THE AWARDS:

At Top Echelon Network, we recognize recruiters for both monthly and quarterly performance in four categories—Recruiter of the Month, Recruiter of the Quarter, Largest Split Fee of the Month, and Largest Split Fee of the Quarter.

For more information about the recruiter awards listed below, login to the Members’ Area and view the profiles and placement details of the Network recruiters who won them.

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RECRUITER OF THE MONTH:

Pam Copeland of Albert Energy, LLC

Pam Copeland made three Network placements during the month of August . . . which means she’s the new Recruiter of the Month!  (We say “new” because Trey Cameron of the Cameron Craig Group has been dominating this award for the past several months.

Alex Roberts of Joseph Michaels International also made three placements in August, but Copeland boasted a larger cash-in total for her three splits, making her the winner.  Behind those two with two split placements apiece were Joe Pelayo of Joseph Michaels International; Mike McDonough of General Search and Recruitment; and Melissa Truax of Health Careers, Inc.

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LARGEST SPLIT FEE OF THE MONTH:

Kerry Boehner of KOB Solutions, Inc. and Gail Williams of Williams Recruiting, Inc.

The position for this split placement was a Senior Director of Manufacturing Development.  Boehner was the job order recruiter, and Williams was the candidate recruiter.  The action that stimulated this split placement was listed as, “Regular communication with another Top Echelon Network recruiter.”

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OUR CRITERIA FOR THESE RECRUITER AWARDS:

Top Echelon Network determines the monthly and quarterly award winners based upon two criteria, which are listed below in order of importance:

1.) The number of split placements made
2.) The amount of “cash-in” dollars earned as a result of those split placements

This explains why, when multiple recruiters are tied with the same number of split placements during a given month or quarter, the recruiter with the largest “cash-in” total for their placements is deemed the winner.

SPLIT JOBS FILLED THIS WEEK:

How do our Preferred Members make split placements in a recruiting network like Top Echelon?

Let us count the ways . . .

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

• Process Engineer
• Senior Principal Systems Engineer – SATCOM
• Project Engineer
• Clinical Informatics Analyst
• Associate Director of Neurology Analytics
• Project Manager, E & S Personal Lines
• Director of Performance Management
• Master Production Scheduler
• Flooring Installation Technical Specialist

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: 

Job recruiter: David Kersey of Kersey & Associates, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Carey Towe, CPC of Southern Recruiters

Split job title: PROCESS ENGINEER

Fee percentage: 20%

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

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Job recruiter: Pat McCombs of KB Search Team, LLC

Candidate recruiter: Cynthia Woods of Woods & Paolino Recruiting Solutions

Split job title: SENIOR PRINCIPAL SYSTEMS ENGINEER – SATCOM

Fee percentage: 25%

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

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Job recruiter: Tim Hughes of Hughes & Associates

Candidate recruiter: Robert Wilson of R.L. Wilson & Associates

Split job title: PROJECT ENGINEER

Fee percentage: 25%

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

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Job recruiter: Catherine Reynolds of OnBoard Recruitment Advisers

Candidate recruiter: Sean Napoles, CPC of Career Brokers, Inc.

Split job title: CLINICAL INFORMATICS ANALYST

Fee percentage: 23%

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

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Job recruiter: Diane Rothong of Worksource 2000, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Stephanie McGinty of Ives & Associates, Inc.

Split job title: ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF NEUROLOGY ANALYTICS

Fee percentage: 25%

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

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Job recruiter: Kirby Butler, CPC of The Butlers Co. Insurance Recruiters

Candidate recruiter: Pam Copeland of Albert Energy, LLC

Split job title: PRODUCT MANAGER, E & S PERSONAL LINES

Fee percentage: 23%

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

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Job recruiter: Darrin Skinner of Howe & Associates

Candidate recruiter: Bob Small of Carroll Technology Services, Inc.

Split job title: DIRECTOR OF PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT

Fee percentage: 23%

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

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Job recruiter: John Zurek of Zurek Professional Resources, LLC

Candidate recruiter: Pam Copeland of Albert Energy, LLC

Split job title: MASTER PRODUCTION SCHEDULER

Fee percentage: 25%

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

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Job recruiter: David M. Sgro, CPC of True North Consultants, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Bill Kubena of Kubena Associates

Split job title: FLOORING INSTALLATION TECHNICAL SPECIALIST

Fee percentage: 25%

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

Top Echelon welcomed seven (7) new recruiting firms to the Network during the month of August!

