Every once in a while in our “Comments and Compliments” feature, we like to highlight a recruiter who’s “flying under the radar.”  In other words, they’re not a high-profile Preferred Member, but they’re unerringly consistent, year after year.

One such recruiter is Georgette Sandifer of Gallman Consulting.  Sandifer has made 26 split placements since she joined the Network in 2005.  She made five split placements in 2011, and she’s already made two splits in 2012.  Speaking of two of Sandifer’s placements, there are two listed below.  We’re highlighting them because of the compliments that she paid her Trading Partners.

However, Sandifer also deserves kudos for the work that she does within the Network.  She’s made an investment of time and energy into her Preferred Membership, and that investment is paying off in the form of split placements—and more revenue for her firm!

If you’d like to recognize 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 and I have been friends since my first week in Top Echelon.  He taught me so much about using Big Biller and sourcing candidates.  We have tried forever to make a placement together.  [We’ve] come close dozens of times, and finally . . . it’s happened!”

Submitted by Georgette Sandifer of Gallman Consulting regarding her split placement with Trey Cameron of the Cameron Craig Group

Position Title—SENIOR COST ACCOUNTANT
Fee Percentage—20%

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

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“Larry and I have a great team going.  This is the best one yet.  I think [Larry’s] able to read my mind and the client’s mind, too.  Great candidates!”

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

Position Title—DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
Fee Percentage—25%

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

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Welcome to what might be the most scandalous edition of “‘Comments’ and Compliments” yet!  There’s talk of beer, dancing, and rock and roll!

Actually, we’re just exaggerating a bit—but it did get your attention.  As if splitting a hefty placement fee with another recruiter isn’t enough to grab your attention.  C’mon, who wouldn’t want to do that?

But of course, that’s not all (when IS it all?)  There’s also mention of the upcoming Top Echelon Network National Convention in this edition, and what a coincidence, since the convention will be held next week at the Gaylord Opryland Resort in Nashville, Tenn.

That means Regular Registration for the convention is rapidly coming to an end.  You have until the end of the business day on Tuesday, March 13, to sign up for the convention at the Regular Registration price.  After that, you’ll have to pay the Late Registration fee.  Don’t do that.  Sign up now!

And as far as $9,000 in beer is concerned, we have no idea what you’re talking about.  Just know that if you do attend the convention, there’s a chance we might disavow knowledge of your existence.  You know, if it’s for the greater good and all.

Click here to register for the 2012 Top Echelon Network National Convention.  If you’d like  to recognize another recruiter for their efforts in a split placement situation (and maybe demand alcohol from them in the process), send your information to marketing@topechelon.com.  Your comments might be featured in an upcoming issue of The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog.

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“Jim owes me about $9,000 in beer for this one.  The Nashville conference is coming up soon, right?”

Submitted by Alan Carty of Automationtechies.com regarding his split placement with Jim Folger of ONESource Technical

Position Title—SENIOR MECHANICAL ENGINEER
Fee Percentage—25%

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

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“Hoping his momma can dance and his daddy can rock and roll!”

Submitted by Steve Copeland of Albert Energy, LLC regarding his split placement with Chuck Szajkovics of Bulldog Recruiters, Inc.

Position Title—FIELD SERVICE ENGINEER
Fee Percentage—22.5%

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

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

Nobody likes turndowns—they’re a major league bummer.  However, they’re an inevitable part of a recruiter’s existence.  If you work as a recruiter for any length of time and enjoy any measure of success, you’re going to experience the “joy of the turndown.”

But you just can’t let turndowns get you down.  Instead, turn them around, like two of the Preferred Member recruiters featured in this installment of “‘Comments’ and Compliments.”  Persistence certainly paid off for this pair, as they recently made their second split placement within the past 12 months.

Armed with this new level of confidence, it’s a good bet that these recruiters will continue to make split placements together—no matter how many turndowns they encounter.  Because even though they ran into them before, they overcame them and reaped the financial benefits of doing so.

If YOU have reaped financial benefits with another recruiter in a split placement situation and you’d like to recognize them for their efforts, send your information to marketing@topechelon.com.  Your comments might be featured in an upcoming issue of The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog.

