If there’s one recruiter who has been a model of consistency in Top Echelon Network during the past 14 years, that recruiter is Sean Napoles, CPC of Career Brokers, Inc.

Sean has been among the Top Producers in the Network ever since he joined.  His commitment to networking and the highest levels of integrity and quality have resulted in nearly 200 split placements since he became a Preferred Member on October 18, 2000.  (Heck, he might have made his 200^th split in the time it took me to write this blog post.)

That means in nearly 14 years of Network Membership, Sean has averaged over 14 placements per year.  He has won the Recruiter of the Year Award numerous times, he’s a fixture in the Network’s Top 10 year in and year out, and he attends nearly every Fall Conference and National Convention.

See what I mean by a model of consistency?

And this week, Sean has three split placements listed in The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog.  So far this year, he’s made 14 Network placements, already reaching his career average in Top Echelon.  (Even his consistency has consistency.)

So congratulations to Sean Napoles and everybody else who strives for—and achieves—consistency and excellence in Top Echelon Network.

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

• Sr. Financial Cost Analyst
• SQL Senior Database Administrator
• Software Developer
• Chief Engineer
• Account Executive
• Plant Manager
• Environmental Health & Safety EHS Specialist
• Production Supervisor
• Sales – After Market Specialist
• Sales Representative

For more information about how YOU can be more successful in Top Echelon Network and make more split placements, please give me a call at 330.455.1433, x156.

THIS WEEK’S NETWORK SPLIT PLACEMENTS: 

Job recruiter: Dan Winters of Corporate Resources, LLC

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

Split job title: SR. FINANCIAL COST ANALYST

Fee percentage: 25%

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

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Job recruiter: Carol Brinkman, CPC of Corporate Resources, LLC

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

Split job title: SQL SENIOR DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR

Fee percentage: 25%

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

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Job recruiter: Katy Moses of Top Hire Recruitment

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

Split job title: SOFTWARE DEVELOPER

Fee percentage: 25%

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

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Job recruiter: David Wood, CPC of The David Wood Company

Candidate recruiter: James Compton of Compton & Associates

Split job title: CHIEF ENGINEER

Fee percentage: 25%

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

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Job recruiter: Todd Porter of Bio-Partners Search Group, LLC

Candidate recruiter: Mike Ehlers of Ehlers Recruiting Partners

Split job title: ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE

Fee percentage: 20%

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

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Job recruiter: Pat McCombs of KB Search Team, LLC

Candidate recruiter: Debi Apple of Apple & Associates, Inc.

Split job title: PLANT MANAGER

Fee percentage: 25%

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

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Job recruiter: Chris Shoulet of Top Dog Recruiting

Candidate recruiter: Lee Fierman of Gables Search Group

Split job title: ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH & SAFETY EHS SPECIALIST

Fee percentage: 25%

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

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Job recruiter: Matt Scheihing of J. Miles Personnel Services

Candidate recruiter: Jay Laney of The Williams Company

Split job title: PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR

Fee percentage: 25%

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

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Job recruiter: Michael Lesch of Alliance Technical Services, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Vanessa Statum of Career Development Partners

Split job title: SALES – AFTER MARKET SPECIALIST

Fee percentage: 20%

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

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Job recruiter: Michelle Hays of Hays Search Group

Candidate recruiter: Deb North of Deb North Consulting, LLC

Split job title: SALES REPRESENTATIVE

Fee percentage: Flat

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

I’m in Chicago right now for the 2014 Top Echelon Network Fall Conference!

But I (almost) never stop thinking about networking, and that’s why I want to present the Network’s Virtual Core Group schedule for October.

So, without further adieu . . .

Top Echelon Network recruiters share the following during Virtual Core Group meetings (among other things):

• 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, and placements HAVE been made as a direct result of these teleconference call meetings.

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.

Below is the full Virtual Core Group teleconference call schedule for the month of October (all times listed are Eastern Standard Time):

Date	Core Group/Time	Core Group/Time	Core Group/Time
Thursday, October 2	Manufacturing, Engineering noon to 1 p.m.	Accounting, Finance 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.	Biotech, Pharma, Medical Device 3 to 4 p.m.
Thursday, October 9	Software Sales 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.	Information Technology 3 to 4 p.m.	Open for New Group
Thursday, October 16	Open for New Group	Insurance 2 to 3 p.m.	Open for New Group
Thursday, October 23	Open for New Group	Open for New Group	Open for New Group

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

At Top Echelon, we like to enjoy success in as many different ways as we can—and that includes in different languages!

Take, for instance, this week’s installment of “‘Comments’ and Compliments.”  Patrick Staudacher, CPC of Talsco, Inc., who recently made his seventh Top Echelon Network split placement with Sean Napoles, CPC of Career Brokers, Inc., used the Finnish language to express his sentiments:

“Kippis!”

But that’s not all we have this week!  We also have the second Top Echelon Network split placement between two of our most successful recruiters—Deb North of Deb North Consulting, LLC and Bob Small of Carroll Technology Services, Inc.

How many Network split placements have the recruiters in this feature made overall in Top Echelon Network?  Two hundred and ninety-five . . . or 295!

But there’s always room for just one more!

If you have questions about how YOU can enjoy more success 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!

Whoops!  I mean “Kippis!”

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“‘Kippis’ or ‘Cheers,’ as my Finnish father-in-law would always say.  Thanks for the quick response and the great candidate!”

Submitted by Patrick Staudacher, CPC of Talsco, Inc. regarding his Network split placement with Sean Napoles, CPC of Career Brokers, Inc.

Position Title—SQL DBA

Fee Percentage—25%

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

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“Bob and I have a good thing going.  That ‘other’ True North ‘outfit’ in Ohio tries to steal him away from me, but he’s ALL MINE.  In all seriousness, Bob is the consummate professional and a credible recruiter.  He is very thorough and definitely jumps in to do his part.”

Submitted by Deb North of Deb North Consulting, LLC regarding her Network split placement with Bob Small of Carroll Technology Services, Inc.

Position Title—NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR

Fee Percentage—20%

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