A funny thing happens when Preferred Member recruiters in Top Echelon Network attend events like the National Convention, or more recently, the Fall Conference.

They make split placements.

Well, maybe that’s not a funny thing.  It is a profitable thing, though, to which the majority of the recruiters below can attest.

Those recruiters include Karen Akbal-Sturgeon of KLA Industries, who took her entire office to the Fall Conference.  She has not one, but TWO split placements listed in this week’s issue, and one of the two was with another recruiter who attended the conference.

In all, over half of the recruiters below attended the Fall Conference, and some of the ones that didn’t have attended other Top Echelon Network events in the past.

It’s a tried-and-true formula: Top Echelon recruiters + attendance at conferences and conventions = split placements. Even if you hate math, that’s one equation you just have to love.

THIS WEEK’S COMPLETED SPLIT PLACEMENTS!

Job order recruiter: Karen Akbal-Sturgeon of KLA Industries

Candidate recruiter: Greg Downs of Downs Associates

Job title: SAFETY MANAGER

Fee Percentage—25%

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

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Job order recruiter: Karen Akbal-Sturgeon of KLA Industries

Candidate recruiter: Chuck Szajkovics of Bulldog Recruiters, Inc.

Job title: FIELD SERVICE TECHNICIAN

Fee Percentage—25%

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

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Job order recruiter: Jane H. Ko, CPC of Staffing Partners, LLC

Candidate recruiter: Ed Nathan of Systems Search

Job title: PC SUPPORT TECHNICIAN

Fee Percentage—20%

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

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Job order recruiter: Kathryn Shepherd, CPC/CSP of The Focus Agency

Candidate recruiter: Nick Stoia of ASAP Search and Recruiters

Job title: SIX SIGMA BLACK BELT

Fee Percentage—Flat

Action causing split placement: The job order or candidate was found by searching the Members’ Area.

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Job order recruiter: Dan Funke of Johnson Resource Group, LLC

Candidate recruiter: John Peterson of Sun Recruiting, Inc.

Job title: POLYMER SCIENTIST

Fee Percentage—Flat

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

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<Job order recruiter: Angela Marasco of A. Marasco Recruiting, LLC

Candidate recruiter: Peter Oettinger of Front Line Solutions, LLC

Job title: SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR

Fee Percentage—20%

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

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Job order recruiter: Pamela Ratz Deville, CPC of Managed Medicaid Services

Candidate recruiter: Don Fredrick of Executech, Inc.

Job title: VP OF COMPLIANCE

Fee Percentage—20%

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

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Job order recruiter: Clay Johnson of Clifton Johnson Associates, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Bob Wick of Career Center of Cincinnati, Inc.

Job title: APPLICATIONS ENGINEER

Fee Percentage—25%

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

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A couple of weeks ago, I invited everybody to check out our “25th Anniversary Facebook Photo Extravaganza.”  That’s because we’ve been posting photos of Top Echelon Network conferences and conventions from the past 25 years, and we love taking a “stroll down memory lane.”

Well, now I bring news of a new batch of photos.  These are from the recent Top Echelon Network Fall Conference in Chicago, and you guessed it—I’m inviting everybody to check these photos out, too!

Click here to access photos from the 2012 Fall Conference!

Keep in mind that these represent a “starter pack of pics” for the conference.  We’ll be posting even more in the future, so be on the lookout for them.

Oh, and if you have time, would you be so kind as to “like” Top Echelon Network on Facebook?  I mean, what’s NOT to like, right?.

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Where to begin with this week’s installment of “Comments and Compliments“?  There’s just so much from which to choose.

First, we have two recruiters who have made four split placements together during the past two and a half years.

Second, we have two recruiters who have made five split placements during the past two and a half years.  (They’re not to be outdone, I suppose.)

Obviously, they have Trading Partner relationships that are built for both speed AND endurance.  They believe in the process and they trust in each other’s abilities—as recruiters and as split partners.

The evidence is overwhelming, especially with references such as “phenomenal partner” and “a true search partner.”  These are the types of Trading Partners relationships that produce split placements year after year after year.

It’s been that way for the past 25 years, and it’s likely to be that way for the next 25 years, as well.

If you’d like to thank another recruiter for their efforts in a split placement situation, send your information to marketing@topechelon.com.  Your comments might be included in an upcoming issue of The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog.

Keep those “Comments”—and split placements—coming!

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“Jeff continues to be a phenomenal partner for me.  He always finds excellent, well-qualified candidates.  This is placement #4 for us, and I’m sure we have more up our sleeve.  Keep ’em coming!”

Submitted by Mike Ehlers of Ehlers Recruiting Partners regarding his split placement with Jeff Gilbert of Kingfish Technology, LLC

Position Title—SALES
Fee Percentage—20%

(Editor’s note: this is the fourth split placement that Ehlers and Gilbert have made together in Top Echelon Network.)

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“Thank you, Sean, for your persistence on this search.  You consistently go above and beyond in your search effort.  You are a true search partner.”

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

Position Title—SAP LEAD BW/BOBJ DEVELOPER
Fee Percentage—20%

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

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(Editor’s Note: This is the next in a series of guest blog posts about contract staffing, courtesy of Top Echelon Contracting, the recruiter’s back-office solution.  Similar posts will appear in future issues of The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog.)

As the number of mobile devices and users increases rapidly,contractors are helping the wireless telecommunications industry keep up with the demand.

More than 3.8 million Americans are employed in this sector, which accounts for 2.6% of all U.S. employment, according to CTIA, the International Association for the Wireless Telecommunications Industry.  The association also predicts that wireless broadband investment will create as many as 205,000 jobs in the United States by 2015.

“Wireless providers are working feverishly to expand their network capacity, and the proliferation of smartphones, iPads, video conferencing, etc., are driving that demand in all sectors,” said Mike Zarnek, Executive Recruiter and President of Z Search Recruiting.

To keep up, wireless telecommunications companies must find workers with specific technical expertise in the industry.  But at the same time, they are not ready to commit to direct hires.  As a result, Zarnek, who has been recruiting in the industry for over 30 years, is seeing a “definite increase” in client requests for contractors.

“Contract staffing allows our clients to increase productivity without increasing overhead,” said Zarnek.  “Contract staffing is a practical management solution for covering peak workloads, extended absences, special projects, and more.  Employees are the foundation of any successful organization, while also being an expense.  Using contractors in certain situations shifts a fixed expense to a variable expense that can be increased or decreased based upon business needs.”

Z Search Recruiting provides direct hire and contract staffing solutions to the entire wireless industry, including the Wireless Carrier Market, RF, Microwave, DAS, Mobile Content, Mobile Advertising, 4G Infrastructure Providers, Mobile Handheld Device Manufacturers, LTE Infrastructure Providers, Network Monitoring and Optimization Services, Public Safety Communications, Antenna Design Firms, and Wireless Test and Measurement Services.

The firm utilizes the contract staffing back-office services of Top Echelon® Contracting (TEC) for its contract staffing placements. TEC has worked with Zarnek on 729 placements in this niche since 1996.

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