Every once in a while, we have a shameless plug in The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog.  However, in all actuality, the reason we have one this week is because recruiters are making money because of our shameless plug.

The plug in question is for Hiring Hook, websites for recruiters.

More and more in 2012, Preferred Member recruiters are making split placements in the Network because of Hiring Hook websites.  They’ve been directly responsible for providing the candidates that recruiters need for their open job orders.

Hiring Hook not only offers website design and re-design services for recruiters, but also offers a Job Board that recruiters can use to post jobs to their website.  (And as you’ve probably guessed, they can use to post other recruiters’ jobs to their website, allowing them to make split placements.)

Click here for more information about website services for recruiters, or just give us a call at (330) 455-1433.  (We like to talk; it’s our thing.)  In the meantime, below are comments that recruiters recently submitted regarding split placements they’ve made because of a Hiring Hook website.

And to top it all off, it’s the first split placement they’ve made with one another!

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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“Thanks, Trey!  I think this is our first split . . . hopefully, more will follow!”

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

Position Title—MANUFACTURING ENGINEER
Fee Percentage—25%

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

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“I’m glad the Hiring Hook website hooked me up!”

Submitted by Kerry Boehner of KOB Solutions, Inc. regarding her split placement with James R. Gettys of International Staffing Consultants, Inc.

Position Title—ONCOLOGY RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
Fee Percentage—17.5%

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

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In our “‘Comments’ and Compliments” feature in The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog, Preferred Member recruiters praise each other for the split placements they make.  In this week’s installment, one of those Members pinpoints the value of Top Echelon Network Membership.

That Member is Georgette Sandifer of Gallman Consulting, who stated that the Network is “great” because it’s filled with quality recruiters who provide quality candidates.

Sandifer’s production in the Network is a testament to the value that she finds in it.  She’s already made five split placements in 2012 after making five splits in 2011.  Those placements represent a significant return on the investment of time, money, and energy she’s made in her Network Membership.

To make this installment of “‘Comments’ and Compliments” even better this week, both pair of recruiters highlighted made their first split placement with one another.  Where lightning has struck once, it can strike again!

If you’d like to thank another recruiter for their efforts in a split placement situation (or tell us how great the Network is, because we kind of like that), 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 so amazing to work with.  So happy this worked out.  Happy candidate, happy client, and very happy recruiters.  Top Echelon is just great—nice people like Chuck to work with who provide great candidates.  By the way, got the candidate on Wednesday; reviewed, submitted, and interviewed on Thursday; and accepted on Friday.  Doesn’t get much better!”

Submitted by Georgette Sandifer of Gallman Consulting regarding her split placement with Chuck Szajkovics of Bulldog Recruiters, Inc.

Position Title—SENIOR ELECTRICAL CONTROLS ENGINEER
Fee Percentage—25%

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

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“Neil was terrific.  He found my job, recruited the candidate, and persistently and politely did not let him slip through the cracks of my chaotic practices.”

Submitted by Steve Kohn of Affinity Executive Search regarding his split placement with Neil Elenzweig of American Career Search, Inc.

Position Title—RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING MANAGER
Fee Percentage—Flat

(Editor’s note: this is the first split placement that Kohn and Elenzweig have made together in Top Echelon recruiter network.)

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There have always been Trading Partners in Top Echelon Network who have worked extremely well together and made a lot of split placements . . . but none of them can approach the individual and combined production of Donna Carroll, CPC of Systems Personnel and Gary Silver of The Shay Group.

First of all, the two of them have now made a total of 40 split placements together.

But that’s just the beginning.  In addition, Silver is a member of the Network’s exclusive “200 Placement Club,” having now made 223 placements during his tenure as a Preferred Member recruiter.  Carroll, meanwhile, has made 121 placements in the Network.

As luck (and hard work would have it), Silver made his 200th Network placement with Carroll, and that happened to be her 100th placement.  Coincidence?  Maybe . . . but maybe not.

Here’s the interesting aspect of this great Trading Partner relationship: Carroll and Silver have earned a ton of money making contract split placements, one after another after another after another.  If you don’t think there’s money in contract placements, then check out what these two have done.

And then visit Top Echelon’s page for contract staffing recruiters, the recruiter’s back-office solution.  They’ll handle all the complicated back-office duties, so you can sip exotic drinks on the beach.  Because who doesn’t want to do THAT?  (I know I do.)

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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“Trey is great to work with and has a fantastic way of getting job orders in front of candidates!”

Submitted by Randall Hardwick of Avalon Recruiting regarding his split placement with Trey Cameron of the Cameron Craig Group

Position Title—ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE
Fee Percentage—20%

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

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“Yahoo!  Another one with ‘Brother Gary.'”

Submitted by Donna Carroll, CPC of Systems Personnel regarding her split placement with Gary Silver of The Shay Group

Position Title—ECW Support Consultant
Recruiter $ Per Hour—$7.05

(Editor’s note: this is the 40th split placement that Carroll and Silver have made together in Top Echelon Network.)