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“This [placement] comes after two other ‘turndowns’ over the last three months.  Jay Laney hung in there with me, and we were finally successful.  Jay and I have established a great working relationship, and I look forward to our next project!  This is our second placement together this year!”

Submitted by Rowe Henderson of Rowe Henderson & Associates regarding his split placement with Jay Laney of The Williams Company

Position Title—DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
Fee Percentage—25%

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

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“A TEN partner who thought the candidate was still good without the required degree, and he was!  Granted, it took a little discussion with the client, but it has all worked out.”

Submitted by Patrick Walsh of the PSW Group regarding his split placement with Justin Bidwell of Bidwell & Associates, LLC

Position Title—PURCHASING SUPPLY CHAIN BUYER
Fee Percentage—25%

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

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

You’ve heard the old adage: TEAMwork = Together Everybody Achieves More.

Do Top Echelon Network Preferred Member recruiters want to achieve more?  Of course they do, and the way they want to achieve more is by earning more and billing more.  Since “Together Everybody Bills More” is the equivalent of TEBMwork, let’s go with “Together Everybody Earns More” instead.  (Just humor us for a minute.)

Okay, why the misspelling lesson?  Because in this week’s installment of “Comments and Compliments,” we’re featuring four Preferred Member recruiters who utilized TEAMwork (or TEEMwork) to close deals that might not have happened otherwise—and probably wouldn’t have happened as quickly, even if they did.

When members of Top Echelon’s recruiter network tag-team a placement situation, they bring twice the knowledge, twice the expertise, and twice the effort . . . and that’s an equation that often means the difference between a deal coming together and a deal falling through.

So we’d like to congratulate the recruiters featured in this week’s installment, and we’d love (yes, we mean love) to feature YOU in the future.  If you’d like to compliment a Trading Partner for a recent split fee recruiting placement, send an email to marketing@TopEchelon.com.  And we forgive all spelling errors.

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“Jim was pleasant to work with; he had two experienced MD’s apply for a more senior level role I was working on for the same client. We filled the senior job together and when my client approached me about wanting to train this more junior person Jim was very reasonable about their request for an alternative fee.”

Submitted by Denise Milano Sprung of JA Pharma, Inc. regarding her split placement with Jim Strickland Jim Strickland of BioSource International

Position Title—PHYSICIAN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
Fee Percentage—Flat

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

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“Dave Wick is great!  I called him as soon as I received this job order . . . and he sent me a superstar candidate right off the bat.  Things moved quickly on this, and as a result, we’ll be starting 2012 by splitting a check!  Thanks, Dave!”

Submitted by Veronica Snyder of Career Professionals, Inc. regarding her split placement with Dave Wick of Career Center of Cincinnati, Inc.

Position Title—VB.NET SENIOR DEVELOPER
Fee Percentage—20%

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

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

At Top Echelon, we love when our Preferred Member recruiters reach milestones—especially when those milestones pertain to the number of split placements they’ve made within the Network!

We have a Preferred Member recruiter who’s right on the cusp of reaching such a milestone.  That recruiter is David Kersey of Kersey & Associates, Inc., who recently made his 99th Network placement.

Not only that, but Kersey joined Top Echelon Network on March 6, 1992.  That means very soon, Kersey will be celebrating his 20th anniversary as a Preferred Member of the Network!

Let’s see, 99 placements in almost 20 years.  That comes out to five placements per year, and since the average cash-in for a split placement in Top Echelon Network is roughly $8,000 . . . well, you can do the math.  Needless to say, Kersey has received a substantial return on his Network Membership dues every year.

Regardless, we can’t wait until he makes his next Network placement, because that will be his 100th.  Then we can celebrate even more and present him with a certificate, as well.  If you’re close to a milestone in Top Echelon Network, one that’s related to split placements or not, we want to know about it.

We also want to know if you’d like to compliment a Trading Partner for a recent split placement.  Either way, send an email to marketing@TopEchelon.com.

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“Gene is a true professional, and it’s a pleasure to work with him.”

Submitted by David Kersey of Kersey & Associates, Inc. regarding his split placement with Gene McQueen of the Cameron Craig Group

Position Title—PLANT MANAGER
Fee Percentage—20%

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

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“Hani presented us with a great candidate immediately, and he was a solid match for [our client’s] requirements.  We’re looking forward to working with Hani on more deals!”

