This is it!  Early Bird Registration for the 2013 Top Echelon Network Fall Conference has arrived!

For many Network recruiters, it couldn’t arrive soon enough.  There are already 26 recruiters signed up for the conference, which is scheduled for Thursday, October 3, and Friday, October 4, at the Sheraton Suites O’Hare.

Below are the dates and prices of our three registration periods for the Fall Conference.

Early Bird Registration
Dates: Now until Thursday, September 5
Price: $225 per person

Regular Registration
Dates: Friday, September 6, through Monday, September 30
Price: $295 per person

Late Registration
Dates: After Tuesday, October 1
Price: $325 per person

As you can see, there’s quite an incentive to sign up during the Early Bird Registration period, a $70 incentive, as a matter of fact.  There’s another incentive, though, and this one is much more lucrative.  That incentive involves finding new split Trading Partners at the Fall Conference and making split placements with them.

Just like these recruiters!

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“This is the third split placement we’ve made since first meeting at the Chicago Top Echelon Conference in the fall of 2012.  Anjela has consistently provided candidates who are right on target.”

Submitted by Joe Noto of Regency Search Group regarding his split placement with Anjela Mangrum of Mangrum Career Solutions, LLC

Position Title—ERP SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION MANAGER
Fee Percentage—Flat

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

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Remember, the Fall Conference is scheduled for Thursday, October 3, and Friday, October 4, at the Sheraton Suites O’Hare.

Register for the 2013 Top Echelon Network Fall Conference!

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Review the preliminary agenda for the Fall Conference.
See who already registered for the Fall Conference.

SPLIT PLACEMENTS THIS WEEK:

Last week, it was Trey Cameron of the Cameron Craig Group who made four split placements.  Now it’s Steve Kohn of Affinity Executive Search!

Like Cameron, Kohn was aided greatly by his Hiring Hook recruitment website design.  Is that a coincidence?  Absolutely not.  A Hiring Hook website can help you leverage your resources, increasing the chances that you can make multiple split placements in a short amount of time (just like Cameron and Kohn).

Give us a call today at 330.455.1433 for more information about Hiring Hook websites!

SPLIT JOBS FILLED THIS WEEK:

Below are the split jobs that were recently filled by Top Echelon Network recruiters.

• Product Engineer – Automotive
  
• Color Matcher
  
• Account Representative – Home Health
  
• Materials Designer Chemist
  
• IT Manager
  
• Engineering Manager
  
• Production Supervisor
  
• Electrical Maintenance Tech

To find out how YOU can enjoy more success in Top Echelon Network, contact Membership Development Coordinator Drea Codispoti, CPC/CERS at 330.455.1433, x156 or via email at drea@topechelon.com.

THIS WEEK’S NETWORK SPLIT PLACEMENTS:

Job recruiter: Cindy Andrew Cordell, CPC of Corporate Resources, LLC

Candidate recruiter: Steve Kohn of Affinity Executive Search

Job title: PRODUCT ENGINEER – AUTOMOTIVE

Fee percentage: 20%

Action causing split placement: The job order or candidate was sent to me via the automated email alerts.

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Job recruiter: Veronica Snyder of Career Professionals, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Steve Kohn of Affinity Executive Search

Job title: COLOR MATCHER

Fee percentage: 20%

Action causing split placement: The job seeker or client was found through my Hiring Hook recruitment website.

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Job recruiter: Troy Randolph of Lea Randolph & Associates, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Steve Kohn of Affinity Executive Search

Job title: ACCOUNT REPRESENTATIVE – HOME HEALTH

Fee percentage: 15%

Action causing split placement: The job seeker or client was found through my Hiring Hook recruitment website.

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Job recruiter: Steven C. Brandvold of Executive Connection

Candidate recruiter: Steve Kohn of Affinity Executive Search

Job title: MATERIALS DESIGNER CHEMIST

Fee percentage: 20%

Action causing split placement: The job seeker or client was found through my Hiring Hook recruitment website.

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Job recruiter: Veronica Snyder of Career Professionals, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Cindy Andrew Cordell, CPC of Corporate Resources, LLC

Job title: IT MANAGER

Fee percentage: 25%

Action causing split placement: Regular communication with another Top Echelon Network recruiter

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Job recruiter: Robert Briones, CPC of R.A. Briones & Company

Candidate recruiter: Larry Gallin of Gallin Associates

Job title: ENGINEERING MANAGER

Fee percentage: 27.5%

Action causing split placement: “I started talking to Larry about golf courses in St. Pete while getting reading for the National Convention!”

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Job recruiter: Thomas L. Udulutch of Markent Personnel

Candidate recruiter: Sara Rich of CPS and Professionals Incorporated

Job title: PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR

Fee percentage: 25%

Action causing split placement: The job seeker or client was found through my Hiring Hook recruitment website.

