Here’s the good news: the Top Echelon Network Fall Conference is next month, specifically on Tuesday, September 23, and Wednesday, September 24!

Here’s the even better news: the conference will NOT interfere with the Virtual Core Group (VCG) teleconference call schedule for the month of September!

As a lover of both good news and better news, I thought I’d communicate that to you, along with the VCG schedule for September.

There will be recruiting Core Groups through the first three weeks of the month.  There are none during the fourth week, which is fortuitous (good word), since the Fall Conference is scheduled for that week.

Top Echelon Network recruiters share the following during Virtual Core Group meetings:

• Hot job orders and candidates
• Information about the activity they’re seeing
• Ideas for increased production on their desks and within their firms

These are the activities that lead most directly to making more placements in this Network.

If you’re a new Preferred Member recruiter in Top Echelon, I strongly encourage you to join one of these existing recruiting Core Groups.  Not only that, but you could also start a new one, should the mood strike you.

Below is the full VCG teleconference call schedule for the month of September (all times listed are Eastern Standard Time):

To join existing recruiting Core Groups or to start a new one, give me a call at 330.455.1433, x156 or send an email to drea@topechelon.com.

SPLIT JOBS FILLED THIS WEEK:

Below are the split jobs that were recently filled by Top Echelon Network recruiters, many of which were the result of searching the Split Databases and checking the automated email alerts:

• Civil Engineer/Water Resources Project Engineer
• Claims Examiner
• Claims Examiner (another one!)
• Family Nurse Practitioner
• Maintenance Manager
• Senior Supply Chain Manager
• Senior Sales Consultant
• Human Resource Manager
• Senior Director of Manufacturing Development

For more information about how YOU can be more successful in Top Echelon Network and make more split placements, call Director of Network Operations Drea Codispoti, CERS at 330.455.1433, x156.

THIS WEEK’S NETWORK SPLIT PLACEMENTS: 

Juli Smith

Christina Federline

Job recruiter: Juli Smith of The Smith Consulting Group, LLC

Candidate recruiter: Christina Federline of Career Development Partners

Split job title: CIVIL ENGINEER/WATER RESOURCES PROJECT ENGINEER

Fee percentage: 25%

Action causing split placement: The job order or candidate was found by searching Top Echelon’s split databases.

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Mike McDonough

Alex Roberts

Job recruiter:  Mike McDonough of General Search and Recruitment

Candidate recruiter: Alex Roberts of Joseph Michaels International

Split job title: CLAIMS EXAMINER

Fee percentage: 25%

Action causing split placement: The job order or candidate was found by searching Top Echelon Network’s split databases.

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Mike McDonough

Alex Roberts

Job recruiter: Mike McDonough of General Search and Recruitment

Candidate recruiter: Alex Roberts of Joseph Michaels International

Split job title: CLAIMS EXAMINER

Fee percentage: 25%

Action causing split placement: The job order or candidate was found by searching Top Echelon Network’s split databases.

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Melissa Truax

Trey Cameron

Job recruiter:  Melissa Truax of Premier Health Careers, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Trey Cameron of the Cameron Craig Group

Split job title: FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONER

Fee percentage: Flat

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

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Mark Gundrum

Pete Oettinger

Job recruiter: Mark Gundrum of Gundrum & Associates, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Pete Oettinger of Top Cover Search

Split job title: MAINTENANCE MANAGER

Fee percentage: 25%

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

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Suzanne Griffith

Mark Udulutch, CPC

Job recruiter: Mark Udulutch, CPC of Markent Personnel

Candidate recruiter: Suzanne Griffith of Ives & Associates, Inc.

Split job title: SENIOR SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGER

Fee percentage: 25%

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

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Curtis Kuttnauer

Susan Lordan

Job recruiter: Curtis D. Kuttnauer of Kuttnauer Search Group

Candidate recruiter: Susan Lordan of Lordan Associates

Split job title: SENIOR SALES CONSULTANT

Fee percentage: 20%

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

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Susan Christian, CPC

Pam Copeland

Job recruiter: Susan Christian, CPC of PRI Business Services

Candidate recruiter: Pam Copeland of Albert Energy, LLC

Split job title: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGER

Fee percentage: 20%

Action causing split placement: A Top Echelon Network Preferred Member recruiter’s Hiring Hook recruitment website

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Kerry Boehner

Gail Williams

Job recruiter: Kerry Boehner of KOB Solutions, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Gail Williams of Williams Recruiting, Inc.

