Not only do we have more split placements in this week’s issue of The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog, but we also have some placements with BIG fees!

Granted, they’re not quite as big as these fees, but they’re still pretty sizeable. In fact, below are fees associated with some of the recent placements made in Top Echelon Network:

• $31,500
• $30,000
• $27,500

As you can see below, placements like these are made on a weekly basis in the Network. Members who invest in their membership—and more importantly, their trading partners—experience more success and make more placements.

Here is the information that we publish with 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)
• Fee percentage

As mentioned previously, there is one-week lag in regards to the publishing of these placements. As a result, the placements below reflect deals finalized in Top Echelon Network for the week of Monday, May 3, through Sunday, May 9.

In addition, remember that 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 placements they made in Top Echelon Network!

This Week’s TE Split Placements

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

Candidate recruiter: Stephanie Jakubik of Bertram & Associates, Inc.

Job title: HR MANAGER

Overall placement fee: $30,000

Fee percentage: 25%

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Job recruiter: Brenda Wylie Biggs, CPC of KB Search Team, LLC

Candidate recruiter: Deb North of True North Consulting, LLC

Job title: BODY SHOP MANAGER

Overall placement fee: $16,800

Fee percentage: 24%

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Job recruiter: Neily Horan of KB Search Team, LLC

Candidate recruiter: Larry Gallin of Gallin Associates

Job title: QUALITY ENGINEER

Overall placement fee: $12,000

Fee percentage: 20%

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Job recruiter: Keith Cornelison of Personnel Resources

Candidate recruiter: Michael Stuck of Gables Search Group

Job title: MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIST/MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNICIAN

Overall placement fee: $7,800

Fee percentage: 25%

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Job recruiter: Nancy Hastings of The Hastings Group

Candidate recruiter: Terry Rhodes of NewCareers

Job title: PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR

Overall placement fee: $11,000

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: CUSTOMER SERVICE MANAGER

Overall placement fee: $13,500

Fee percentage: 18%

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Job recruiter: Steve Brody of Executive Resource Systems

Candidate recruiter: Deb North of True North Consulting, LLC

Job title: AUDIT MANAGER

Overall placement fee: $31,500

Fee percentage: 25%

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Job recruiter: Philip Bartfield of Analytic Search

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

Job title: REGIONAL BUSINESS MANAGER

Overall placement fee: $27,500

Fee percentage: 25%

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Job recruiter: Charlene Young-Street of Veterans Employment

Candidate recruiter: Kathlene Kuykindoll of MorningStar Recruitment, Inc.

Job title: FIELD SERVICE ENGINEER

Overall placement fee: $10,800

Fee percentage: 18%

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And if you’re a newer member and you want to enjoy more success in our recruiting network, I encourage you to contact Top Echelon 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.

Remember when there were six million job openings in the United States? How about seven million?

Well, hang onto your recruiting hats, because there are now more than eight million job openings that employers are attempting to fill in this country.

Now, you might be thinking, “Hey, how is this possible during a pandemic?” Good question. Job openings did fall as low as 4.6 million last year during the early stages of the pandemic.

However, openings have risen dramatically since that time. They were at 7.5 million in February and then topped eight million in March for the first time ever. And now . . . we’re at 8.1 million job openings.

How is this possible? There are those who contend that the extra unemployment benefits (and stimulus checks) that have been issued since the pandemic began have given people less incentive to look for work. In addition, those who are already employed—including top professional candidates—are reluctant to switch jobs while the pandemic is ongoing.

You’ve heard it before when speaking with candidates: “Well, I don’t think right now is a good time to make a move.”

More than likely, your base of clients is willing to hire. So the problem is not the fact that they don’t want to hire. The problem is they can’t find anybody TO hire. Not anybody they want to hire, anyway.

Let’s face it: if employers could find the talent they wanted without recruiters, they wouldn’t use recruiters. But they can’t. That’s why they use recruiters.

But what happens when YOU can’t find the talent, either?

