At Top Echelon, we like to recognize Network recruiters for their accomplishments, and we also want to help them celebrate those accomplishments.

That’s why we publish them in The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog.

And the milestone we’re highlighting in this issue of the newsletter involves a recruiter who has proven to be one of the most consistent, steady, and reliable producers in the history of Top Echelon Network.  That recruiter is Sean Napoles, CPC of Career Brokers, Inc.

Sean recently made his 200^th placement in Top Echelon Network, which is quite an accomplishment, since only a handful of recruiters have reached that milestone in Top Echelon.  They include the following:

• Bruce Ramstad of Ramstad Recruiting—308 placements
• Trey Cameron of the Cameron Craig Group—275 placements
• Gary Silver of The Shay Group—235 placements

Sean has joined what could be called an elite group of recruiters within Top Echelon Network, and he’s not showing any signs of slowing down.  In October, Sean celebrated his 14^th anniversary in the Network.  That means he’s made an average of over 14 placements per year.  (He’s currently at 202 placements.)

If Sean chooses to keep recruiting, I have no doubt that he’ll reach the 300-placement plateau.  Not only that, but he’s also a Million Dollar Producer in the Network, and there’s a good chance he will hit the $2 million mark sometime next year.  That would put him in another elite group of company.

If there’s a recruiter who could serve as the model Top Echelon Network Preferred Member, that recruiter is Sean Napoles.

Congratulations, Sean, from everybody at Top Echelon!

There are a lot of reasons why we’re optimistic about 2015 in Top Echelon Network, and one of the biggest reasons is the success of our newer Network recruiters!

That success is illustrated in the split placements below, which feature a number of newer Network recruiters.  Some of them made splits with more tenured Preferred Members, and some made splits with one another.

The following is a list of the recruiters in this blog post who have joined the Network within the past 12 months (including the number of Network split placements they’ve made since joining):

• Melissa Truax of Premier Health Careers, Inc./Premier Paths—7 placements
• Shelli Saunders of The Recruiting Pro—5 placements
• Lois Rupkey of Byrnes & Rupkey, Inc.—4 placements
• Kristy Staggs of Byrnes & Rupkey, Inc.—3 placements

Not only that, but below is a list of the recruiters who made their first Network split placement this week:

• Karen Hargett of Johnson Resource Group, Inc.
• Tom Bower of J.D. Cotter Search, Inc.
• John Huttner of Atlas Consulting Group, LLC

Of course, once a recruiter “breaks through” with their first Network split placement, making another one is even easier.  And that’s one of the many reasons why we’re looking forward to a great year in 2015 for Top Echelon and for Network recruiters!

Below are the split jobs that were filled recently:

• Associate Director of Medical Affairs
• Materials Manager
• Production Manager, Food Processing
• Plant Manager
• Quality Control Metallurgical Engineer
• Clinical Director/Neuro/Surgical ICU
• Account Manager-Large Commercial Accounts
• Electrical Engineer
• Quality Engineer

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

THIS WEEK’S NETWORK SPLIT PLACEMENTS:

Job recruiter: Mary Anne Buckley of Interstate Recruiters Corp

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

Split job title: ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AFFAIRS

Fee percentage: Flat

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

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Job recruiter: Lois Rupkey of Byrnes & Rupkey, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Terry Rhodes of NewCareers

Split job title: MATERIALS MANAGER

Fee percentage: 20%

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

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Job recruiter: Kristy Staggs of Byrnes & Rupkey, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Alex Roberts of Joseph Michaels International

Split job title: PRODUCTION MANAGER, FOOD PROCESSING

Fee percentage: 20%

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

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Job recruiter: Daniel L. Williams, CPC of The Williams Company

Candidate recruiter: James Compton of Compton & Associates

Split job title: PLANT MANAGER

Fee percentage: 30%

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

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Job recruiter: Karen Hargett of Johnson Resource Group, LLC

Candidate recruiter: Tom Bower of J.D. Cotter Search, Inc.

Split job title: QUALITY CONTROL METALLURGICAL ENGINEER

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

Candidate recruiter: Shelli Saunders of The Recruiting Pro

Split job title: CLINICAL DIRECTOR/NEURO/SURGICAL ICU

Fee percentage: 20%

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

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Job recruiter: Crystal Ortega of Atlas Consulting Group, LLC

Candidate recruiter: John Huttner of Atlas Consulting Group, LLC

Split job title: ACCOUNT MANAGER-LARGE COMMERCIAL ACCOUNTS

Fee percentage: 18%

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

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Job recruiter: Mark Udulutch of Markent Personnel

Candidate recruiter: Steve Copeland of fulltimeGiGS/Albert Energy, LLC

Split job title: ELECTRICAL ENGINEER

Fee percentage: 25%

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

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Job recruiter: Gary Silver of The Shay Group

Candidate recruiter: Donna Carroll, CPC of Systems Personnel

Split job title: DIRECTOR OF DATA SECURITY

Fee percentage: 22%

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

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Job recruiter: Jeff Ploeger of Ploeger Recruiting Services

Candidate recruiter: Carol Martin, CPC of Martin Management, Inc.

Split job title: QUALITY ENGINEER

Fee percentage: 20%

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

Why are Top Echelon Network recruiters making more split placements this year than last year?

The answer is really quite simple: they’re providing each other with the BEST candidates.

Top Echelon Network recruiters have been gushing about the quality of the candidates that their Trading Partners have been providing them, especially when it’s the first candidate they present and their client hires that candidate (see below).

Last week, Director of Network Operations Drea Codispoti, CERS published a blog post titled, “10 Questions Regarding Your Networking Philosophy in Top Echelon.”  One of those questions was, “Do you always network your best quality candidates and job orders?”

Clearly, the recruiters below DO network their best quality candidates, and that’s why they’re making split placements and generating more revenue for their firm.

When you post your best candidates and job orders to the Network, you make more placements, and you make them more quickly.  Now . . .who can argue with that?

Congratulations to everybody who made split placements this week!

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“This was my first candidate in the door for this role, and thanks to Murray, we were able to make a one-shot kill here!”

Submitted by Matt Dahm of IT Audit Search regarding his Network split placement with Murray Carlson of Career Makers

Position Title—GOVERNMENT-TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS PROJECT MANAGER

Fee Percentage—20%

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

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“Bob made a point of seeking a candidate that fit one of my positions.  The candidate was a good fit, and the client was very satisfied.  Wish we had more recruiting partners like Bob Long!”

Submitted by Larry Barlow of Tax Advantage Personnel, Inc. regarding his Network split placement with Bob Long of Executive Personnel Services

Position Title—SENIOR MANAGER OF TAX ACCOUNTING & COMPLIANCE

Fee Percentage—25%

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

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“A great job by my TE partner, Rudy Garcia!  He knew what I needed and supplied me with two solid candidates.“

Submitted by Bob Santora of Kubena & Associates regarding his Network split placement with Rudy Garcia of Joseph Michaels International

Position Title—FIELD SERVICE ENGINEER

Fee Percentage—25%

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