The second quarter of the year is over . . . the first HALF of 2024 is over. How in the world did that happen so quickly?

We don’t have the answer to that question. However, if you asked, “What was the amount of the largest split placement fee in this issue of The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog?” then we have the answer to that question.

The answer is $46,250!

What’s that? You have another question? Who were the Top Echelon Network recruiters involved in that split placement?

We have another answer: Amy Chapman of Key People Staffing and Sarah Katz of First Search, Inc.!

Amy and Sarah placed a Director of Operations to earn a recruiting fee of $46,250 at 25%. And that wasn’t the only split placement that the duo made recently. They also placed a Corporate Recruiter to generate a fee of $16,000 at 20%.

However, as you can see below, those weren’t the only split placements that Top Echelon Network recruiters made recently, either.

There were many more, so be sure to read them all!

As a friendly neighborhood reminder, here is the information that we publish with our placements feature:

• 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 17 through June 30, 2024.

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: Nick Stoia, CPC of ASAP Search

Candidate recruiter: Sara Alexandroff of Sterling St. James, LLC

Job title: MANUFACTURING SUPERVISOR OR MANAGER – PLATING

Overall placement fee: $18,700

Fee percentage: 22%

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Job recruiter: Keith Cornelison of Personnel Resources

Candidate recruiter: Sara Alexandroff of Sterling St. James, LLC

Job title: NURSE/RN – EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT

Overall placement fee: $16,848

Fee percentage: 20%

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Job recruiter: Bill Kubena of Kubena & Associates

Candidate recruiter: Donna Coleman of Donna Coleman and Associates

Job title: SWISS CNC PROGRAMMER/MACHINIST

Overall placement fee: $14,976

Fee percentage: 20%

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Job recruiter: Brandon Adsit of Accurate Engineering Solutions, LLC

Candidate recruiter: Brad Dodge of iLocatum Recruiting

Job title: SENIOR POWER ENGINEER

Overall placement fee: $21,000

Fee percentage: 15%

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Job recruiter: Gary Kaufman of ExcelliSearch, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Brad Dodge of iLocatum Recruiting

Job title: PLANT MANAGER

Overall placement fee: $18,900

Fee percentage: 18%

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Job recruiter: Devin Earney of Riverscape Search Agency

Candidate recruiter: David Duva of NSynergy Coaching & Staffing Solutions

Job title: LICENSED SOCIAL WORKER

Overall placement fee: $13,300

Fee percentage: 17.50%

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Job recruiter: Amy Chapman of Key People Staffing

Candidate recruiter: Sarah Katz of First Search, Inc.

Job title: DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

Overall placement fee: $46,250

Fee percentage: 25%

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Job recruiter: Amy Chapman of Key People Staffing

Candidate recruiter: Sarah Katz of First Search, Inc.

Job title: CORPORATE RECRUITER

Overall placement fee: $16,000

Fee percentage: 20%

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Job recruiter: Lawrence T. Ploscowe of EXEK Recruiters, Ltd.

Candidate recruiter: Anjela Mangrum of Mangrum Career Solutions, LLC

Job title: ELECTRICAL MAINTENANCE ENGINEER – PROCESSING EQUIPMENT

Overall placement fee: $23,275

Fee percentage: Flat

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Job recruiter: Ben Brown of TSS Sourcing Solutions

Candidate recruiter: Tish Stanton of Triad Consulting, LLC

Job title: SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR

Overall placement fee: $25,079

Fee percentage: 25%

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Job recruiter: Kristy Staggs of Byrnes & Rupkey, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Jim Strickland of BioSource Recruiters

Job title: PLANNING SERVICES COORDINATOR

Overall placement fee: $7,200

Fee percentage: 20%

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Job recruiter: John Peterson of Sun Recruiting, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Michael Stuck of Gables Search Group

Job title: PLANT PROJECT ENGINEER

Overall placement fee: $22,000

Fee percentage: 25%

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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.

Last week in The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog, we helped kick off “Top Echelon’s 95 Epic Days of Summer” by releasing the first three members in the inaugural class of Top Echelon Hall of Fame. Those three members were:

1. Steve Brody of Executive Resource Systems
2. Michael Stuck of Gables Search Group
3. Al Daum of Alan N. Daum & Associates

You may have noticed that the photo associated with last week’s blog post included people celebrating with what looked like champagne. You may have also noticed that the photo associated with this week’s blog post includes people celebrating with what looks like wine. Does this denote anything of great import? It does not, except to underscore the celebratory nature of these blog posts and our Hall of Fame announcements.

Not only that, but we’re back with more Top Echelon HOF inductions! In, fact, we’re back with two such inductions. So without further adieu, those inductions are listed below:

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THE GOAT: There are some records that, when they’re set, you just know they’re probably never going to be broken. Tom Brady winning seven Super Bowls. Joe DiMaggio hitting safely in 56 straight games. Wilt Chamberlain scoring 100 points in an NBA game.

And Trey Cameron of the Cameron Craig Group making 1,300 placements in Top Echelon Network.

Trey was the first recruiter in the Network to realize the power of his firm’s website, and he worked diligently to realize his site’s full potential. Trey leveraged all of the Top Echelon tools and resources at his disposal to turn the Cameron Craig website into a prolific marketing engine.