Well, then you have a problem. Not only are you not able to make a placement (and earn a placement fee), but your client might also think you can’t get the job done. That is a lose-lose situation.

Here’s the good news: you’re a member of Top Echelon’s recruiting network. As a member, you can use other recruiters’ candidates to fill your client’s job openings.

Sure, you have to split the placement fee. But of course, half of something is better than all of nothing.

With that in mind, I encourage you to use the Network to fill all of your job openings. Why? Because you can fill them more quickly! Will you fill every job you share with the Network? Of course not. However, it makes no sense to keep job orders back and not share them.

Yes, you might receive a job order and have the perfect candidate on hand in your database. Fair enough. But does that happen with ALL of your job orders? I would guess not.

And here’s a little-known secret: Network recruiters are making split placements through the Network Candidates sourcing tool.

In fact, there are more than six million candidates in the Network Candidates tool. That is reason enough for you to use this sourcing tool on a regular basis.

In addition, you should:

• Join a Virtual Core Group to help fill your job orders.
• Plan to join us in Las Vegas for the 2022 National Convention!

Last but certainly not least, please contact me. I can help you find the candidates that you (and your clients) want.

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

As we’ve stated on multiple occasions, The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog is the number-one way in which we communicate with the membership of Top Echelon Network.

Once upon a time, The Pinnacle was delivered via “snail mail” in hardcopy format. Then it was delivered via email in PDF format. And then there’s the current format, the blog.

And now we have something else . . .

We have the The Pinnacle in podcast format, delivered to you by Top Echelon Director of Network Operations Drea Codispoti, CPC/CERS!

After all, you’re busy. Of course you’re busy, you’re a recruiter! So in the midst of trying to rock your recruiting desk, you may not have the time to peruse The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog online.

That’s why, in the interest of making it as easy as possible to access the information contained in our newsletter, we’re offering The Pinnacle in podcast format.

Click here to access The Pinnacle podcast!

When you click the link, you’ll notice that The Pinnacle podcast is under the banner of The Recruiting Report, which is Top Echelon’s main podcast. (We recommend that you check that one out, as well.)

And of course, if you have any questions about The Pinnacle or about your Top Echelon Network membership, we encourage you to contact Drea.

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, “Harnessing the Power of Big Biller’s Contact Importer!”

You may have attended this free webinar on Tuesday, May 4. 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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A database is only as good as the data you put into it, and if that data happens to be in a spreadsheet, then Big Biller’s Contact Importer is the tool you’ll use to get the job done!

Join Top Echelon Training Specialist J.D. Fye for a closer, nuanced look at this popular feature in this Big Biller Training Tuesday webinar video.

During this video, J.D. will cover:

• How to set up your spreadsheet for success
• The behavior of the available fields
• Creative ways to fit unusual data into the import
• Options for after the import

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.

At Top Echelon, we’re constantly upgrading both the Big Biller recruiting software and our split placement network software. So we’re pleased to announce the following updates:

1. Open Jobs List Enhancements

The Open Jobs view of the Jobs Dashboard has been enhanced for quicker page load. Additional enhancements include:

• Pagination has been added, and the previous display limit has been removed.
• Selection checkboxes and the action icon were added to allow for mass actions to be taken on your Open Jobs.

2. Contact Import Enhancements

We made some updates to the Contact Importer to improve the overall user experience and refine the workflow when importing spreadsheets. Additional enhancements include:

• A new error log that displays a list of any issues that arose while processing, including the corresponding row, record type, and the error that it encountered
• A direct link to the Contact Importer in the Main Navigation Bar’s add menu for quicker access

3. Ability to Search Jobs by Fee

A Fee field has been added to Jobs Advanced Search to allow for further filtering of your agency and Network Job search results.

Remember, you can always stay informed by visiting the official Top Echelon Product Updates page. You can see current and past updates, as well as which updates and upgrades are next.

If you have questions about these updates or about any other aspect of your Top Echelon Network and/or Big Biller software account, you can:

→ Send an email to support@topechelon.com.

→ Contact us via chat during regular business hours.

→ Visit our Help Center.