We’ve highlighted individual Top Echelon Network recruiters before for making three split placements in a single week. (Well, for finalizing three splits in one week, at the very least.)

However, we have two Network recruiters who finalized three splits with each other in a single week! Those recruiters are Maria Hemminger of MJ Recruiters, LLC and Jim Strickland of BioSource Recruiters.

Maria and Jim’s three splits generated a total of $70,345. Take away Top Echelon’s 6% brokerage fee and the total becomes $66,124.30.

And since it’s a split placement, both Maria and Jim’s recruiting agencies received $33,062.15 last week as a result of those three splits. In case you’re wondering, their agencies paid $33.75 for Network membership last week ($135 per month divided by four weeks).

Pay $33 and receive $33,000.

That . . . is a pretty good return on investment. We don’t even need a calculator to tell us that.

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 period from June 19 through June 25, 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: John Peterson of Sun Recruiting, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Larry Gallin of Gallin Associates

Job title: PLANT CHEMICAL ENGINEER

Overall placement fee: $26,750

Fee percentage: 25%

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Job recruiter: Mark Marshall of CRJ Search

Candidate recruiter: Gary Thompson of Gary Thompson

Job title: SENIOR OPERATIONS DIRECTOR

Overall placement fee: $20,000

Fee percentage: 10%

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Job recruiter: Eric V. Stearley, CPC of Eric V. Stearley, CPC & Associates

Candidate recruiter: Michael Stuck of Gables Search Group

Job title: BLACK BELT ENGINEER/CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT

Overall placement fee: $29,000

Fee percentage: 20%

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Job recruiter: Leigh Masters of CG Recruiting Services

Candidate recruiter: Sophi LaRose of Sola Staffing, LLC

Job title: SENIOR TAX MANAGER

Overall placement fee: $31,250

Fee percentage: 25%

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Job recruiter: Pam Ratz DeVille of Selective Resources, LLC

Candidate recruiter: Tom Daly of Tom Daly

Job title: CONTROLLER – ADVISOR TO CFO

Overall placement fee: $45,900

Fee percentage: 27%

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Job recruiter: Mark Udulutch, CPC of Markent Personnel

Candidate recruiter: Michael Stuck of Gables Search Group

Job title: ENGINEERING MANAGER

Overall placement fee: $29,210

Fee percentage: 23%

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Job recruiter: Maria Hemminger of MJ Recruiters, LLC

Candidate recruiter: Jim Strickland of BioSource Recruiters

Job title: PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR

Overall placement fee: $19,845

Fee percentage: Flat

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Job recruiter: Maria Hemminger of MJ Recruiters, LLC

Candidate recruiter: Jim Strickland of BioSource Recruiters

Job title: ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGER

Overall placement fee: $25,500

Fee percentage: 30%

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Job recruiter: Maria Hemminger of MJ Recruiters, LLC

Candidate recruiter: Jim Strickland of BioSource Recruiters

Job title: QUALITY/PROCESS ENGINEER

Overall placement fee: $25,000

Fee percentage: 25%

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Job recruiter: Paul Vogrinc of Vogrinc & Short

Candidate recruiter: Adam Krueger of Sun Recruiting, Inc.

Job title: CONTROLS ENGINEER

Overall placement fee: $20,000

Fee percentage: 25%

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Job recruiter: Robert Litton of Litton Resource Group

Candidate recruiter: Trey Cameron of Cameron Craig Group

Job title: PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT

Overall placement fee: $12,000

Fee percentage: Flat

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Job recruiter: Errol Neider of EGN Technical Resources

Candidate recruiter: Mindy Marty of Double M Resources

Job title: PURCHASING BUYER

Overall placement fee: $14,000

Fee percentage: 20%

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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.

As of today, we are able to accept ACH transfers for Top Echelon’s 6% brokerage fees.  What does this mean?  How does it work? Will it cost me?

As the job recruiter in a split, you will receive an email (from: quickbooks@notification.intuit.com) based on the “expected pay date” listed on the placement form.  This email will contain the subject of “Your Invoice is ready for Placement #”,  the amount of the 6% brokerage fee, the placement number, an attachment of the actual invoice for your records, and a link to our QuickBooks (QB) portal where you will enter your bank information and submit the payment.  [Please note that we cannot accept credit cards for payment of brokerage fees.]

To help make the process easier, we will send a series of email reminders that will include ACH instructions. Below is the email reminder schedule: 

• Approximately 7 days prior to “expected pay date”
• Approximately 7 days after “expected pay date” 
• Approximately 14 days after “expected pay date”

We figure in these time frames you should have received the payment from your client. 

You do NOT need to have a QuickBooks account to pay the brokerage fee by ACH…it will work for QB users and QB non-users. 

This process has been tested several times with a handful of our lovely members and it has worked fantastically.  There is not a transaction fee on your end for paying Top Echelon through this method.  However, you need to check with your bank to see if they have any transaction fees.

Very soon, all placements that are listed as not “Finalized” will be eligible for this method of payment.  So watch your inbox for the invoice email.  Keep in mind, eventually, we will move to this as the only method of accepting brokerage fees.  So you should get accustomed to the process sooner than later.

If you are making your first placement in Network, here is a previous article to walk you through the process:  “You Made Your First Placement, Now What?”

If you have any questions about how the ACH option or about your Network membership in general, please contact me.

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