THE SPLIT RECRUITERS:

Georgette Sandifer has made 33 placements as a member of the Top Echelon split fee recruiting network.  Her agency, Gallman Consulting, has been a Preferred Member since 2005.

Steve Kohn has made 77 placements as one of Top Echelon Network’s job placement recruiters.  His agency, Affinity Executive Search, has been a Preferred Member since 1994.

Matthew Dahm has made 1 placement as a Top Echelon Network recruiter.  His agency, IT Audit Search, has been a Preferred Member since 2011.

Jim Strickland has made 97 placements as a Top Echelon Network recruiter.  His agency, BioSource International, has been a Preferred Member since 2003.

THE SPLIT PLACEMENTS:

There are four recruiters in this week’s installment of “‘Comments’ and Compliments” that have been in the Network for varying lengths of time and have enjoyed varying amounts of success.  However, what they all have in common is that they made their first Network split with another recruiter, once again proving that no matter how long you’ve been in the business or been in the Network, your first split placement with another recruiter could be just around the corner . . .

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“This was a great candidate, and I was happy to receive him through Steve’s [Hiring Hook] site.  I knew from the moment I interviewed this candidate, he would at least get to the interview stage.  Nice placement for my first split of the year.  Thanks, Steve!”

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

Position Title—QUALITY ENGINEER ASSEMBLY

Fee Percentage—25%

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

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“Working with Jim has been great!  This placement will be my first with Top Echelon, with hopefully many more to come!”

Submitted by Matthew Dahm of IT Audit Search regarding his Network split placement with Jim Strickland of BioSource International

Position Title—DATA SPECIALIST – DATA DESIGN

Fee Percentage—20%

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

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THE SPLIT RECRUITERS:

Deb North has made 9 placements as a Top Echelon Network recruiter.  Her agency, Deb North Consulting, LLC, has been a Preferred Member since 2012.

Judy Kaplan has made 79 placements as a Top Echelon Network recruiter.  Her agency, Prof’l Recruiting Consultants, has been a Preferred Member since 1992.

Joan R. Walters, CPC has made 58 placements as a Top Echelon Network recruiter.  Her agency, JR Walters Resources, has been a Preferred Member since 2005.

Chuck Szajkovics has made 10 placements as a Top Echelon Network recruiter.  His firm, Bulldog Recruiters, Inc., has been a Preferred Member since 2011.

THE SPLIT PLACEMENTS:

These Top Echelon Network recruiting partners obviously enjoy working together, considering the glowing terms they use to describe each other, terms such as “awesome,” “fun,” and “great.”  These are genuine sentiments expressed by happy recruiters who made placements they probably would NOT have made otherwise.  Once again, this exemplifies one of the value proposition statements of Top Echelon Network: “Half a loaf is better than no loaf at all.”  Pass the butter.

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“Judy is an awesome split partner!  Great communication and very fun to work with!  Can’t wait to do more deals together!”

Submitted by Deb North of Deb North Consulting, LLC regarding her Network split placement with Judy Kaplan of Prof’l Recruiting Consultants

Position Title—DIGITAL FORENSICS ANALYST

Fee Percentage—18%

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

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“Chuck is a great Trading Partner!  Looking forward to having many more splits in 2013!”

Submitted by Joan R. Walters, CPC of JR Walters Resources regarding her Network split placement with Chuck Szajkovics of Bulldog Recruiters, Inc.

Position Title—CIVIL ENGINEER

Fee Percentage—30%

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

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THE SPLIT RECRUITERS:

Robert Briones, CPC has made 32 placements as a Top Echelon Network recruiter.  His firm, R.A. Briones & Company, has been a Preferred Member since 1997.

Larry Gallin has made 45 placements as a Top Echelon Network recruiter.  His firm, Gallin Associates, has been a Preferred Member since 2003.

Michael Stuck has made 24 placements as a Top Echelon Network recruiter.  His firm, Gables Search Group, has been a Preferred Member since 2004.

Sean Napoles, CPC has made 183 placements as a Top Echelon Network recruiter.  His firm, Career Brokers, has been a Preferred Member since 2000.

THE SPLIT PLACEMENTS:

There is NO substitute for networking.  It can not only lead to the first Network split placement between recruiters, but in the case of Briones and Gallin, it can also lead to the first and second Network splits—at the same time!  It’s not like the other two recruiters featured this week are chopped liver, either.  They recently made their ninth Network split together, and for one of the recruiters (Napoles), it was his 183rd Network split as a Preferred Member recruiter.  In the world of recruiting, networking is the gift that keeps on giving.

