There are a couple of things that stand out about the Top Echelon firms that are celebrating anniversaries during the month of July:

• Many of the recruiters associated with these firms have earned their Certified Personnel Consultant (CPC) certification.
• Collectively, these firms have made a TON of placements during their tenure in the Network.

How many placements? How about over 800 placements!

Two of those firms have accounted for more than half that total. Those firms are Corporate Resources, LLC with 229 placements and Affinity Executive Search with 218 placements.

Not only that, but seven of the 10 firms below are celebrating an anniversary of 20 years of more. These are Top Echelon firms and recruiters that have enjoyed a tremendous amount of success both inside and outside of the Network.

So congratulations to Corporate Resources, Affinity Executive Search, and all the other Top Echelon firms celebrating Network anniversaries during the month of July!

(Editor’s note: Top Echelon recognizes firms celebrating five, 10, 15, and 20-year anniversaries, plus any firm celebrating an anniversary in excess of 20 years.)

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24-Year Anniversary

Bio Partners Search Group, LLC in Morganton, North Carolina
Staff Members: Bill Lennon, CPC; Fred Kaplan; Steve Kane; Tim Oliver, CPC; Todd Porter; Chris Wellington; Mike Hassell; and Tracy Greene
Agency Join Date: July 1, 1992
Placements: 48

Corporate Resources, LLC in Cincinnati, Ohio
Staff Members: Jack Better, CPC; Tom Heeney, CPC; Dan Winters, CPC; Cindy Andrew Cordell, CPC; Carol Brinkman; Carol Ramsay, CPC; and Suzy Turnpaugh
Agency Join Date: July 17, 1992
Placements: 229

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23-Year Anniversary

The Butlers Company in Clearwater, Florida
Staff Members: Kirby Butler, CPC; Judith Crenshaw; and Carla Zinn
Agency Join Date: July 6, 1993
Placements: 24

Newman-Johnson-King, Inc. & A H Justice Search Consultants in Aransas Pass/Houston, Texas
Staff Members: Jack King and Joan Peterson
Agency Join Date: July 2, 1993
Placements: 69

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22-Year Anniversary

Miami Professional Search, LLC in Piqua, Ohio
Staff Members: Lloyd E. Shoemaker
Agency Join Date: July 21, 1994
Placements: 44

Affinity Executive Search, Inc. in Hollywood, Florida
Staff Members: Steve Kohn and Sara Kohn
Agency Join Date: July 22, 1994
Placements: 218

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20-Year Anniversary

Barcus Associates in Van Alstyne, Texas
Staff Members: Carolyn Barcus and Keith Laursen
Agency Join Date: July 25, 1996
Placements: 32

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10-Year Anniversary

Progressive Executive, Inc. in Concord, Ohio
Staff Members: Russell Schutt
Agency Join Date: July 11, 2006
Placements: 29

True North Consultants, Inc. in North Olmsted, Ohio
Staff Members: David M. Sgro, CPC; David J. Sgro; and Jeremy Hoover
Agency Join Date: July 27, 2006
Placements: 107

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5-Year Anniversary

Charter Executive Search in Groveport, Ohio
Staff Members: George Seipel and Robert Berman
Agency Join Date: July 26, 2011
Placements: 9

When you join Top Echelon Network, consider yourself a miner. Why? Because you’re looking for gold in the form of quality split partners.

Quality split partners are the gold standard in the Network. When you find one, there’s no telling how much success you can enjoy.

Sure, we’ve all run across people in this profession that have been less than pleasant, less than professional, and less than palatable. However, all it takes is one or two quality people who work the same way that you do and want to make splits like you do.

Find your quality split partners!

Those people exist in Top Echelon Network. In fact, six of them are featured at the bottom of this blog post!

Quality split partners are like GOLD. If you don’t have any yet, then you need to find some . . . pronto! There are well over 1,000 recruiters in Top Echelon Network. There’s a very good chance that at least one or two of them work in your niche and could help you make placements.

Find them. If you need help, then contact Director of Network Operations Drea Codispoti, CPC/CERS. He helps recruiters every day in their quest to find the split partners they need to succeed.

You can reach Drea at 330.455.1433, x156 or via email at drea@topechelon.com.