Submitted by Chuck Szajkovics of Bulldog Recruiters, Inc. regarding his split placement with Hani Mussa of KnowPeople, Inc.

Position Title—UPS TECHNICIAN
Fee Percentage—25%

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

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

We love when things go together in The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog—like chocolate and peanut butter!

Speaking of things that go together, the recruiter we’re featuring in this week’s installment of “Comments and Compliments” is also the “Recruiter of the Month” for January: Maria Hemminger of MJ Recruiters, LLC.

Speaking of chocolate, Hemminger specifically mentions that delicious food in her comments regarding one of the recent split placements she made with a Trading Partner.  Did she mention peanut butter in her comments regarding the other split placement?  No, but now we’re hungry for a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup.  Aren’t you?  We thought so.

If you’d like to compliment one of your Trading Partners for a recent split placement (and mention chocolate AND/OR peanut butter in the process), send your comments to marketing@TopEchelon.com, and they’ll appear in a future issue of The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog.

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“We’ve done so many placements with Trey . . . he owes me chocolate!”

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

Position Title—MANUFACTURING ENGINEER
Fee Percentage—20%

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

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“Randy Wyatt—THE Randy Wyatt.  We’ve partied with him, danced with him, vacationed with him, and finally done a split with him.  Randy shared this candidate with us in 2008, and we finally placed her.  She was sent to us via his website at the time.  Thanks, Randy!”

Submitted by Maria Hemminger of MJ Recruiters, LLC regarding her split placement with Randy Wyatt of Olympus Recruiting (non-Member)

Position Title—MARKET QUALITY ENGINEER
Fee Percentage—25%

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

One recruiter makes a split placement with another recruiter, who makes a split placement with another recruiters, who makes a split placement with . . .

Well, you get the idea.

This week in “Comments and Compliments,” we’re presenting not two, but three placements, namely because they illustrate this “Triangle of Trust” rather well.  (After all, Trust is one of the Four Pillars of Top Echelon Network and one of the foundations upon which split placements are made.

There’s a thread in these three placements, as we move from one to the other to the other, with one recruiter serving as a bridge to subsequent split placements.  But that’s the way it works with networking, you never know where things are going to lead or what’s going to happen—although, invariably a split placement is made and a fee is shared.

Remember, if you’d like to compliment one of your Trading Partners for a recent split placement, send your comments to marketing@TopEchelon.com, and they’ll appear in a future issue of The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog.

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“I love working with Jan!”

Submitted by Kerry Boehner of KOB Solutions, Inc. regarding her split placement with Jan Clements of Med Exec International

Position Title—SCIENTIST-ANTIBODY ENGINEERING

Fee Percentage—25%

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

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“It was so great to work with Sean on this placement!  He provided awesome candidates and was very helpful along the way.”

Submitted by Kerry Boehner of KOB Solutions, Inc. regarding her split placement with Sean Napoles, CPC of Career Brokers, Inc.

Position Title—IT MANAGER
Fee Percentage—20%

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

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“It’s always a pleasure working with Sean.  He does a super job of screening his candidates and supplying us with candidates our clients ALWAYS choose to interview.  This placement took a while, but Sean finally found a candidate to our client’s liking.  It was great working with you, Sean.  Let’s do another one soon!”

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

Position Title—Security Analyst
Fee Percentage—25%

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

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

Here at Top Echelon Network, we love to highlight Preferred Member recruiters who have made their first split placement in the Network, and that’s exactly what we’re doing in this week’s edition of “‘Comments’ and Compliments.”

However, there’s a bit of a twist, because the two firms involved in the split placement are no stranger to one another.  Recruiters from each of the firms have made split placements together in the past.  It’s just that a new recruiter has entered the fray, which is good . . . since more recruiters mean more split placements.

That’s not the only split placement we’re highlighting, either.  Our other split involves a difficult job order that a Preferred Member recruiter filled with the help of one of their Trading Partners.  Those are the type of success stories that we love to hear!

We’d love to hear YOUR story, too!  If you’d like to compliment one of your Trading Partners for a recent split placement, send your comments to marketing@TopEchelon.com, and they’ll appear in a future issue of The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog.

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“Yeah for Megan—her first split in the Network!  And another split for MJ Recruiters and Bridgeway.”