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“This is another testament to the basic communication one can have.  I began to talk to Larry about golf courses to play in St. Pete.  He mentioned one of his positions in Mexico and asked me for candidates.  I had a similar position elsewhere.  The candidate I sent him has final interviews at corporate today.  His candidate for my job got his offer yesterday.  We may have reciprocal placements within a few days!”

Submitted by Robert Briones, CPC of R.A. Briones & Company regarding his Network split placement with Larry Gallin of Gallin Associates

Position Title—ENGINEERING MANAGER

Fee Percentage—27.5%

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

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“It’s been way too long for Sean and I to go between split placements.  We finally got another one and have a couple more offers pending.  Sean is the ultimate pro.  As usual, the candidate was spot-on, and my clients always interview all of Sean’s candidates.  Thanks again, let’s make a few more now.”

Submitted by Michael Stuck of Gables Search Group, Inc. regarding his Network split placement with Sean Napoles, CPC of Career Brokers, Inc.

Position Title—SOFTWARE ENGINEER – PROGRESS

Fee Percentage—15%

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

THE RECRUITERS:

Ron Sunshine has made 21 placements as a Top Echelon Network recruiter.  His firm, Ron Sunshine Associates, has been a Preferred Member since 2007.

Larry Goldberg, CPC has made 55 placements as a member of Top Echelon’s Recruiting Network.  His firm, Lawrence Personnel, has been a Preferred Member since 1991.

Kristen Jiles has made 11 placements as a Top Echelon Network recruiter.  Her firm, eSearchPro, Inc., has been a Preferred Member since 2007.

Debra Bennett has made 1 placement as a Top Echelon Network recruiter.  Her firm, Velocity Search Group, has been a Preferred Member since April of 2013.

THE SPLIT PLACEMENTS:

It doesn’t matter if you’re a brand-new Top Echelon Network recruiter (Bennett) or if you’ve been in TE for more than 20 years (Goldberg): you can make split fee recruiting placements with a recruiter you’ve never made split placements with before.  So no matter who you are, how long you’ve been a Network Member, or how long you’ve been in the industry, your next split with a new recruiter could be just around the corner!

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“I posted the job on TE.  Larry called me and submitted four candidates, and [the candidate] got hired.  Thanks for your help, Larry!”

Submitted by Ron Sunshine of Ron Sunshine Associates regarding his split placement with Larry Goldberg, CPC of Lawrence Personnel

Position Title—PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR

Fee Percentage—20%

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

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“This is Debra’s first Network placement, and she is FABULOUS.  Great addition to the TE team!”

Submitted by Kristin Jiles of eSearch Pro, Inc. regarding her split placement with Debra Bennett of Velocity Search Group

Position Title—VP of Sales

Fee Percentage—Flat fee recruitment

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

THE TOP RECRUITERS:

Veronica Snyder has made 52 placements as a Top Echelon Network recruiter.  Her firm, Career Professionals, has been a Preferred Member since 1990.

Cindy Andrew Cordell, CPC has made 36 placements as a Top Echelon Network recruiter.  Her firm, Corporate Resources, has been a Preferred Member since 1992.

Therese Eckhoff, CPC has made 20 placements as a Top Echelon Network recruiter.  Her firm, Recruiting Pros of Chicagoland, has been a Preferred Member since 2002.

Pam Copeland has made 1 placement as a Top Echelon Network recruiter.  Her firm, Albert Energy/fulltimeGiGS, has been a Preferred Member since 2011.

THE SPLIT PLACEMENTS:

The split placements below represent the value that Top Echelon Network provides, namely the fact that these recruiters would not have made the placements without the help of their Trading Partners.  The Network helps recruiters make placements (and generate more revenue) that they would NOT have made otherwise.

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“Thank you, Cindy, for your expertise in the IT field.  I couldn’t have done this without you!”

Submitted by Veronica Snyder of Career Professionals, Inc. regarding her split placement with Cindy Andrew Cordell, CPC of Corporate Resources, LLC

Position Title—IT MANAGER

Fee Percentage—25%

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

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“I appreciate Pam’s diligence and professionalism throughout the process.  Her candidate presentations are very thorough.”

