The recruiters highlighted in this week’s installment of “‘Comments’ and Compliments” are veterans of the recruiting industry.  They’ve been extremely successful, both inside and outside of the Network.  In fact, one of them is a Million Dollar Producer in Top Echelon.

However, they’re receiving recognition because they recently made their first split placement with another Preferred Member recruiter.

Because it doesn’t matter how long you’ve been a recruiter.

It doesn’t matter how long you’ve been a Preferred Member of Top Echelon’s recruiting network.

It doesn’t even matter how many split fee recruiting placements you’ve made.

You can ALWAYS find new Trading Partners in the Network, and those Trading Partner relationships can result in split placements, more than likely representing placements you would not have made without their help.

So it really is true that the split placements below indicate that this could be the beginning of a beautiful (and prosperous) relationship . . .

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!

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“Chuck is great to work with.  He really understands the position, and then he sends really good candidates.  Thank you, Chuck!”

Submitted by Karen Akbal-Sturgeon, CPC of KLA Industries regarding her split placement with Chuck Szajkovics of Bulldog Recruiters, Inc.

Position Title—FIELD SERVICE TECHNICIAN
Fee Percentage—25%

(Editor’s note: this is the first split placement that Akbal-Sturgeon and Szajkovics have made together in Top Echelon Network.)

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“Frank and I worked together on this same search a year ago.  His candidate was a strong #2 last year, so I was delighted to finally place her a year later!  Thanks, Frank, for sending me such a great candidate!”

Submitted by Pat McCombs, CPC of KB Search Team, LLC regarding her split placement with Frank Gregg of Gregg & Associates

Position Title—HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER
Fee Percentage—20%

(Editor’s note: this is the first split placement that McCombs and Gregg have made together in Top Echelon Network.)

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With a feature titled “‘Comments’ and Compliments Extra,” you might expect there to be some compliments . . . and that’s especially the case with this week’s installment of the feature.

What we have specifically is a veteran of the Top Echelon recruiters network making a split placement with a recruiter who has only been a Preferred Member for a relatively short amount of time.

What does this prove?  Quite a few things, actually:

1. That a newer Preferred Member can make a split placement with a more tenured Member, no matter the disparity in terms of experience (Network or otherwise)
2. That no matter how long a recruiter has been in the Network, it’s absolutely possible to start making split placements with a newer Preferred Member, so such a possibility should not be discounted
3. That individual differences don’t matter that much if the recruiters involved in the split placement process adhere to the Four Pillars of Top Echelon Network
4. You never, ever know who your next split placement in the Network is going to be with . . . so be on your toes!

Enjoy this week’s installment of “‘Comments’ and Compliments Extra,” notice how often the two recruiters involved compliment one another (and what they compliment each other about), and we’re sure that we’ll see you highlighted in this feature soon!

(That’s a compliment.)

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!

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“Great job by Catherine.  First candidate she sent was right on the money.  They talked to none of the others.  Thanks, Catherine!”

Submitted by Robert Gabor of The Gabor Group regarding his split placement with Catherine Bateman of Woods & Paolino Recruiting Solutions

Position Title—SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGER
Fee Percentage—25%

(Editor’s note: this is the first split placement that Gabor and Bateman have made together in Top Echelon Network.)

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“Bob has been great to work with, especially for a beginner like me.  He is straightforward and timely in his communications and above-board about his job orders and clients.  I guess that’s why he has been a successful recruiter for so long.  It will be my pleasure to work with him again.”

Submitted by Catherine Bateman of Woods & Paolino Recruiting Solutions regarding her split placement with Robert Gabor of The Gabor Group

Position Title—SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGER
Fee Percentage—25%

(Editor’s note: this is the first split placement that Bateman and Gabor have made together in Top Echelon Network.)

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At Top Echelon Network, we like to highlight recruiters who have made their first split placement as a Preferred Member . . . and we get to do it again this week in The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog!

