THE SPLIT PLACEMENTS:

Okay, it’s not hockey season, where the term “hat trick” originated.  (It’s a term used to describe a player’s feat of scoring three goals in a single game.)

However, it IS split placement making season!  Which, thankfully for us, is year-round.

And we have another “recruiter hat trick” of split placement awesomeness in this issue of The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog.  We have recruiters who have made their first Network split placement together, as well as a pair of recruiters who have already made five splits together.

In fact, those same recruiters already have two other candidates in play, so they could make “a hat trick on top of a hat trick.”

Can they do that?  Is that even possible?  Of course it is!  We can do anything we want!  Do not attempt to adjust the picture.  We are controlling transmission . . .

Congratulations to everybody who made split placements this week!

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Steve Copeland

Mark London

“Steve was a great Trading Partner on this search!”

Submitted by Mark London of Command Consultants, Inc. regarding his Network split placement with Steve Copeland of Albert Energy, LLC

Position Title—REGIONAL SALES

Fee Percentage—Flat

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

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Trey Cameron

Juli Smith

“Thanks, Trey!  Hoping for a hat trick with the other two in process!”

Submitted by Juli Smith of The Smith Consulting Group, LLC regarding her Network split placement with Trey Cameron of the Cameron Craig Group

Position Title—CIVIL ENGINEER-LAND DEVELOPMENT

Fee Percentage—25%

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

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Deb North

Bob Ferris

“Bob has worked on my job orders before.  I am glad that we finally got one!”

Submitted by Deb North of Deb North Consulting, LLC regarding her Network split placement with Bob Ferris of Ferris & Associates, LLC

Position Title—JAVA DEVELOPER

Fee Percentage—25%

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

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

THE SPLIT PLACEMENTS:

We have “website placements galore” in this issue of The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog.

Let’s start with the first pair of recruiters listed below.  They’ve made three split placements together during the past six months as a direct result of a Hiring Hook recruiter website.

The second set of recruiters below?  They’ve made eight split placements together during their time in Top Echelon Network, and all eight have been the direct result of a Hiring Hook recruiter website.

Some Top Echelon Network recruiters rely almost entirely upon their website to help them make split placements, while other recruiters use a combination of their website plus traditional networking efforts.

Could your firm’s website help YOU make more splits?  Call us today to find out more.

Congratulations to everybody who made split placements this week!

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Jeff Peters

Steve Copeland

“This makes our third placement in six months!  We have another placement already scheduled for November.  Very productive website.”

Submitted by Jeff Peters of Peters Search Group, LLC regarding his Network split placement with Steve Copeland of Albert Energy, LLC

Position Title—PROCESS TECH/OPERATOR

Fee Percentage—Flat

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

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Jim Strickland

Maria Hemminger

“Jim’s website keeps working for us.  Thank you, Jim, for an excellent Engineering candidate.  Happy to make yet ANOTHER split with you!”

Submitted by Maria Hemminger of MJ Recruiters, LLC regarding her Network split placement with Jim Strickland of BioSource International

Position Title—MANUFACTURING ENGINEER – ASSEMBLY

Fee Percentage—20%

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

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Trey Cameron

Chris Ramsay, CPC

“Thank you, Trey, for a good candidate that I saved and was able to place!

Submitted by Chris Ramsay, CPC of Corporate Resources, LLC regarding her Network split placement with Trey Cameron of the Cameron Craig Group

Position Title—QUALITY ENGINEER

Fee Percentage—25%

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

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

THE SPLIT PLACEMENTS:

There is NO doubt that finding qualified candidates is one of the most pressing problems on a recruiter’s desk these days.

There is also NO doubt that Top Echelon recruiters are finding the qualified candidates they need for their clients’ job orders from their Trading Partners in the Network.

And we have yet more proof in this week’s issue of The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog!

These types of placements happen every week in Top Echelon.  Recruiters who can’t find the candidates they need anywhere else (LinkedIn included) use the resources available to them in the Network to fill their open orders.

So if you need help filling your job orders with the right candidate and you can’t find those candidates anywhere, then invest in your Network Membership and join the ranks of the recruiters below.

Congratulations to everybody who made split placements this week!

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Michael Stuck

Brenda Richardson

“Great work at finding a solid candidate as usual, Brenda.  It’s always a pleasure working with you.  Let’s get another one before the year is out.  Thanks for all of the hard work you put in finding super candidates for my job!”

