We recently conducted a poll of Top Echelon Network recruiters by posting a question in the Members’ Area.

That question was as follows:

Have you ever paid a recruiting coach to work with you?

Results:

The choice of answers that we provided is listed below, along with the percentage of recruiters that selected each one:

• Yes, and still do — 7.3%
• Yes, for a while and recommend it — 10.6%
• Yes, won’t do it again — 4.9%
• Not for me — 77.2%

Analysis:

According to the poll results, the overwhelming majority of Network recruiters (77.2%) indicated that paying a recruiting coach to work with them is “not for me.”

Of course, that means the other 22.8% of respondents have paid a recruiting coach to work with them, experiencing varying degrees of success along the way. Nearly 5% tried it, but “won’t do it again,” while more than twice that number (10.6%) tried it “for a while and recommend it.”

Then there are those who have arguably enjoyed the most success using a recruiting coach: the 7.3% of poll participants that have used one and still use one.

Overall, though, more than three-fourths of Preferred Member recruiters believe that paying for coaching is not their “cup of tea” . . . or “cup of coffee” . . . or “cup of anything they normally like to drink.”

Conclusion:

Okay, so Network recruiters won’t pay for a recruiting coach (or more accurately, the majority of them won’t pay for such a coach).  However, would they take advantage of recruiting coaching if it was FREE of charge?

Is paid vs. free the key to the results of this poll?  And what about general training and now just one-on-one coaching?  There are plenty of free resources of which recruiters can take advantage.  Heck, even Top Echelon offers a series of free recruiter training webinars.

So it might not be a case of Network recruiters thinking that they “know it all” and don’t need coaching and/or training.  It might be more a case of Network recruiters preferring not to pay for said coaching and/or training.

What about you?  Have you ever paid for a recruiting coach?  If so, what was your experience?  Was it worth the money . . . or was it a waste of money?

Post your comments below!

During the past six months, it would appear that the rate of the economic recovery since the Great Recession has accelerated—at least for the recruiting and staffing industry.

That certainly seems to be the case if you were to look at Top Echelon Network’s statistics to this point in the year.  And . . . we’re going to look at Top Echelon Network’s statistics to this point in the year.  (See how this is all starting to make sense?)

At Top Echelon, we track Offers Accepted and Completed Placements on both a year-to-date (YTD) and a 12-month rolling basis. Below are the percentage increases for both Offers Accepted and Completed Placements on a YTD basis:

• Offers Accepted—Up 37.7%
• Completed Placements—Up 39.2%

There’s no doubt that Network recruiters have been making more split placements with more frequency, and as a result, they’ve also been praising each other for those placements more frequently . . . as you can see below.  The compliments (and the placements) have been piling up!

We love to see split placements increase, and we love to see recruiters enjoy their Trading Partner relationships and compliment each other.

Here’s to hoping it continues throughout all of 2015!

If you have questions about how to maximize your Top Echelon Network Membership and make more splits, I urge you to contact Director of Network Operations Drea Codispoti, CERS by calling 330.455.1433, x156 or by sending an email to drea@topechelon.com.

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Bill Kubena

Les Clem, CPA/CPC

“Thanks for the resume, Les.  I appreciate you following up with [the candidate] and making sure we had a chance to speak.  He’s going to be a great fit.”

Submitted by Bill Kubena of Kubena & Associates regarding his Network split placement with Les Clem, CPA/CPC of The People Place

Position Title—MACHINE BUILDER

Fee Percentage—20%

(Editor’s note: This is the first Network split placement that Kubena and Clem have made together in Top Echelon.)

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Cindy Andrew Cordell

Sean Napoles, CPC

“Filled this position, after a very long time, with Sean’s Hiring Hook candidate, while he was working really hard on two of my other positions!”

Submitted by Cindy Andrew Cordell, CPC of Corporate Resources, LLC regarding her Network split placement with Sean Napoles, CPC of Career Brokers, Inc.

Position Title—DIRECTOR OF INFRASTRUCTURE

Fee Percentage—25%

(Editor’s note: This is the third Network split placement that Cordell and Napoles have made together in Top Echelon.)

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Steve Kohn

Rich Harrold

“Thanks, Steve . . . another great candidate!  Always a pleasure doing business with you!”

Submitted by Rich Harrold of Front Line Search Solutions, LLC regarding his Network split placement with Steve Kohn of Affinity Executive Search

Position Title—SW ENGINEER TS/SCI

Fee Percentage—15%

(Editor’s note: This is the fourth Network split placement that Harrold and Kohn have made together in Top Echelon.)

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Lisa Wilczynski

Amy Recker, CPC

Submitted by Lisa Wilczynski of Engineering and Technical Associates, Inc. regarding her Network split placement with Amy Recker of Bridgeway Professionals, Inc.

Position Title—PROCESS ENGINEER

Fee Percentage—25%

(Editor’s note: This is the first Network split placement that Wilczynski and Recker have made together in Top Echelon.)

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Pat McCombs, CPC

Bruce Mendenhall

“This is my first placement with Bruce.  He has been a great Trading Partner to work with.  I hope we make many more placements together in the future!”

Submitted by Pat McCombs of KB Search Team, LLC regarding her Network split placement with Bruce Mendenhall of Acloche Executive Search

Position Title—ACCOUNT MANAGER/SALES REP

Fee Percentage—25%

(Editor’s note: This is the first Network split placement that McCombs and Mendenhall have made together in Top Echelon.)

OHIO CONNECTION: Pictured are Top Echelon Network Preferred Member recruiters networking face-to-face earlier this month—Maria Hemminger of MJ Recruiters, LLC, left, and Angela Marasco of A. Marasco Recruiting, LLC.  Hemminger’s firm is located in Tiffin, Ohio, while Marasco’s is in Bellbrook, Ohio.

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We at Top Echelon Network are continually emphasizing that Preferred Members should engage in face-to-face recruiter networking.  That’s one of the many reasons we hold a National Convention and Fall Conference every year.  But we also like to encourage Members to meet outside of those events, as well, and as often as possible.

The above photo was sent to Top Echelon by Network recruiter Maria Hemminger of MJ Recruiters, LLC.  Hemminger was out and about, and she found herself close enough to fellow Network recruiter Angela Marasco of A. Marasco Recruiting, LLC to meet her for some networking.  And of course, it was a great photo opportunity.

There’s an “Ohio connection” between the two recruiters, since MJ Recruiters is located in Tiffin and A. Marasco Recruiting is based in Bellbrook.  However, this is far from the first time that Hemminger and Marasco have met each other in person.

During their extensive tenures in Top Echelon, both have attended numerous TE conferences and conventions.  In fact, it would be safe to say that this won’t be the last time they see each other in person.

Not coincidentally, Hemminger and Marasco have also been very successful in the Network.  Hemminger has made a total of 96 placements in Top Echelon, while Marasco isn’t that far behind her with 86 placements.

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If you have information and/or a photo of face-to-face recruiter networking with another Preferred Member, please send that information to marketing@topechelon.com!