To be honest, we had some help in the form of Preferred Member recruiter Debra Stitt, CPC of Quality Source, Inc. of Ohio.  Stitt and Tom Mitlo of the Orion Delta Group made a split placement recently, and it was Mitlo’s first split in the Network.

What’s noteworthy about this split placement (other than the fact it’s Mitlo’s first) is the way in which it happened.  As you can see from Stitt’s comments below, Mitlo was proactive, contacting Stitt about the job order she had posted in the Top Echelon Network Split Database.  To paraphrase his Trading Partner, “the rest was history.”

In addition, this split placement underscores two of the Four Pillars of Top Echelon Network (if not all four).  Those two Pillars are Communication and Active Participation.  Mitlo was proactive, and his communication was instrumental in making this split placement happen.

Congratulations to Tom Mitlo for his first split placement in Top Echelon Network, and thanks to Debra Stitt for the comments she submitted!

If you’d like to compliment a Trading Partner in a more extensive manner regarding a split placement, email your comments and information to marketing@topechelon.com.

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“Tom and Gina were outstanding to work with.  Tom called me, asked me what I needed, sent me two outstanding candidates, and the rest is history.  I’m honored that I could be the one to facilitate their first placement in TE.  Orion Delta Group, you guys rock!”

Position Title—DIRECTOR OF REIMBURSEMENT INNOVATION
Fee Percentage—25%

Submitted by Debra Stitt, CPC of Quality Source, Inc. of Ohio regarding her split placement with Tom Mitlo of the Orion Delta Group

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At the end of June, we presented the “Maria and Jo Split Placement Show!” in The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog.

Well, now we’re back with another “4-Pack of MJ Recruiters Placement Goodness!” (which, as you’ll see below, sometimes includes chocolate).

And why is that?  Because Maria Hemminger, Joanna Spaun, and everybody else at MJ Recruiters, LLC keep making split placements, that’s why.

Not only that, but they keep making split placements in niches they don’t normally make placements, and they keep making split placements in geographical regions in which they normally don’t make them, either.

In short, they’re leveraging the resources of Top Echelon Network exactly the way a recruiting firm should, and as a result, they’re making placements they normally would not have made.  That means more revenue for them, for their firm, and for the future.

And what we’d all like more of in the future is “placement goodness.”  Come, on . . . admit it.

So once again, congratulations to Maria, Jo, everybody else at MJ Recruiters, and all of the recruiters who have made splits with their firm.  There are sure to be many more to come.

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“Trey and I have a pact.  He markets my jobs to his millions of people in his database . . . we place them . . . he buys us chocolate!”

Submitted by Maria Hemminger of MJ Recruiters LLC regarding her split placement with Trey Cameron of the Cameron Craig Group

Position Title—PRODUCTION CONTROL MANAGER
Fee Percentage—20%

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

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“Very excited to be doing a split with Steve Taylor.  Roni and Steve have always been great partners for our Georgia openings.  Thank you for a GREAT, LOCAL candidate!”

Submitted by Maria Hemminger of MJ Recruiters LLC regarding her split placement with Steve Taylor of Career Professionals, Inc.

Position Title—MANUFACTURING ENGINEER
Fee Percentage—20%

(Editor’s note: this is the first split placement that Hemminger and Taylor have made together in Top Echelon Network.)

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<“Bill has been partnering with MJ Recruiters to source candidates for our openings.  He supplied a GREAT local candidate.  Bill is excellent to work with and is a great communicator.  Another placement for the Fort Wayne Core Group team and the third placement for QCI and MJR.”

Submitted by Maria Hemminger of MJ Recruiters LLC regarding her split placement with Bill Quackenbush, CPC/CTS of QCI Technical Staffing

Position Title—PROJECT ENGINEER
Fee Percentage—30%

(Editor’s note: this is the second split placement that Hemminger and Quackenbush have made together in Top Echelon Network.)