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It might be an understatement to say that the first two recruiters featured in this installment of “‘Comments’ and Compliments” are on a roll.

These two recruiters have made four split placements in the past 12 months.

They’ve made seven split placements since March of last year.

In all likelihood, they’re going to make even more split placements before the end of 2012.

These recruiters underscore the beauty of Trading Partner relationships in Top Echelon Network.  Once you form a relationship with another recruiter and make a split placement, it becomes easier to make another . . . and another . . . and another.

That’s because the process has been created, proven, and repeated—and there’s no limit to how many split placements two recruiters can make.  They’re like Doritos.  They’ll “just make more.”

So grab a bag of Cool Ranch and enjoy this week’s “‘Comments’ and Compliments.”

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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“Sean is the best to work with.  This is our fourth placement together in a little over a year and second this year.  I can’t say enough about how on top of the recruiting side he is.  Great job again, Sean.  Let’s get another one!”

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

Position Title—SAP FI Solutions Architect
Fee Percentage—20%

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

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“Tenacious recruiting effort by Tom Edwards!  Keep them coming!”

Submitted by Steve Copeland of Albert Energy, LLC regarding his split placement with Thomas Edwards of Front Line Solutions, LLC

Position Title—FIELD SERVICE ENGINEER
Fee Percentage—22.5%

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

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Just a little over 45 years ago, the musical group The Doors released its debut album (named, as might have guessed, The Doors).  On that album—sadly, there were no iPods back then—was a song by the title of “Break on Through (to the Other Side).”

What the heck does this have to do with anything, much less our “‘Comments’ and Compliments” feature?

Well, plenty, since the recruiters we’re featuring this week are making their first split placements with each other.  In fact, one of the recruiters involved made her first placement as a Preferred Member recruiter in Top Echelon Network.  Congratulations, Jeri Bartunek!

Why link split placements to a Doors song?  Because we want you humming the song all day, that’s why.  No, actually, because recruiters are making split placements with new Trading Partners all the time, on an almost weekly basis.

They’re “breaking on through to the other side” and as a result, cashing placement checks they probably wouldn’t be cashing otherwise . . . and of course, they’re complimenting one another for it.

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!

“Break on through to the other side . . . break on through to the other side . . .”

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“It was great working with Ram!  I want more!”

Submitted by Jeri Bartunek of Bartunek Group, Inc. regarding her split placement with Ram Kola of Stewart Cooper & Coon

Position Title—APPLICATIONS DEVELOPER
Fee Percentage—20%

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

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“Ken, thank you for hanging in there on this one.  Good job!  I really appreciate your help.”

Submitted by Mike Lupidi of “Top Gun” regarding his split placement with Ken Nunley of 7 Solutions USA

Position Title—HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER
Fee Percentage—25%

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

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There aren’t many recruiters in the Network who have been enjoying as much success together recently as the ones highlighted in this week’s installment of “‘Comments and Compliments.'”

Those recruiters are Steve Kane of Bio-Partners Search Group, LLC and Stephanie McGinty of Ives & Associates, Inc.

Kane and Ives made yet another split placement together recently, their second of 2012.  Their first placement this year was an Associate Director of Market Research, while their most recent split was for an Associate Director of Global Market Research.

So far, Kane and Ives have made five split placements together in the Network.  The really good news: the average fee for those five splits is well over $30,000.  It might be accurate to say that these two recruiters are “on fire” . . . though not literally.

That’s not all we have this week, either!  That’s because David Kersey of Kersey & Associates, Inc. made his 101st placement as a Preferred Member recruiter in Top Echelon Network.  Congratulations to Dave, Steve, Stephanie, and everybody else who made placements this week

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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“Stephanie and I work very well together, using our established networks to locate top-tier talent for some of these challenging client requirements.  We keep each other informed as to the candidate progress, as well as trying to honor our respective work functions so as to not waste one another’s time.  It’s working, and we’ve had great success!”

Submitted by Steve Kane of Bio-Partners Search Group, LLC regarding his split placement with Stephanie McGinty of Ives & Associates, Inc.

Position Title—ASSOCIATED DIRECTOR, GLOBAL MARKET RESEARCH
Fee Percentage—25%

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

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“Tim is a great core business partner, and you can always count on him for qualified candidates.”

Submitted by David Kersey of Kersey & Associates, Inc. regarding his split placement with Tim Hughes of Hughes & Associates

Position Title—SERVICE ADMINISTRATOR
Fee Percentage—25%

(Editor’s note: this is the third split placement that Kersey and Hughes have made together in Top Echelon Network.)

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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 Network.

You can still make split placements with recruiters you haven’t made split placements with before.  Take, for instance, the recruiters featured in this week’s installments of “‘Comments’ and Compliments.”

These recruiters have been highly successful, both inside and outside of the Network.  However, they haven’t made a split placement with one another.  Up until now.

The fact of the matter is that you just never know where your next split placement in Top Echelon Network is going to come from.  It could be the result of a new Trading Partner relationship . . . and where there’s one split placement, there could be many!