Submitted by Michael Stuck of Gables Search Group regarding his Network split placement with Brenda Richardson of Stewart Cooper & Coon

Position Title—CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

Fee Percentage—25%

(Editor’s note: This is the third Network split placement that Stuck and Richardson have made together in Top Echelon.)

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Linda Blakemore, CPC

Joe Pelayo

“Awesome passive candidate recruited by Joe!  Thank you!”

Submitted by Linda Blakemore of Atlantic Pacific Group, Inc. regarding her Network split placement with Joe Pelayo of Joseph Michaels International

Position Title—MANAGER, ACCOUNTING POLICY

Fee Percentage—20%

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

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Randall Hardwick

Travis Jones

“Travis, thank you for the candidate.  Hope to do many more.  Thanks again!”

Submitted by Randall Hardwick of Avalon Recruiting regarding his Network split placement with Travis Jones of Career Development Partners

Position Title—INDUSTRIAL INSIDE SALES CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

Fee Percentage—25%

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

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

THE SPLIT CANDIDATES:

Everybody wants great candidates.  Companies want them. Recruiters want them.

And recruiters who are part of Top Echelon Network are finding them.  HOW are they finding them?  By investing in their Membership and using their Trading Partners for help.

Like, for example, the Network recruiters in this week’s installment of’ “‘Comments’ and Compliments.”  Every single one of the job recruiters listed below are ecstatic about the quality of the candidates they received from their Trading Partners.

Below are some of the phrases that were used:

• “great attention to what is really wanted”
• “needle in a haystack”
• “hit the nail on the head”
• “great candidate for a hard-to-fill position”

These kinds of placements happen in Top Echelon Network every week.  To learn more about how YOU can start making more placements in the Network, contact Director of Network Operations Drea Codispoti, CERS at 330.455.1433, x156 or via email at drea@topechelon.com.

Congratulations to everybody who made split placements this week!

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Nick Stoia

“Thanks, Joe, for this candidate and your great attention to what is really wanted from the job order to make the match!”

Submitted by Nick Stoia of ASAP Search & Recruiters regarding his Network split placement with Joe Miglizzi, CPC of Perspective

Position Title—ELECTRICIAN

Fee Percentage—20%

(Editor’s note: This is the fifth Network split placement that Stoia and Miglizzi have made together in Top Echelon.)

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Joan R. Walters, CPC

Ann Boland

“Ann is wonderful to work with.  She knows how to drill down and find the ‘needle in a haystack.’  Thank you, Ann!”

Submitted by Joan R. Walters, CPC of JR Walters Resources regarding her Network split placement with Ann Boland of The Boland Group

Position Title—DIRECTOR SALES/MARKETING

Fee Percentage—25%

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

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Robert Wilson

“Robert Wilson and I had a discussion on the types of Engineers that I need for open jobs, and he hit the nail on the head.  It happened fairly quickly.”

Submitted by Tim Hughes of Hughes & Associates regarding his Network split placement with Robert Wilson of R.L. Wilson & Associates

Position Title—PROJECT ENGINEER

Fee Percentage—25%

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

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Veronica Snyder

Denise Mancuso

“Thanks, Denise, for providing a great candidate for a hard-to-fill position!”

Submitted by Veronica Snyder of Career Professionals, Inc. regarding her Network split placement with Denise Mancuso of Client Growth Consultants, Inc.

Position Title—HR MANAGER

Fee Percentage—30%

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

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

THE SPLIT PLACEMENTS:

This week’s installment of “‘Comments’ and Compliments” includes split recruiting partners in Top Echelon Network who have made multiple split placements with each other.

In fact, in one instance, they’ve been making them so quickly that they’ve been “kicking some serious 2014 hiney!”  And when you get right down to it, that’s exactly what we want: Top Echelon Network Preferred Member recruiters who are hiney kickers (for lack of a better and less family-friendly word).

And it’s only June!  There’s plenty of hiney left to kick!

Congratulations to everybody who made split placements this week!

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Debra L. Stitt, CPC

Dan Kovats

“Dan, this is split #3 this year, and we got paid before split #2!  We’re on a role and kicking some serious 2014 hiney!  I look forward to many, many more!”

Submitted by Debra L. Stitt, CPC of Quality Source Inc. of Ohio regarding her Network split placement with Dan Kovats of CMW & Associates

Position Title—BILLING COORDINATOR

Fee Percentage—25%

(Editor’s note: This is the third Network split placement that Stitt and Kovats have made together in Top Echelon.)