Submitted by Maria Hemminger of MJ Recruiters, LLC regarding her split placement with Megan Hamburg of Bridgeway Professionals, Inc.

Position Title—PROGRAM MANAGER
Fee Percentage—20%

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

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“Mike provided an awesome candidate for a confidential search that had been extremely difficult to fill!  Thanks so much, Mike!”

Submitted by Pat McCombs of KB Search Team, LLC regarding her split placement with Mike Niedbalski of Integritas Search

Position Title—CFO
Fee Percentage—25%

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

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

The recruiters featured in this week’s installment of “‘Comments’ and Compliments” are veteran recruiters and long-time Preferred Members of Top Echelon Network.  However, they’ve just now made their first split fee recruiting placement with another Network recruiter.

What does that mean?  It means there are always split placement opportunities in Top Echelon’s recruiting network—you just have to look for them.  These recruiters weren’t content to just keep making placements with the same recruiters they’ve been splitting with for years.  They made the conscious decision to entertain the possibility of making splits with new recruiters.  When that happens, to use the words of one of the recruiters below, it’s a “WIN-WIN” for everybody.

So no matter how long you’ve been a Preferred Member or how many split placements you’ve made in the Network or how many split placements you haven’t made in the Network, there could be money just around the corner in the form of a Preferred Member you’ve never worked with before.  So keep your eyes—and your mind—open, and keep sending us your “Compliments.”

If you’d like to compliment one of your Trading Partners for a recent split placement, send your comments to marketing@TopEchelon.com, and they’ll appear in a future issue of The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog.

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“Bruce saw my job order and called me.  His presentation of the candidate was powerful and right on target.  I kept him posted, and we established some ground rules.  If I needed help with his applicant, I would call him.  If not, Bruce would stay in the background.  I understood and had a good vision of my client’s position.  I presented only Bruce’s candidate, and we hit the bullseye.  Bruce, thanks again . . . it’s a WIN-WIN for all!”

Submitted by Bob Wylan of R.A. Wylan & Co., Inc. regarding his split placement with Bruce Widnes of The Recruiting Group, Inc.

Position Title—DIRECTOR OF QUALITY CONTROL
Fee Percentage—25%

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

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“Suzanne was an absolute doll to work with.  I can’t thank her enough for sending me such an awesome candidate and for all of her support during the process.  It is my sincere hope that this is the first of many placements together!  Thank you, Suzanne.”

 Submitted by Debra Stitt, CPC of Quality Source, Inc. of Ohio regarding her split placement with Suzanne Griffith, CPC of J S Griffith & Associates

Position Title—HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGER
Fee Percentage—25%

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

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

At Top Echelon, we love to recognize recruiters for making their first split placement as a Preferred Member of Top Echelon Network . . . and now is the perfect time to do it again!  That’s because it’s the first of the year, and what better time to make your first Network split placement than right now?  (Actually, ANY time is a great time . . .)

We have more than that this week, too.  We also have another example of what a Hiring Hook staffing agency website design can do for you.  Our other highlighted split placement involved a candidate who applied online for a Network Member’s open position, and that application eventually turned into a placement fee for two long-time Network recruiters.

So it doesn’t matter how long—or how little—you’ve been a Preferred Member recruiter.  You can make split placements in Top Echelon Network at any time and in a variety of different ways, and we hope that YOU make more Network split placements in 2012.

If you’d like to compliment one of your Trading Partners for a recent split placement, send your comments to marketing@TopEchelon.com, and they’ll appear in a future issue of The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog.

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“Thank you very much, Hannah!  More to come in 2012!”

Submitted by Craig Chrest of Executive Top Gun Search, LLC regarding his split placement with Hannah Kohn of Affinity Executive Search

Position Title—PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER
Fee Percentage—20%

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

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“Jim and I finally made one happen.  He has sent me some excellent talent this year, and we’ve had several face-to-face interviews.  Jim does a great job of advertising our jobs through his [Hiring Hook] website.  I hope we will make many more splits.”

 Submitted by Mark Udulutch of Markent Personnel regarding his split placement with Jim Strickland of BioSource International

Position Title—IT PROJECT MANAGER/ANALYST
Fee Percentage—25%

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

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