More isn’t necessarily better . . . unless, of course, you’re talking about split placements.  And then more is definitely better.

We’ve continued to receive a steady stream of comments from Preferred Member recruiters wanting to praise their Trading Partners for recent split placements.  In other words, there have been more ‘Comments,’ more compliments, and more split placements, and that’s better for everybody.

We want you to join the party!  If you have comments for a Trading Partner regarding a split placement, please email those comments to marketing@TopEchelon.com.

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“MJ Recruiters + Bridgeway Professionals = a great team!  This isn’t our first placement, [and] it won’t be our last.  Thank you, Rose, for a great local candidate.”

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

Position Title—Mechanical Design Engineer
Fee Percentage—25%

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“Late start date . . . everybody hang on!  Dan, thanks for all your help and emotional support on this thing.  Hopefully, it all works out.”

Submitted by Jay Laney of The Williams Company regarding his split placement with Dan Schultz, CSP of Premier Employment

Position Title—Plant Manager
Fee Percentage—25%

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“Al Daum rocks!”

Submitted by Kristy Fitch of Automationtechies.com regarding her split placement with Alan Daum of Alan N. Daum & Associates, Inc.

Position Title—Senior Controls Engineer
Fee Percentage—Flat

(Editor’s Note: Of course Al Daum rocks!  After all, he’s a rockstar!)

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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.

When we want answers from recruiters . . . we ask them questions, naturally.  In this episode of “Top Echelon TV,” Top Echelon Network President Mark Demaree and Membership Development Coordinator Drea Codispoti discuss the results of a recent recruiter survey.  In that survey, we asked recruiting firm owners their thoughts about business structure and why they chose the structure (S corp, LLC, etc.) that they did.

What say you?  As a recruiting firm owner, which business structure do you prefer?  Why did you make that choice?  What questions, if any, do you have about choosing the right business structure?

Welcome to the second blog post in our series about the 2010 Top Echelon Network Regional Award winners.  Last week, we published the winners in five of the nine regions: Pacific, West North Central, East North Central, New England, and Middle Atlantic.  This week, we’re announcing the award winners in the remaining four regions. For the purposes of this award, we break the country up into nine different regions, and the Regional Awards are based upon the Frequent Placer Program (FPP) points that Preferred Members earn over the course of the calendar year.  Members can earn FPP points in a variety of ways, starting with making split placements.  They can also earn them for telephone interviews, face-to-face interviews, and meeting other Preferred Members in person. Listed below are the award winners in the four remaining regions.  The top four or five recruiters in each region are listed, along with the number of FPP points that they earned.  The top recruiter in each region will receive an award at the 2011 National Convention in May. South Atlantic 18,844—Trey Cameron of the Cameron Craig Group 17,372—Marc Tappis of Opportunity Search, Inc. 13,320—Dan Simmons, CPC of Continental Search & Outplacement, Inc. 12,256—Bob Small of Carroll Technology Services, Inc. 11,503—Michael Foster of Mike Foster & Associates, LLC Mountain 8,032—Marty Stan of Samaritan Technical Professional 4,948—Peter Oettinger of Front Line Solutions, LLC 4,792—Linda Parobek of The Alexander Group 4,516—Thomas Edwards of Front Line Solutions, LLC West South Central 20,182—Sean Napoles, CPC of Career Brokers, Inc. 6,744—Greg Downs of Downs Associates 6,604—Cathy George, CPC of C.G. & Company 5,343—Carolyn Barcus of Barcus Associates 5,172—Tim Hopkins, CPC/CTS of Stephens International Recruiting, Inc. East South Central 12,248—Larry Barlow of Tax Advantage Personnel, Inc. 12,080—Glenda Smith of Metaljobs Network 9,026—Paul Johnson of Paul Johnson & Associates 6,990—Betsy Vincent of The Williams Company 6,133—Tim Hughes of Hughes & Associates Be sure to check future issues of The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog for additional articles regarding award winners within the Network for 2010.

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MDemaree@TopEchelon.com (330) 455-1433, Ext. 172

At Top Echelon Network, our focus can be summed up in two words—split placements.  We want to help our Preferred Members make them and make more of them.  That’s why we like to publish recent split placements in The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog.  (We also do it because Network recruiters have asked us to do it . . . and we always strive to give our Preferred Members what they want.)

Please note that since The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog is available to the wide, wide world (since it’s public on the World Wide Web), sensitive information like the amount of the fee involved with each splt placement has been omitted.  However, you can view that information in the Members’ Area by clicking here.  “Recent Completed Placements” is located halfway down the page, underneath the “Applying for Membership” section.  We’d like to congratulate the Preferred Members below for their split placements, and we hope they make many more in the future!

John Wharton of the Garret Group and Trey Cameron of the Cameron Craig Group placed a Director of Distribution Optimization.

Landis McFinton of McFinton & Associates and Brenda Wylie-Biggs of KB Search Team, LLC placed a Manufacturing Engineer.

Richard Lechtenberg of Dick Berg & Associates and Jim Strickland of BioSource International placed a Biomedical Tech.

Steve Brody of Executive Resource Systems and Joe Miglizzi, CPC of Perspective placed a Senior Tax Manager.

Be sure to check The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog, as well as the Members’ Area, in the future for more recent split placements made through Top Echelon Network.  Don’t say we didn’t warn you.

Top Echelon Network would like to welcome the following recruiters and their firms as New Preferred Members.  We encourage the rest of the Membership to reach out to these folks and introduce yourself to our newest Members.

Click on the recruiters’ names to visit their Recruiter Profile within Top Echelon Network.  (Note: You may be prompted to login to the system before being able to view their Profile.)

New Preferred Members

Recruiters: Cindy Szajkovics and Charles Szajkovics
Firm Name: Bulldog Recruiters, Inc.
Location: Grayslake, Illinois
Specialties: Aerospace, Military, Government, Engineering, Manufacturing, and Production

We’d like to welcome Cindy and Charles to Top Echelon Network and congratulate them on becoming new Preferred Members!  Send them an email or give them a call to welcome them to the Network . . . because everybody likes to feel welcomed.