Submitted by Therese Eckhoff, CPC of Recruiting Pros of Chicagoland regarding her split placement with Pam Copeland of Albert Energy/fulltimeGiGS

Position Title—PROCESS CONTROLS ENGINEER

Fee Percentage—25%

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

We can’t overstate the role that the Top Echelon Pillar of communication plays in the Network placement process.

This week in The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog, we’re highlighting two recruiters who have made 17 Network splits together.  Not only that, but they’ve made that many split placements over less than four years.

One of main reasons they’ve made that many Network splits: communication, communication, communication!  (That’s still just one reason, not three.)

We’re also highlighting two other recruiters who made their first Network split together recently, and the reason they made the placement was . . . that’s right, communication.  Who knows?  Perhaps they’ll eventually make 17 split placements, too.

If you make a commitment to communication within Top Echelon Network—a serious commitment of time and energy—then you’ll be successful in Top Echelon Network.  The proof is not only below, but also in the over 20,000 placements that we’ve helped recruiters make during the past 25 years.

And communication will play a big role in the NEXT 20,000, as well.

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“Denise responded to my Discussion/Splitsville posting for help.  She provided me with the perfect candidate.  She’s a great Trading Partner!”

Submitted by Joan R. Walters, CPC of JR Walters Resources regarding her split placement with Denise Mancuso of Client Growth Consultants, Inc.

Position Title—MANUFACTURING ENGINEER MANAGER

Fee Percentage—25%

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

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“The more we communicate, the more placements we make.  Funny how that happens!”

Submitted by Wendy Johnson of CPS and Professionals Incorporated regarding her split placement with Sean Napoles, CPC of Career Brokers, Inc.

Position Title—JAVA S/W ENGINEER

Fee Percentage—Flat

(Editor’s note: This is the 17th Network split that Johnson and Napoles have made together in Top Echelon.)

Last week, we highlighted recruiters who attended the recent Top Echelon Network National Convention in The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog, specifically the fact that those attendees made a bunch of split placements recently.

Well, guess what?  We’re doing it again!

This time, though, we’re highlighting convention attendees in our “‘Comments’ and Compliments” feature.  Some of the phrases included with these comments include “FANTASTIC to work with!” and “fabulous to work with!”  Here are three more quick facts:

1. Three of the four recruiters below were at the National Convention.  (Once again, their names are italicized.)
2. Since the first of the year, those three recruiters have made a total of eight Network split placements combined.
3. Two of the three recruiters have only been in the Network for a little over a year.

You don’t have to be in the Network for a long time to enjoy success within it.  All you have to do is participate—and that, of course, includes attending conferences and conventions.

If you’d like to compliment another Network recruiter about a recent split placement, submit those comments with your Completed Placement Form, and they’ll appear in a future issue of The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog.

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“Deb has been FANTASTIC to work with! Her candidates are all extremely well screened and well qualified!  She’s a real pro to work with, and I look forward to making even more placements with her!”

Submitted by Recruiter Name Withheld regarding his split placement with Deb North of Deb North Consulting, LLC

Position Title—SECURITY SOFTWARE SALES REP

Fee Percentage—20%

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

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“Judy has been fabulous to work with!  This is our second placement together, and we look forward to a strong, continued partnership.”

Submitted by Jim Petitpren of The PRA Group, Inc. regarding his split placement with Judy Kaplan of Prof’l Recruiting Consultants

Position Title—EMBEDDED MEDICAL ENGINEER

Fee Percentage—30%

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

Top Echelon Network recruiter Michael Stuck of Gables Search Group, Inc. is moving up the Top Producer rankings (currently #4 overall), and he has plenty of great stories on the way up.

In fact, here are three that were recently published in The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog.

And guess what?  We have two more stories from Stuck about split placements that he’s made with other Network recruiters.

As a bonus, the placements mark the first time that Stuck has closed a Network deal with these recruiters.  That means new Trading Partners, which means more split placements in the future.

Stuck is a recruiter who believes in the Network system, who works it every day with enthusiasm, and who attends Top Echelon’s networking events.  (He was at the National Convention this past weekend!)

That’s why he’s a Top Producer, why he’s made 14 Network placements in the past year, and why he has a ton of great recruiting stories.

Is your story next?