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Veronica Snyder

Trey Cameron

“Thanks for generating good candidates, Trey!  We’ve held onto this candidate’s resume since May of 2013, hoping that one day we’d have the chance to place him . . . and we did!”

Submitted by Veronica Snyder of Career Professionals, Inc. regarding her Network split placement with Trey Cameron of the Cameron Craig Group

Position Title—COLOR MATCHER

Fee Percentage—25%

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

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Jeff Ploeger

Steve Copeland

“Steve Copeland follows up and does a nice job of qualifying candidates.  Thanks!”

Submitted by Jeff Ploeger of Ploeger Recruiting Services regarding his Network split placement with Steve Copeland of Albert Energy, LLC

Position Title—MANUFACTURING ENGINEER

Fee Percentage—25%

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

THE SPLIT PLACEMENTS:

We have a number of “success milestones” in this installment of “‘Comments’ and Compliments”:

• Sharon B. McCone’s first Top Echelon Network placement
• Eddie Grado’s first Network placement
• Diane Rothong’s second Network placement
• Trey Cameron’s 180th Network placement

Yes, it’s a long way from placement #1 to placement #180, but that’s exactly where Trey Cameron started on June 18, 2002, when he placed a Construction Administrator with Bob Brown (who, incidentally, is still a Member of the Network).

Now, over 11 years later, Cameron is the number-one recruiter in Top Echelon Network.  So congratulations to all of the recruiters listed below, but especially to McCone and Grado.  Hopefully, these will be the first of many Network split placements!

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“Yeah!  This is our first TE placement.  Sharon and I worked extremely well together!  This is the first of many placements to come!”

Submitted by Diane Rothong of Worksource 2000, Inc. regarding her Network split placement with Sharon B. McCone of Prosigo Executive Search

Position Title—SR. VP OF DIRECTOR CLIENT SERVICES

Fee Percentage—20%

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

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“Eddie Grado did a fantastic job.  He found four qualified candidates for me in a week after starting this search.  I would highly recommend you speak with Eddie if you have any positions open in Latin America.”

Submitted by Steven C. Brandvold of Executive Connection regarding his Network split placement with Eddie Grado of Joseph Michaels International

Position Title—VP OF SALES

Fee Percentage—25%

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

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“This was a very fast placement.  Within a week of receiving the candidate from Trey, we had an offer accepted.  Trey found us a true ‘ringer’ for this job search.  Besides the candidate’s great skill sets, he lived in Atlanta, so we had no [relocation] issues.  We have met Trey at three of the last four [Top Echelon] Network meetings, but this is our first placement together.”

Submitted by Jim Petitpren of The PRA Group, Inc. regarding his Network split placement with Trey Cameron of the Cameron Craig Group

Position Title—ADVANCED MANUFACTURING ENGINEER

Fee Percentage—33%

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

THE SPLIT PLACEMENTS:

At Top Echelon, we love it when a plan comes together!  (Thank you, A-Team.)

First, the Thanksgiving Day holiday is this week.  That’s just one reason you should give thanks for your split fee recruiting Trading Partners.

Should you give thanks for your family, too?  Of course, but there’s a chance that some of you might like your split Trading Partners more than certain members of your family.  Just a chance, mind you . . . we’re spit-ballin’ here.

Second, the first two Recruiter of the Week award winners are represented in this installment of “‘Comments’ and Compliments,” namely

Lloyd Shoemaker of TriVista Professional Placement Services and Mark Udulutch of Markent Personnel.

Third, all of the placements listed below are the first split placement that the recruiters involved have made with one another.  It’s been proven time and again that where there’s one split placement . . . there could be multiple split placements!

Taking into account the history of the recruiters involved in our recruiting network, these should be the first of MANY.

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“The candidate came to us from Gary Elias.  This is our first placement with Gary, even though we’ve looked at many of his candidates over time.  It’s good to know we have recruiters in Top Echelon like Gary who put quality candidates in the system.  When we’ve communicated with Gary during this process, he was right back at us with his comments or whatever information we needed.”

Submitted by Lloyd Shoemaker of TriVista Professional Placement Services regarding his Network split placement with Gary Elias of Elias Associates, Inc.

Position Title—MATERIALS MANAGER

Fee Percentage—25%

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

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“As usual, Bob sent out a great candidate who met the needs of our client.”

Submitted by Mark Udulutch of Markent Personnel regarding his Network split placement with Bob Wick of Career Center of Cincinnati, Inc.