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“GREAT candidate, Jim.  We filled a job in Maryland—thanks to Top Echelon.  We are regional generalists.  We relay on our TE partners to assist us with thise out-of-state openings.  Jim came through on this one.  Thanks, Jim!”

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

Position Title—MATERIAL SCHEDULER
Fee Percentage—25%

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

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Preferred Member recruiters in Top Echelon Network make split placements for a lot of different reasons . . . but a pair of “lucky socks”?

Yes, a pair of “lucky socks.”  Or a pair of “stinky lucky socks,” depending upon your proximity to them.

At least, that’s the case if you ask Steve Copeland of Albert Energy, LLC and Jeff Gilbert of Kingfish Technology, LLC.  Steve and Jeff recently shared a huge placement fee (the amount of which you can see by checking their placement history in the Members’ Area), and that placement and subsequent fee may—or may not—have been the direct result of Jeff’s superstitious nature.

For the purposes of this blog post, though, let’s go ahead and say that his “stinky lucky socks” had something to do with it.

After all, once you see the amount of the fee involved, you’ll probably understand why Jeff refers to that particular pair of footwear as his “lucky socks.”

Call them “stinky.”  Call them “lucky.”  Or call them the key to a huge placement fee.  It all comes out the same in the wash.

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!

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“‘The Kingfish’ of passive recruiting!  It was the fact that Jeff wore his ‘stinky lucky socks’ since January 1 that gave this hire the boost it needed.  Jeff didn’t take those socks off until our candidate showed up on the job!  He even wore them to bed.  I bet he slept in the other room with the dog . . . if the dog could stand it, that is.”

Submitted by Steve Copeland of Albert Energy, LLC regarding his split placement with Jeff Gilbert of Kingfish Technology, LLC

Position Title—GLOBAL ALLIANCE PROGRAM DIRECTOR
Fee Percentage—25%

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

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“We recruiters are a very superstitious bunch!  What can I say, I have my ‘lucky socks.’  Now that summer is upon us, you can imagine . . . they look pretty ridiculous with my flip flops.  Regardless, we have many more deals to close by year’s end!”

Submitted by Jeff Gilbert of Kingfish Technology, LLC regarding his split placement with Steve Copeland of Albert Energy, LLC

Position Title—GLOBAL ALLIANCE PROGRAM DIRECTOR
Fee Percentage—25%

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“It’s a small world after all . . . it’s a small world after all . . . it’s a small world after all . . . it’s a small, small world.”

Okay, since that song will be stuck in your head for the rest of the day, we can proceed.

It IS a small world, especially if you’re a recruiter.  After all, you interact with people all the time, every day, and this installment of “‘Comments’ and Compliments” illustrates that perfectly.

It includes two Preferred Member recruiters who not only made a split placement together recently, but who also have a connection with another Preferred Member in Top Echelon Network . . . which, of course, makes it a small, small world.

The recruiters in question are Debra Stitt, CPC of Quality Source, Inc. of Ohio and Kim Kirby of Balanced Career Solutions, Inc.  The other recruiter whose thread runs through the entire story: David J. Sgro of True North Consultants, Inc.

Stitt’s comments regarding the split placement are below, followed by Kirby’s.  If you’d like to compliment a Trading Partner in a more extensive manner regarding a split placement, email your comments and information to marketing@TopEchelon.com.

“It’s a small world after all . . .”

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“Making this split with Kim was AWESOME.  She actually worked the order with me and presented several very viable candidates, many of whom made it at least to the phone screen stage.  As it turns out, Kim and I have something in common.  Dave Sgro, Sr. trained me in the biz, and Kim worked for him after I had left the firm.  Small world!  No wonder this one ‘fit like a glove.'”

Position Title—Human Resource Generalist
Fee Percentage—25%

Submitted by Debra Stitt, CPC of Quality Source, Inc. of Ohio regarding her split placement with Kim Kirby of Balanced Career Solutions, Inc.

