita was the job order recruiter and Nick was the candidate recruiter.

The fee for this split placement was $60,000.

First Place (tie) :

Emily Outhwaite of Med-Exec Solutions  and Jacob of Horn of VivoHealthStaff

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

Emily was the job order recruiter and Jacob was the candidate recruiter.

The fee for this split placement was $60,000.

Second Place:

Debbie Winkelbauer of Surf Search (job order recruiter)
Shelli Saunders of GoRecruitMe (candidate recruiter)
Position Title: Medical Director – Remote
Fee percentage: 20%
Split Fee: $50,000

Third Place:

David Evans of Perfect Fit Placement (job order recruiter)
Ann Boland of The Boland Group (candidate recruiter)
Position Title: Program Vice President – Midwest Region
Fee percentage: 28%
Split Fee: $49,000

Fourth Place:

Alan Carty of Automationtechies.com (job order recruiter)
Joseph Ryan of Washington Research Associates, Inc. (candidate recruiter)
Position Title: Chief Mechanical Engineer
Fee percentage: 25%
Split Fee: $47,500

Fifth Place:

Cynthia Simpson of J.T. Nelson & Associates, Inc. (job order recruiter)
Steve Kohn of Affinity Executive Search, Inc. (candidate recruiter)
Position Title: Plant Manager
Fee percentage: 25%
Split Fee: $45,000

Sixth 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

Seventh Place:

Michael Georgenson of PMG Employment Consultants, LLC (job order recruiter)
Branden Hodges (candidate recruiter – inactive)
Position Title: Sr. Project Manager
Fee percentage: 30%
Split Fee: $39,000

Eighth Place:

Amy Chapman of Key People Staffing (job order recruiter)
Mark Freeman of ProConcepts International (candidate recruiter)
Position Title: VP of Quality
Fee percentage: 25%
Split Fee: $37,500

Ninth Place:

Joe Cresci of Food Management Search (job order recruiter)
Gary Thompson of Retail Options Executive Search (candidate recruiter)
Position Title: COO – Retail Grocery
Fee percentage: 20%
Split Fee: $37,000

10th Place:

John Peterson of Sun Recruiting, Inc. (job order recruiter)
Jagdeep (Jack) Nagdev of Staffor (candidate recruiter)
Position Title: Plant Manager
Fee percentage: 22%
Split Fee: $36,300

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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.

It’s that time of year again . . . that’s right, it’s the end of a quarter!

The first quarter, specifically, and since that’s the case, we’re presenting the top TE recruiters for the first quarter of 2021 in this issue of The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog.

The top 10 recruiters in Top Echelon Network for the first quarter are listed below, from first place to 10th place.

As you will see, we’ve made a change to this regular feature in The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog. 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.

So congratulations to the recruiters listed below and congratulations to every Network member who made a split placement during the first quarter of 2021!

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Recruiters of the Quarter
First Place:

Recruiter: Steve Kohn
Agency: Affinity Executive Search
Placements: Eighteen (18)
Commission: $152,668

Second Place:

Recruiter: Michael Stuck
Agency: Gables Search Group
Placements: Twenty-seven
Commission: $135,247

Third Place:

Recruiter: Terry Rhodes
Agency: New Careers
Placements: Eleven (11)
Commission: $75,353

Fourth Place:

Recruiter: Amy Chapman
Agency: Key People Staffing
Placements: Four (4)
Commission: $59,102

Fifth Place:

Recruiter: Larry Gallin
Agency: Gallin Associates
Placements: Nine (9)
Commission: $55,177

Sixth Place:

Recruiter: Steve Brody
Agency: Executive Resource Systems
Placements: Six (6)
Commission: $50,113

Seventh Place:

Recruiter: Pat McCombs, CPC
Agency: KB Search Team, LLC
Placements: Four (4)
Commission: $45,590

Eighth Place:

Recruiter: Ann Boland
Agency: The Boland Group
Placements: Two (2)
Commission: $43,005

Ninth Place:

Recruiter: Keith Cornelison
Agency: Personnel Resources
Placements: Eight (8)
Commission: $42,345

10th Place:

Recruiter: Joe Cresci
Agency: Food Management Search
Placements: Three (3)
Commission: $34,662

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If you’re looking to make more placements with your Top Echelon split recruiting membership, then contact Director of Network Operations Drea Codispoti, CPC/CERS.

You can do so by calling 330.455.1433, x156 or by sending an email to drea@topechelon.com.

Top Echelon Training Specialist J.D. Fye recently conducted a special Training Tuesday webinar titled, “Big Biller’s Job Advertising Interface Upgrade!”

You may have attended this free webinar on Tuesday, April 6. On the other hand, you may not have been in attendance.

Regardless, we have the recorded version of the webinar, which I am presenting to you now. (The recording is also located in the Top Echelon Help Center.)

If you are not a user of the Big Biller recruiting software, then check out the video, anyway, to see how the software could benefit your recruiting desk and agency!

We at Top Echelon are continually working to make the resources that we provide to our customers better, and this is more proof!

Below is the official description of this training video:

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It’s a great time of year for a little spring cleaning, and even Big Biller’s recruiting software has done a bit of sprucing up!

During this Big Biller Training Tuesday webinar video, Top Echelon Training Specialist J.D. Fye will present a breakdown of the Job Advertising redesign, along with a new, free way to post your positions.

Among the topics that J.D. will cover include:

• The redesigned Advertise card on Job records
• The new posting information available on the Job Add screen
• An easier way to understand the Jobs Dashboard interface
• The new Monster Organic posting tool
• And much more!

Watch this Help Center training video!

Remember to check The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog every week for more updates regarding Top Echelon software improvements and upgrades.

If you have any questions about how you can maximize your Top Echelon split network membership, please contact Director of Network Operations Drea Codispoti, CPC/CERS.

You can do so by calling 330.455.1433, x156 or by sending an email to drea@topechelon.com.