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Job recruiter: Kenneth Lowry, CPC of Lowry Personnel Services

Candidate recruiter: Trey Cameron of the Cameron Craig Group

Job title: ELECTRICAL MAINTENANCE TECH

Fee percentage: 25%

Action causing split placement: Regular communication with another Top Echelon Network recruiter

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Top Echelon Network recruiter Terry Rhodes of NewCareers recently became the 18th recruiter in the history of the Network to reach the $1 million cash-in mark!

Rhodes hit the mark by virtue of his split placement with Neil Goldman of Neil Goldman & Associates.  Rhodes and Goldman placed a Director of Engineering with a 30% fee.

NewCareers joined Top Echelon Network as a Preferred Member agency in 1994.  Since then, Rhodes has made 125 placements in the Network.

Below is a list of the current Top Echelon Network job placement recruiters who have reached the $1 million mark, as well as those who are closest to reaching it.

(Note: Totals reflect Network placements only.  Five Network recruiters reached $1 million with contract placements made through Top Echelon Contracting.  These recruiters include current Members Chuck Szajkovics of Bulldog Recruiters, Inc.; Rosemarie Christopher of Med Exec International; and Keith Adams of PediaStaff.)

$1,978,667 – Bruce Ramstad of Ramstad Recruiting
$1,621,779 – Sean Napoles, CPC of Career Brokers, Inc.
$1,568,525 – Jim Fitzpatrick of Fitzpatrick & Associates
$1,265,919 – Dan Simmons, CPC of Continental Search and Outplacement, Inc.
$1,222,104 – Trey Cameron of the Cameron Craig Group
$1,176,697 – Gary Silver of The Shay Group
$1,048,275 – Lou Michaels of Lou Michaels Associates, Inc.
$1,002,551 – Terry Rhodes of NewCareers
$915,572 – Colleen Switala of Database Search, Inc.
$883,100 – Jerry Walter of Walter & Associates, Inc.
$773,223 – Lawrence T. Ploscowe of EXEK Recruiters, Ltd.

Everybody at Top Echelon would like to congratulate Terry Rhodes on his achievement, and next week there will be a special feature about Rhodes in The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog!

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THE SPLIT RECRUITERS:

Georgette Sandifer has made 33 placements as a member of the Top Echelon split fee recruiting network.  Her agency, Gallman Consulting, has been a Preferred Member since 2005.

Steve Kohn has made 77 placements as one of Top Echelon Network’s job placement recruiters.  His agency, Affinity Executive Search, has been a Preferred Member since 1994.

Matthew Dahm has made 1 placement as a Top Echelon Network recruiter.  His agency, IT Audit Search, has been a Preferred Member since 2011.

Jim Strickland has made 97 placements as a Top Echelon Network recruiter.  His agency, BioSource International, has been a Preferred Member since 2003.

THE SPLIT PLACEMENTS:

There are four recruiters in this week’s installment of “‘Comments’ and Compliments” that have been in the Network for varying lengths of time and have enjoyed varying amounts of success.  However, what they all have in common is that they made their first Network split with another recruiter, once again proving that no matter how long you’ve been in the business or been in the Network, your first split placement with another recruiter could be just around the corner . . .

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“This was a great candidate, and I was happy to receive him through Steve’s [Hiring Hook] site.  I knew from the moment I interviewed this candidate, he would at least get to the interview stage.  Nice placement for my first split of the year.  Thanks, Steve!”

Submitted by Georgette Sandifer of Gallman Consulting regarding her Network split placement Steve Kohn of Affinity Executive Search

Position Title—QUALITY ENGINEER ASSEMBLY

Fee Percentage—25%

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

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“Working with Jim has been great!  This placement will be my first with Top Echelon, with hopefully many more to come!”

Submitted by Matthew Dahm of IT Audit Search regarding his Network split placement with Jim Strickland of BioSource International

Position Title—DATA SPECIALIST – DATA DESIGN

Fee Percentage—20%

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

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Another Network recruiter visited the new Top Echelon headquarters in Canton, Ohio recently, and it was none other than Charter Member Steve Brody of Executive Resource Systems!

Brody is among the recruiters who joined the Network during its first year of existence in 1988.  Since joining, he’s made a total of 99 placements in Top Echelon Network.  (No pressure, Steve . . . but 100 is a pretty big milestone.)

Anyway, we want to thank Brody for visiting us, especially since his firm is located in California!  Oh, and for being a Preferred Member recruiter for the past 25 years.  That, too.

A WHIRLWIND TOUR: Steve Brody is pictured with Top Echelon President Mark Demaree (left) and Membership Development Coordinator Drea Codispoti.  If the clouds in the distance look ominous, it’s because they are . . . a tornado warning was in effect for Canton when this photo was taken.

IN FOR THE LONG ‘HAUL’: Steve Brody shakes hands with Top Echelon Network founder Mike Kappel, the person responsible for “recruiting” Brody into the Network.  Behind them on the wall is the original U-Haul blanked that Kappel used to shield his office area while making cold calls in the basement of a factory building in 1988 . . . the first Top Echelon headquarters!

If you’re a Network recruiter and you find yourself in the Canton area, we’d love for you to visit!  Just give us a call at 330.455.1433, and we’ll set it up . . . including the photo op!

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