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“I enjoyed working with Debra on this placement.  She knew her client well and was very clear on the types of candidates she was looking for and provided timely feedback so that I knew if I was on the right track.  Thanks, Debra!”

Position Title—Human Resource Generalist
Fee Percentage—25%

Submitted by Kim Kirby of Balanced Career Solutions, Inc. regarding her split placement with Debra Stitt, CPC of Quality Source, Inc. of Ohio

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Lessons happen in the world of recruiting all the time.  It doesn’t matter if you’re a new recruiter or a grizzled veteran.  Not two placements are exactly the same, and each one presents its own set of unique challenges and obstacles.

Many times, it can be downright discouraging.  In fact, it can make you want to quit working the job order altogether.  However, when you’re in a split placement situation with another Top Echelon Network Preferred Member recruiter, a discouraging situation can turn into a split placement fee.

That was the case for Preferred Member recruiter Ed Keil, CPC of Reliance Recruiting, LLC, who recently made a split placement with Bill Broderick of MPI Resources.  Keil was very complimentary of Broderick and the composure he displayed throughout the entire placement process, and he wanted to praise Broderick for his efforts.

The lesson that was learned as a result of this split placement was, “Stand there until something positive happens.  Despite everything that was thrown at them, that’s exactly what Keil and Broderick did . . . and something positive did happen—they placed a candidate!

Keil’s comments regarding the split placement are below, followed by Broderick’s.  If you’d like to compliment a Trading Partner in a more extensive manner regarding a split placement, email your comments and information to marketing@TopEchelon.com.

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“I wanted to take a moment to recognize Bill’s efforts on this placements.  Bill really stuck with me facing delays, lack of feedback, and a generally tough recruiting environment because of the client having lost several key people in the middle of the process.  At times, I was frustrated and ready to quit working on the job, but Bill really stuck with it.  He sent in some stellar candidates and kept encouraging me that we could get it done . . . and eventually, we did.  Thanks, Bill.”

Position Title—Human Resource Manager
Fee Percentage—25%

Submitted by Ed Keil, CPC of Reliance Recruiting, LLC regarding his split placement with Bill Broderick of MPI Resources

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“One of our many recruiting challenges is to stay the course no matter what obstacles fall in place.  Ed’s client had a series of events (management changes, illness) that successively stalled the process, but did not  derail it.  Eventually, the client got back on track regarding their need for HR leadership, which got our candidate interviewed and hired.  So a resume submitted in October, 2011 got interviewed in January and hired in February.  Yikes!   Lesson learned: events are in control, not us, so just stand there until something positive happens!”

Position Title—Human Resource Manager
Fee Percentage—25%

Submitted by Bill Broderick of MPI Resources regarding her split placement with Ed Keil, CPC of Reliance Recruiting, LLC

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As many you know, our ‘Comments’ and Compliments feature is one of our more popular features in The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog.  We receive compliments every week from recruiters wanting to praise their Trading Partners for recent split placements.  However, we also have a “‘Comments’ and Compliments Extra” feature, one in which BOTH recruiters want to give each other public accolades.

That’s the case this week—except the accompanying compliments are a bit delayed.  That’s okay, though.  We’re nothing if not flexible.  Besides, it was this recruiter’s first split placement as a Preferred Member of Top Echelon Network.  That recruiter is DeAnna Metcalf of TeamLink Global.  Metcalf joined the Network in May of this year, meaning that she’s received a significant return on her Membership investment in just five months.

How has she done this?  She’s done it by embracing one of The Four Pillars of Top Echelon Network: Active Participation.  As of the writing of this blog post, Metcalf has six job orders and 46 candidates listed in the Network’s Split Databases.  She’s put herself in an excellent position to make more than one split placement during her first 12 months as a Preferred Member.