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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“Angela rocks!  Thanks for the great candidate!”

Submitted by David M. Sgro, CPC of True North Consultants, Inc. regarding his split placement with Angela Marasco of A. Marasco Recruiting, LLC

Position Title—SMS APPLICATION PACKAGING ENGINEER
Fee Percentage—25%

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

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“Trey, thank you for your great website!”

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

Position Title—SERVICE ADMINISTRATOR
Fee Percentage—25%

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

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What does the book The Three Musketeers and Top Echelon Network have in common?  Nothing, really.

But that’s not going to stop ME from making a connection.

The slogan of the Three Musketeers, of course, was “All for one, and one for all.”  Well, I’m going to tweak that slogan slightly for Network purposes.  Why?  Why not?

Not only that, but the recruiters in this week’s installment of “‘Comments’ and Compliments” are making their first split placement with one another, proving that once again, it doesn’t matter how long you’ve been in the Network: you can still make splits with new recruiters.

So let’s change the slogan to “One for all, and all for one” . . . split placement, that is.  The truth be told, though, these recruiters probably won’t stop at one split—and of course, that’s a good thing.

They’ll make as many split placements together as they can, because once you make one, it’s easier to make more.

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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“Pete was great fun to work with!  I was in the ‘Springs’ visiting my daughter when I received the referral from Pete.  On the Tuesday after Memorial Day, the candidate was interviewed by myself and the client.  Within five hours of the initial contact, the position was filled!  It’s wonderful when you work with others who send you quality candidates, the client is very responsive, and the candidate is available for interviewing.  Makes placements fun!”

Submitted by Jeff Peters of Peters Search Group, LLC regarding his split placement with Peter Oettinger of Front Line Solutions, LLC

Position Title—PAYROLL SPECIALIST
Fee Percentage—Flat

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

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“Joe was right on target with this candidate!  Joe sent me the resume shortly after we posted the job order on TE.  Thank goodness he keeps an eye on the new job orders being posted on TE!  Cheers, Joe!”

Submitted by Veronica Snyder of Career Professionals, Inc. regarding her split placement with Joe Pelayo of Joseph Michaels International.

Position Title—PLANT MANAGER
Fee Percentage—25%

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

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There are a lot of great things about split placements.

One of them is this: it doesn’t matter if you’ve made your fifth split placement with another recruiter or your first, it’s still just as sweet.

It’s just as sweet working together during the process.  It’s just as sweet making the placement.  It’s just as sweet receiving your portion of the placement check.  And of course, it’s just as sweet spending your portion of the placement check.

In this installment of “‘Comments’ and Compliments,” we highlight two pairs of recruiters.  One pair just made their fifth split placement together, while the other pair just made their first.

And the recruiters who made their first split placement?  They’ve been in Top Echelon Network for a total of 34 years and they’ve made a combined total of 145 Network placements, proving that it’s never too late to form new Trading Partner relationships.

The proof?  It’s in the placement.

If you’d like to thank another one of the Network’s job placement recruiters 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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“Teamwork paid off, as always.  Great interacton and collaboration with Stephanie from start to finish.”

Submitted by Steve Kane of Bio-Partners Search Group, LLC regarding his split placement with Stephanie McGinty of Ives & Associates, Inc.

Position Title—ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, MARKET RESEARCH
Fee Percentage—Flat

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

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“Very fast turnaround by Bob on this search, who provided a terrific candidate.”

Submitted by Tom Thrailkill of Independent Personnel regarding his split placement with Bob Ferris of Ferris & Associates, LLC

Position Title—SALES ENGINEER
Fee Percentage—20%

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

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Yes, The Avengers is well on its way to becoming one of the most financially successful movies of all-time.  But in Top Echelon Network, it’s the “super recruiter heroes” who save the day.

These network recruiters don’t have a cape.  That’s not what makes them heroes.  They have the candidates—and that’s far more important than a cape, at least as far as their grateful Trading Partners are concerned.

In this installment of “‘Comments’ and Compliments,” we highlight two recent split placements in which a recruiter presented a candidate to their Trading Partner, a candidate that the Trading Partner’s client loved and eventually hired.

When it comes to fighting bad guys and saving the universe, you can leave that job up to The Avengers.

However, when it comes to filling a job order with a hard-to-find candidate in a short amount of time, you can leave that job up to your Top Echelon Network Trading Partners.

If you’d like to thank another member of the recruiter split fee network 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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“Justin directly recruited an awesome candidate for this JO!  Thanks, Justin, for finding the ‘perfect’ candidate for one of my best clients!”

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

Position Title—MANUFACTURING ENGINEER
Fee Percentage—25%

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

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“Tim, thank you for supplying Doug.  You made me look like a hero—the company really likes him!”

Submitted by Mike Lupidi of M.J. Lupidi & Associates, Inc. regarding his split placement with Tim Hopkins, CPC/CTS of Stephens International Recruiting, Inc.

Position Title—FINISHING SUPERVISOR
Fee Percentage—25%

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

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