Position Title—QUALITY MANAGER

Fee Percentage—25%

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

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“Steve found a great candidate who actually had worked at the client before and wanted to go back.  All are happy!”

Submitted by Mark Udulutch of Markent Personnel regarding his Network split placement with Steve Copeland of Albert Energy, LLC

Position Title—FOUNDRY CORE SUPERVISOR

Fee Percentage—25%

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

THE SPLIT PLACEMENTS:

The percentage of placements made in Top Echelon Network as a result of Hiring Hook websites has been growing steadily over the past five years.  However, how much has that percentage been growing?

Top Echelon analyzed its third quarter statistics recently, and we found that Hiring Hook recruiting websites have accounted for 23.8% of all split placements made in the Network through the first nine months of 2013.  That’s more than a 10% increase over last year!

(So it’s not surprising that all of the splits in this installment of “‘Comments’ and Compliments” were the result of a Hiring Hook website—namely Steve Kohn’s.)

Will the percentage of Network placements made through Hiring Hook websites increase again next year?  We can’t say for sure, but all indications point to that being the case.

For more information about how you can make more Network placements with your website, call 330.455.1433.

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“This is my second split with Steve Kohn this year, and I could do this all day long!”

Submitted by Cindy Andrew Cordell, CPC of Corporate Resources, LLC regarding her Network split placement with Steve Kohn of Affinity Executive Search

Position Title—PHP DEVELOPER/SR. LINUX ENGINEER

Fee Percentage—20%

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

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“Our candidate went in to interview for an Applications Engineer position, and during the interview, our client deemed him more suited for the Scientist position.  The rest is history!  Thanks, Steve!”

Submitted by Lloyd Shoemaker of TriVista Professional Placement Services regarding his Network split placement with Steve Kohn of Affinity Executive Search

Position Title—SCIENTIST

Fee Percentage—25%

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

THE SPLIT PLACEMENTS:

Back in the day, there was a chewing gum commercial.  The catch phrase for that commercial was “double your pleasure, double your fun.”  (For a bonus question, can you guess the name of the chewing gum?  Send us an email with the answer.)

Anyway, chewing gum is great and all, but it doesn’t compare to placements.  After all, you can buy a TON of chewing gum with the money from a placement check, not to mention other things . . . like doughnuts and never-ending lattes.

The recruiters below have made not one, but TWO split placements with one another during the past year.  These were the first splits that they’ve made with each other, and based on the great experience they had making them, they should make more splits in the future.

So they’re doubling their placements and doubling their fun . . . and their chewing gum, doughnuts, lattes, etc., etc.

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“This is my second split with Trey this year!  Hopefully, we can make one more in the fourth quarter!”

Submitted by Pat McCombs, CPC of KB Search Team, LLC regarding her Network split placement with Trey Cameron of the Cameron Craig Group

Position Title—TRANSPORTATION SUPERVISOR

Fee Percentage—22.5%

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

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“Thanks, Justin!  This is our second split together in 10 months!”

Submitted by Juli Smith of The Smith Consulting Group, LLC regarding her Network split placement with Justin Bidwell of Bidwell & Associates, LLC

Position Title—OSP Engineer

Fee Percentage—25%

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

THE SPLIT PLACEMENTS:

Top Echelon Network recruiters are always looking to make split placements with a new Trading Partner.  That’s because where one split placement is . . . many split placements could be.

One of the quickest and easiest ways to make split placements with new Trading Partners in the Network is through a Hiring Hook recruiting website.

With Hiring Hook, other Network recruiters’ jobs can be posted to your website.  Then, when qualified candidates apply for those jobs—and are eventually hired—you split the placement fees with the job order recruiter.

How well has this worked?  Well enough that the percentage of split placements made in Top Echelon Network due to Hiring Hook websites has increased every year for the past six years.

If you don’t have a Hiring Hook website, call us today at 330.455.1433 to get started.

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“I’m getting some great candidates from Steve, and he’s willing to do follow-up on his website candidates when necessary.  Nice split!”

Submitted by Georgette Sandifer of Gallman Consulting regarding her Network split placement with Steve Kohn of Affinity Executive Search

Position Title—DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER

Fee Percentage—25%

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

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“Steve, good job!  [The candidate] is an ideal fit for the company and is doing well.”

Submitted by Steven C. Brandvold of Executive Connection regarding his Network split placement with Steve Kohn of Affinity Executive Search

Position Title—MATERIALS DESIGNER CHEMIST

Fee Percentage—25%

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