Metcalf made her first split placement in Top Echelon Network with Nick Stoia of ASAP Search and Recruiters.  Her comments regarding that split placement are below:

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“It was a pleasure working with Nick on this placement, and I hope we have many more opportunities in the future.  I would not have filled this position without his help.  This was my first split placement [in Top Echelon Network], and it’s certainly made me feel good about my investment!”

Submitted by DeAnna Metcalf of TeamLink Global regarding her split placement with Nick Stoia of ASAP Search and Recruiters

Position Title—MAINTENANCE TECH (REFRIGERATION)
Fee Percentage—25%

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Stoia offered his own comments about this split placement in the August 8 issue of The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog.  Click here to read those comments and bring this installment of “‘Comments’ and Compliments Extra” full circle.

Remember, if you have compliments for a Trading Partner regarding a split placement, please email them to marketing@TopEchelon.com.

Okay, sure . . . a free meal at Denny’s is sometimes nice on your birthday.  But you’re a recruiter.  You don’t want to celebrate that way.  You want to celebrate with a placement—just like Preferred Member recruiter Frank Gregg of Gregg & Associates did recently.

Gregg’s birthday was on Tuesday, October 25, one day after he submitted a Completed Placement Form to Top Echelon Network for a split placement that he made with fellow Preferred Member recruiter Ron Sunshine of Ron Sunshine Associates.  So, since it was Gregg’s birthday on Tuesday, we thought it would be a good idea to highlight their split placement, not to mention the compliments they paid one another regarding it.  Happy birthday, Gregg!  And happy placement, too!

If YOU have plenty to say about a Trading Partner regarding a split placement (even if it’s not their birthday), email your comments and information to marketing@TopEchelon.com.

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“I would have never located a suitable candidate without Ron Sunshine’s help.  Great job, Ron!”

Position Title—LOGISTIC MANAGER
Fee Percentage—25%

Submitted by Frank Gregg of Gregg & Associates regarding his split placement with Ron Sunshine of Ron Sunshine Associates

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“I very much enjoy working with Frank and look forward to more placements.  In this instance, the candidate was turned down after the first interview, and it was through Frank’s hard and professionalism that he got the client to take a second look.  As they say . . . the rest is history.  Great job, Frank!”

Position Title—LOGISTIC MANAGER
Fee Percentage—25%

Submitted by Ron Sunshine of Ron Sunshine Associates regarding his split placement with Frank Gregg of Gregg & Associates

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Send Us Your Special ‘Comments’

Remember, if you’d like to highlight a Trading Partner in a special or unique way, email your comments and information to marketing@TopEchelon.com.

Top Echelon Network Preferred Member recruiters love to make split placements with one another, and they love to compliment each other for those split placements.  In some cases, they enjoy returning compliments that another recruiter has paid to them.

That’s the case in this week’s installment of “‘Comments’ and Compliments Extra.”  Last week in The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog, Georgette Sandifer of Gallman Consulting complimented Larry Radzely of Adel-Lawrence Associates, Inc. for a recent split placement.  To illustrate that he was just as pleased with Sandifer as she was with him during the process, Radzely submitted his own comments regarding the split placement.

The two have already made two splits together, and by all indications, there could make many more in the future.  If YOU have plenty to say about a Trading Partner regarding a split placement, email your comments and information to marketing@TopEchelon.com.

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“Georgette is fantastic to work with.  She is on the phone with a candidate minutes after  receiving a resume,  and if the candidate is qualified, she moves them through the process quickly.  Georgette and I have made two split placements in the past three months.  The first candidate started 25 days  after she received the resume, and the second candidate, who needs to relocate, was interviewed  and accepted the position in just 28 days.  Georgette has a great attitude, and I look forward to sharing more job orders and candidates with her.”

Submitted by Larry Radzely of Adel-Lawrence Associates, Inc. regarding his split placement with Georgette Sandifer of Gallman Consulting

Position Title—Field Service Engineer
Fee Percentage—20%

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Remember, if you have comments for a Trading Partner regarding a split placement, please email those comments to marketing@TopEchelon.com.