These firms work in different industries, but there’s a heavy concentration of recruiting firms in Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Engineering.

The names of these new Network recruiting firms are listed below, along with their location; the specific disciplines, industries, and specialty areas in which the firms work; and the date the firms officially joined the Network.

We encourage you to reach out to the recruiters in these firms and welcome them to the Network, especially if they operate within your specialty area.  That’s because these recruiting firms in Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Engineering (among other industries) joined Top Echelon Network to make split placements and generate more revenue . . . and they need quality Trading Partners like YOU to make that happen!

Premier Staffing in Woburn, Massachusetts
—Specialties: Accounting and Finance
—Join date: August 11

Turner Placement Services Group in Alpharetta, Georgia
—Specialties: General
—Join date: August 15

JC2 Technologies in Houston, Texas
—Specialties: Information Technology, Engineering, Finance, and in such industries as Retail, Oil & Gas, Insurance, Food, Banking, Equipment Rental, Software Development, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Government, Petrochemical, Telecommunications and Security
—Join date: August 22

Business Answers Int’l in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
—Specialties: We specialize in placing candidates in the Manufacturing industry. Our areas of specialization include Plastics, Polymer, Chemical, Petrochemical, Oil & Gas, Refining, Injection Molding, Packaging, Extrusion, Thermoforming, Coatings, and Adhesives manufacturers. We are industry-centric in the Plastics/Polymer/Chemical/Petrochemical industry and have placed candidates in most roles from Sales/Marketing to Engineering to Manufacturing and Operations Management to corporate and management roles.
—Join date: August 25

Cornerstone Search and Consultants, LLC in Mathews, North Carolina
—Specialties: IT (Management, Sales, Engineering, Product Management, Marketing); Enterprise Software (Management, Sales, Engineering, Product Management, Marketing); Telecommunications (Project Management, ITIL/ITSM Consulting); and Implementation (Supply Chain Management)
—Join date: August 27

Dixon Associates in Plano, Texas
—Specialties: We serve primarily the Food Manufacturing industry and we place all levels and disciplines. Disciplines include Operations, Logistics, Quality, Engineering, Maintenance, Safety & Health, Finance, IT, R&D, HR, Sales, and Marketing.
—Join date: August 29

Small World, Logistics Recruiting in Medina, Ohio
—Specialties: Insurance industry
—Join date: August 29

Remember, if you know somebody who you think would be a good fit for Network Membership, you can receive a $100 credit toward your Top Echelon invoice for referring a firm that eventually becomes a Preferred Member.

You can send your referrals to info@topechelon.com.

THE SPLIT PLACEMENTS:

Everybody is looking for the “perfect candidate.” Of course, that candidate doesn’t actually exist.  They’re like a combination of Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster.

However, that doesn’t stop hiring managers from asking for the “perfect candidate” . . . over and over and over again.  (“Send me another candidate.  Send me another candidate.  Send me another candidate.”

However, when you’re a Preferred Member of Top Echelon Network, you have access to candidates who are as close to perfect as you’re going to get.  That’s because you have access to other recruiters and their candidates.  If you don’t have the “perfect candidate,” then maybe they do!

That’s certainly the case in this week’s installment of “‘Comments’ and Compliments.”  It’s also been the case for Top Echelon Network recruiters all year long.  You want impossible-to-find candidates?  Ask your Trading Partners for them.

And if you have questions about how YOU can find great candidates in Top Echelon (maybe even “perfect” ones), then 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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“Suzanne sent me the perfect candidate!  This was a very hard and long search, and thanks to her, I was able to make the client very happy.”

Submitted by Mark Udulutch, CPC of Markent Personnel regarding his Network split placement with Suzanne Griffith of Ives & Associates, Inc.

Position Title—SENIOR SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGER

Fee Percentage—25%

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

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“I love working with Deb!  Thank you for providing such a great candidate in a short amount of time.  You rock!”

Submitted by Michelle Hays of Hays Search Group regarding her Network split placement with Deb North of Deb North Consulting, LLC

Position Title—SALES REPRESENTATIVE

Fee Percentage—Flat

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

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“This was the longest placement process I have yet encountered in my 30 years of recruiting.  Pam Copeland has been wonderful to work with and has been patient throughout this entire process.”

Submitted by Kirby Butler, CPC of The Butlers Co. Insurance Recruiters regarding his Network split placement with Pam Copeland of Albert Energy, LLC

Position Title—PRODUCT MANAGER, E & S PERSONAL LINES

Fee Percentage—23%

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