Split job title: SENIOR DIRECTOR OF MANUFACTURING DEVELOPMENT

Fee percentage: 20%

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

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Matt Deutsch is the Chief Marketing and Content Officer at Top Echelon.

THE FOUR, THE MERRIER: Pictured are Top Echelon Network Preferred Member recruiters networking face-to-face last month.  From left—Melinda O’Neil of Enterprise Search Associates, LLC; Chris Ramsay, CPC of Corporate Resources, LLC; Suzy Turnpaugh of Corporate Resources, LLC; and Cindy Andrew Cordell, CPC of Corporate Resources, LLC.

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We at Top Echelon Network are continually emphasizing that Preferred Member recruiters should meet one another on a face-to-face basis.  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 Cindy Andrew Cordell, CPC of Corporate Resources, LLC.  She and two other recruiters in her office recently met with Melinda O’Neil of Enterprise Search Associates, LLC.

In another example of how “the great circle of life” operates within Top Echelon Network, O’Neil took over Enterprise Search from long-time recruiter Jeff Linck, who retired from recruiting earlier this year.  The twist?  Cindy Andrew Cordell originally got Linck started in the profession.  We are all connected . . .

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

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Do you run background checks when placing individuals in direct hire or contract positions?  If so, Top Echelon Contracting (TEC) can save you money by helping get background checks for recruiters at discounted rates and with no activation or monthly fees.

TEC runs background checks on all its in-house employees and contractors through background screening vendor Intellicorp.  As a benefit of our contract with them, customers we refer to Intellicorp can get discounted rates on the following services:

• Criminal searches
• Social Security Number verification with address history
• Employment and education verifications
• Motor vehicle reports
• Drug testing, including 5-panel hair, 5-panel non-DOT urine, 6-panel saliva, 10-panel non-DOT urine, and DOT drug testing
• Credit reports
• Professional licenses

Intellicorp provides the largest criminal history database available.  Under this program, customized bundled product packages start at $15.95.  To take advantage of this preferred pricing, visit Intellicorp at https://www.intellicorp.net/marketing/branding/echelon/default.aspx.

For more information, call (800) 539-3717, ext. 118.

THE SPLIT PLACEMENTS (CONFERENCE PLACEMENTS):

What’s a good reason to attend the upcoming Top Echelon Network Fall Conference?  To make conference placements, of course!

However, another reason is to celebrate placements that you’ve already made with your Trading Partners . . . and that’s exactly what the Network recruiters below plan to do.  These recruiters are heavy hitters in the Network, to say the least.

How heavy?  Combined, they’ve made a total of 393 placements in Top Echelon Network.  THAT is a lot of celebrating.

Needless to say, these recruiters have attended more than their fair share of Top Echelon conferences and conventions during their time in the Network, and that is one of the reasons they’ve been so successful.

So register for the Fall Conference now during the Early Bird Registration period.  Take advantage of the low price; get ready to make conference placements of your own; and of course, get ready to celebrate, too.  We’ll see you in Chicago!

If you have questions about how YOU can make more placements in Top Echelon, call Director of Network Operations Drea Codispoti, CERS at 330.455.1433, x156.

Congratulations to everybody who made split placements this week!

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Joan R. Walters, CPC

Trey Cameron

“Another one with Trey!  Trey has been a wonderful Trading Partner for many years.  It is always great to make another split.  Celebration in Chicago!”

Submitted by Joan Walters, CPC of JR Walters Resources regarding her Network split placement with Trey Cameron of the Cameron Craig Group

Position Title—CIVIL ENGINEER

Fee Percentage—25%

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

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Maria Hemminger

Trey Cameron

“ANOTHER placement with Trey Cameron!  Trey does a great job of promoting our jobs . . . this is our third closed split in 2014.  REALLY can’t wait to celebrate in Chicago this year!”

Submitted by Maria Hemminger of MJ Recruiters, LLC regarding her Network split placement with Trey Cameron of the Cameron Craig Group

Position Title—VP OF MANUFACTURING – FOOD

Fee Percentage—Flat

(Editor’s note: This is the 11th Network split placement that Hemminger and Cameron have made together in Top Echelon.)

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Matt Deutsch is the Chief Marketing and Content Officer for Top Echelon.