Trey used his firm’s website to gain additional exposure for his trading partners’ job orders, exposure that those recruiters would not have received otherwise. Yes, he spent copious amounts of money to drive traffic to his firm’s site in the form of job candidates, but as they say, you have to spend money to make money, and Trey did a tremendous amount of both.

Trey Cameron is an example of the talent and ingenuity of the recruiters in Top Echelon Network. Is he the Greatest of All Time (GOAT)? That is up for debate, as such discussions almost always are.

But will Trey retire as the recruiter who was part of the most split placements in the history of Top Echelon Network?

That will almost assuredly be the case.

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PILLAR OF PRODUCTIVITY: During a two-decade stint as a member of Top Echelon Network, Sean Napoles, CPC of Career Brokers, Inc. made 270 TE placements. Like many recruiters who were part of the Network at that time, Sean endured both the recession of 2001 and the Great Recession, using his Network membership to help sustain himself through the tough times.

Sean, who started in the #recruiting profession in 1991, specialized in Information Technology as a Network member. He was a staunch advocate of membership in Top Echelon Network, one of the most split-minded recruiters to ever be part of our recruiting network. Sean embodied all of The Four Pillars of Top Echelon Network during his time as a member—Quality, Communication, Trust, and Active Participation—with Quality being the Pillar about which he might have been the most passionate.

In addition, Sean was a big advocate of attending Top Echelon’s #networking events for recruiters, specifically the National Convention during the spring and the Fall Conference during the autumn months. In this way, he built and cultivated relationships that would help him to become a Top Producer in Top Echelon for multiple years and serve as an example of how to maximize membership in the Network as a search consultant.

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Be sure to check The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog–as well as Top Echelon’s official LinkedIn account–for future announcements regarding 2024 inductees into Top Echelon’s Hall of Fame!

The key to being a successful Top Echelon Network member is knowing your niche-relevant partners.

One way that Network partners have been discovering one another is through the Network Candidates sourcing tool. This allows members to see who has “what” sitting on their shelves and discover partners who work their niches or who have candidates that are a fit for their roles.

Opting into the Network Candidates sourcing tool is critical to being discovered as a vital Network partner, and it’s simple to do and can change your activity in Top Echelon.

To do so, navigate to the Network Candidates Database Settings in the software and check the box next to “Yes, I want my firm’s resumes in the TEN Candidates Database.” If you do not see this option, check with your agency owner or the main contact on your account.

If you do not have candidates in the system, here is a quick way to do a Bulk Resume Upload.

Our commitment is your success in Top Echelon Network, and this is just one more way to gain traction in your ongoing quest to make more split placements.

If you have any questions, you can contact me by calling 330.595.17423 or by sending an email to drea@topechelon.com.

I’m pleased to announce the Virtual Core Group (VCG) meeting schedule for the month of July!

For those of you who don’t know, Top Echelon Network recruiters share the following information during Virtual Core Group teleconference call meetings:

• Hot job orders and candidates
• Information about the activity they’re seeing in the marketplace and/or in their niche
• Ideas for increased production on their desks and within their agencies

These are the activities that lead most directly to making more split placements in Top Echelon Network.

So that is why I’m inviting—or in other words, strongly encouraging—you to attend one of these Virtual Core Group meetings. Below is the complete VCG schedule for July, including the industries involved and the time that each meeting will be held. (Note: all times are Eastern.)

Tuesday, July 9:

• 2:30 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. — Healthcare
• 3:30 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. — Sales & Marketing

Wednesday, July 10:

• 1:30 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. — Manufacturing/Engineering
• 2:30 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. — Information Technology
• 3:30 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. — Biotechnology/Pharmacology

Thursday, July 11:

• 1:30 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. — Architectural/Engineering/Construction
• 3:30 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. — Accounting & Finance

You can join the meeting to which you belong by accessing the information listed below.

Google Meeting link: https://meet.google.com/qba-qdic-kou

Below is the agenda for each Virtual Core Group meeting:

1. Welcome
2. Roll call of the members
3. I will share the latest software updates for both Top Echelon Network and the Top Echelon recruiting software.
4. Members will share their hot jobs with corresponding group discussion.
5. I will direct a software and Network protocol Q&A session to close the call.

It is my goal that this agenda will help you take away more from the meeting than just hot jobs and/or candidates. Hopefully, it will help make you more knowledgeable in terms of the Top Echelon community.

If you’d like to join one of the groups listed above or if you’d like to start a new group, please contact me.

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

The Top Echelon Software offices will be closed on Thursday, July 4, in observance of the Independence Day holiday.

As I’ve mentioned on previous occasions, “Top Echelon Software offices” refers to the following:

• Top Echelon’s split network
• Top Echelon’s recruiting software

Not to worry, though. The offices will re-open at 8 a.m. as usual on Friday, July 5.

As always, we at Top Echelon would like to wish everybody a fun and safe holiday. And I would be remiss if I didn’t mention the tremendous sacrifices that have been made—and continue to be made—for the freedom of this country.

Many of you have served this country in one capacity or another during your lives, and I want to thank you for both your service and your commitment.

And I also know that some of you will be traveling, so I’d like to take this opportunity to wish everybody safe travels and let you know that we’ll be keeping you in our thoughts and prayers.

Enjoy the holiday!