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Rich Grunenwald

Melinda O’Neil

“Rich is fairly new to Top Echelon Network. We’ve had the chance to work on two positions, with success on both. I’ve enjoyed working with him and Lisa from his office. Anyone in the Network looking for a quality split partner, you should reach out to him! His firm works both as an importer and an exporter. Overall great guy!”

Submitted by Melinda O’Neil of Enterprise Search Associates, LLC regarding her Network split placement with Rich Grunenwald of Advisory and Consulting Services, LLC

Position Title—SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Fee Percentage—20%

(Editor’s note: This is the second Network split placement that O’Neil and Grunenwald have made together in Top Echelon.)

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Lloyd Shoemaker

Maria Hemminger

“MJ Recruiters and Miami Professional Search have been pounding on each other’s ‘split placement door’ for years. We believe this is actually the first split we’ve been able to secure. MJ, thanks for your attention to our need and submitting your candidate.”

Submitted by Lloyd E. Shoemaker of Miami Professional Search, LLC regarding his Network split placement with Maria Hemminger of MJ Recruiters, LLC

Position Title—PRODUCTION ENGINEER

Fee Percentage—20%

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

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Les Clem

Bill Kubena

“Les, thanks so much for introducing me to [your candidate]. He was an outstanding candidate to work with and is excited about this new opportunity. Let’s get that next split on the board! Thanks, again!”

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

Position Title—MANUFACTURING ENGINEER

Fee Percentage—20%

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

Trey Cameron of the Cameron Craig Group has set quite a few records in Top Echelon Network. However, there was one that even I did not think he would set.

And that’s collecting $1 million cash-in through the Network during a 12-month period.

Well, Trey did it recently. As of July 1, his cash-in total for the previous 12 months was $1,016,055.

One in a million

Needless to say, nobody has ever done that before in Top Echelon Network. In fact, nobody but Trey has even come close to billing $1 million in a years’ time.

What’s also needless to say is that Trey is the Recruiter of the Month for June. So, as we’ve been doing with regularity lately, we’re combining three blog posts into one:

• Recruiter of the Month
• Trey billing $1 million over the course of 12 months
• “Comments and Compliments” by Trey’s split partners

So congratulations to Trey—again—and to everybody else who made placements in Top Echelon Network during the month of June. May this be a long, hot, and profitable summer!

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Recruiters of the Month:

1st Place: Trey Cameron
Agency: Cameron Craig Group
Placements: 16
Commission: $137,322

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2nd Place: Steve Kohn
Agency: Affinity Executive Search
Placements: 3
Commission: $31,431

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3rd Place: Pam Copeland
Agency: fulltimeGiGS
Placements: 3
Commission: $26,978

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4th Place: Al Daum
Agency: Alan N. Daum & Associates, Inc.
Placements: 2
Commission: $24,792

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5th Place: Paul Cameron
Agency: DriveStaff
Placements: 2
Commission: $21,855

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Trey Cameron

Melissa Truax

“Trey, we did it again! You are the best! We so appreciate you having enough faith in us to market our jobs! Thank you!”

Submitted by Melissa Truax of Premier Health Careers, Inc./Premier Paths regarding her Network split placement with Trey Cameron of the Cameron Craig Group

Position Title—DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING ENGINEER

Fee Percentage—20%

(Editor’s note: This is the seventh Network split placement that Truax and Cameron have made together in Top Echelon.)

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Pat McCombs, CPC

“I knew from my initial conversation with Trey’s candidate that he was perfect for my client. Thanks, Trey, for your ability to attract such great candidates from all of your postings! This is our second split in the last two months! Yay!”

Submitted by Pat McCombs, CPC of KB Search Team, LLC regarding her Network split placement with Trey Cameron of the Cameron Craig Group

Position Title—SERVICE MANAGER

Fee Percentage—25%

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

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Lois Rupkey

“Once again, Trey provided a strong candidate. Our company liked him so much they put an offer on the table three months out so that a non-compete could be completed.”

Submitted by Lois Rupkey of Byrnes & Rupkey, Inc. regarding her Network split placement with Trey Cameron of the Cameron Craig Group

Position Title—SENIOR PRODUCT MANAGER

Fee Percentage—20%

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

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If YOU are looking to make more placements with your Top Echelon Network membership, contact Director of Network Operations Drea Codispoti, CPC/CERS at 330.455.1433, x156.