If YOU have a recruiting story about a recent split placement with another Network recruiter, send your comments to marketing@topechelon.com, and they’ll appear in a future issue of The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog.

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“So this was a unique placement.  The candidate Laurie presented started the interview process before Christmas, then left for a trip to Argentina and came back a month later, finished the interview process, and landed the job.  Good things happen to those who wait.  What a super job Laurie did in both finding this candidate and communicating along the way.  Thanks, Laurie!”

Submitted by Michael Stuck of Gables Search Group, Inc. regarding his split placement with Laurie Gillespie of Dayspring & Associates

Position Title—SOFTWARE ENGINEER – PROGRESS

Fee Percentage—15%

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

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“Bill has been super to work with to place these Progress Developers.  He has sent multiple candidates, and they all seem to get interviews and do well.  It’s just a matter of time until we get another one, Bill.  Thanks for all of your hard work on finding such great candidates.”

Submitted by Michael Stuck of Gables Search Group, Inc. regarding his split placement with Bill Law of OraStaff, Inc.

Position Title—SOFTWARE ENGINEER – PROGRESS

Fee Percentage—15%

(Editor’s note: This is the first split placement that Stuck and Law have made together in Top Echelon recruiter network.)

These days, if you have the candidates, you’ll make the placements . . . and that statement pertains to Top Echelon Network, as well.

Let’s face it: within some industries and some niches (the majority of them, perhaps), superstar candidates are difficult to find—and superstar candidates are who your clients want.  If they’re going to make the leap of hiring a full-time employee, they want that candidate to be as close to perfect as they can possibly be.

Which, of course, means that you have to find candidates who are as close to perfect as they can possibly be.  The recruiters below were tasked with doing just that, and they turned to other recruiters in the Network for help.

They got the near-perfect candidate they were searching for, they presented that candidate to their client, their client made an offer to the candidate, the candidate accepted it, and now the recruiters involved are splitting a big placement fee.

And they lived happily ever after . . .

But split placements are no fairy tale. Quite the contrary: they’re real, and they’re alive and well in Top Echelon Network.

Now share every candidate you have with the rest of the Network.  There are more placements to be made!

If you’d like to compliment a Trading Partner for providing you with a near-perfect candidate for your client’s job order, then submit your comments with your Completed Placement Form or send them to marketing@topechelon.com.  The end.

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“Great candidate, Roni!  Thanks for finding him and getting him on Top Echelon Network.  And as always—it was great working with you!”

Submitted by Chuck Sissom of Sissom & Associates regarding his split placement with Veronica Snyder of Career Professionals, Inc.

Position Title—PROCESS ENGINEER

Fee Percentage—25%

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

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“Bob is a delight to work with.  He ‘gets’ the job order and accurately forwards well-qualified candidates.”

Submitted by Susan Stone of SAP Recruiters regarding her split placement with Bob Ferris of Ferris & Associates, LLC

Position Title—SAP BUSINESS ANALYST

Fee Percentage—25%

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

It’s all about the candidates, isn’t it?

Your clients want the right candidates, so YOU want the right candidates, so you look for the right candidates, because that’s what you do.

But sometimes, they’re just more difficult to find . . . and that’s why you rely upon the resources of other Top Echelon Network recruiters.  Because when you rely on their resources, they provide you with the candidates you’re looking for (and more importantly, the candidates your clients are looking for.)

The result is a filled position and a placement fee—a split placement fee, to be more precise.

The Network recruiters below relied upon one another, and that’s why they’re sharing a placement fee, as well as the spotlight in this issue of The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog.

If you’d like to be in the Pinnacle spotlight (along with a Trading Partner, of course), then submit your comments with your Completed Placement Form or send them to marketing@topechelon.com.

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“Ron sent me several good candidates who were interviewed, and Steve was just the right fit.  Without Ron’s help, this would have been a much harder position to fill.”

Submitted by Mark Udulutch of Markent Personnel regarding his split placement with Ronald L. Puibello of Ronald L. Puibello Search, Inc.

Position Title—PRODUCT ENGINEERING MANAGER

Fee Percentage—25%

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

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“Laurie, thank you for your hard work and the excellent candidate you provided!  Hopefully, this is the first of many splits!”

Submitted by Melinda O’Neil of Enterprise Search Associates, LLC regarding her split placement with Laurie Gillespie of Dayspring & Associates

Position Title—RISK MANAGER

Fee Percentage—20%

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