The Preferred Member recruiter in focus this week is Debi Apple of Apple & Assoc. Inc., who has two split placements in The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog.

Apple has enjoyed a productive year so far in the Network, with nine split placements, five of which are completed and four still in the verbal stage.  However, what’s noteworthy about those placements is that they take different forms.

For one thing, they were all generated by Apple’s Hiring Hook recruitment website design.  In addition, one of them was a contract split placement.  That just goes to show that no matter what form they take—contract, website, or traditional—they’re all split placements, no matter how you slice them.

Here’s to another week of slicing and dicing in Top Echelon Network.

THIS WEEK’S COMPLETED SPLIT PLACEMENTS!

Job order recruiter: Joe Papa, CPC/CTS of American Medical Personnel Services, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Debi Apple of Apple & Assoc. Inc.

Candidate $ per hour: $17.00

Recruiter $ per hour: Flat

Action causing split placement: Regular communication with another Top Echelon Network Preferred Member recruiter

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Job order recruiter: Pat McCombs, CPC of KB Search Team, LLC

Candidate recruiter: Debi Apple of Apple & Assoc. Inc.

Job title: PRODUCTION MANAGER

Fee percentage—25%

Action causing split placement: The job seeker was found through my Hiring Hook Website.

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Job order recruiter: Matt Scheihing of J. Miles Personnel Services

Candidate recruiter: Steve Moore of J.D. Cotter Search, Inc.

Job title: PROJECT ENGINEER

Fee percentage—25%

Action causing split placement: Regular communication with another Top Echelon Network Preferred Member recruiter

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Job order recruiter: Georgette Sandifer of Gallman Consulting

Candidate recruiter: Chuck Szajkovics of Bulldog Recruiters, Inc.

Job title: PLANT MANAGER

Fee percentage—25%

Action causing split placement: Regular communication with another Top Echelon Network Preferred Member recruiter

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Job order recruiter: Deb North of Deb North Consulting, LLC

Candidate recruiter: Dan Kuenn of Rowbottom Partners

Job title: SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR

Fee percentage—10%

Action causing split placement: Regular communication with another Top Echelon Network Preferred Member recruiter

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Job order recruiter: Janet Miller of Computer Management, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Jeff Gilbert of Kingfish Technology, LLC

Job title: PROGRAMMER ANALYST

Fee percentage—Flat

Action causing split placement: Regular communication with another Top Echelon Network Preferred Member recruiter

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What qualities do Top Echelon Network Preferred Member recruiters want in their Trading Partners?  Well, a lot of them, actually . . . but we have at least two in this week’s installment of “Comments and Compliments“!

Those qualities, which are included below, form the framework of yet another formula for success in the Network.  That formula is as follows:

‘Responsive’ + ‘Supportive’ = ‘Thrilled’

Recruiters want Trading Partners who are responsive and supportive, among many other things.  However, when those two qualities are exhibited during a search, not only is the client thrilled with the candidates provided, but both recruiters are also thrilled because they get to split a fee from a placement they probably would not have made on their own.

And as a recruiter, is there a better reason to be thrilled?  We think not.

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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<“Dave is a great supplier and always works hard to fill our position.  We’ve been close a couple of times and finally hit one.  Dave was very responsive and supportive throughout the process and willing to get his hands dirty when needed.  Thanks again, Dave.  Let’s do it again!”

Submitted by Ed Keil, CPC of Reliance Recruiting, LLC regarding his split placement with David Wick, CPC of Career Center of Cincinnati, Inc.

Position Title—INDUSTRIAL ENGINEER
Fee Percentage—25%

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

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“Great candidate ID by Peter.  Within days of this [job] being posted, we had [the candidate] submitted and interviewing for a job with one of our top clients!  We’re very thrilled by how this came together.”

Submitted by Chris Wellington of Bio-Partners Search Group, LLC regarding his split placement with Peter Ambrose of Reliance Recruiting, LLC

Position Title—SENIOR BUYER
Fee Percentage—20%

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

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We live in a website world.  In fact, we eat, breathe, shop, and even recruit in a website world . . . and there’s more proof of that with each passing day.

What proof?  This proof: the number of Preferred Member recruiters who are making split placements because of their Hiring Hook recruitment website design.

Take, for instance, the recruiters below.  The placement fees they split were the direct result of their Hiring Hook websites, specifically, the Job Board functionality of those sites.  Because of that functionality, candidates nominated themselves for posted jobs—jobs that were eventually filled by one of the candidates.

So if you don’t have the Job Board integration that comes with a Hiring Hook website, give us a call at (330) 455-1433.  Join the growing number of recruiters who are making more placements because of their Hiring Hook website.

After all, if you’re going to live in a website world, you might as well make more money while you’re there.

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“Our client calls this candidate ‘a diamond in the rough,’ and they are extremely satisfied!  Working with Ann was terrific, and I look forward to doing more splits with her and her agency!  This was a product of the Hiring Hook websites!”

Submitted by Cindy Szajkovics of Bulldog Recruiters, Inc. regarding her split placement with Ann Boland of The Boland Group

Position Title—PM/FILED FOREMAN CONSTRUCTION
Fee Percentage—25%

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

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a href=”http://www.recommendedrecruiter.com/Recruiter/134897/Pat_McCombs” target=”_blank”>“This is the first of two placements with Debi within the past month!  Thanks, Debi . . . hope we have many more!”

Submitted by Pat McCombs, CPC of KB Search Team, LLC regarding her split placement with Debi Apple of Apple & Assoc. Inc.

Position Title—PC PROGRAMMER & IT SUPPORT
Fee Percentage—23%

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

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How do you enjoy more success in Top Echelon Network?  By meeting other Preferred Member recruiters face-to-face, that’s how.  That’s been proven time and again and again and again . . .

And look, it’s been proven again!

A total of 30 recruiters convened on Wednesday, November 28, at the Catering by Design Center in Columbus for the annual meeting of the Ohio Regional Core Group.  These recruiters networked, traded hot job orders and candidates, and generally picked each other’s brains about their industries, the job market, and recruiting in general.

So what does this mean?  Among other things, it means that not only will these recruiters make more split placements, but they’ll also make more placements overall, now that they’ve used this networking opportunity to sharpen their skills, streamline their process, and overcome obstacles on their desk.

Click here to access photos from the Ohio Regional Core Group Meeting!

If you’d like to join an existing Regional Core Group in Top Echelon Network (or start a new one), contact Membership Development Coordinator Drea Codispoti, CPC/CERS at (330) 455-1433, Ext. 156.

And don’t forget to send us photos of your next Regional Core Group meeting, wherever that may be, so we can share them with the rest of the Membership . . . and on Facebook, too.  Of course.

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Well . . . it’s not really a “2-for-1 special” on split placements, but lightning definitely struck twice for two Preferred Member recruiters recently.

We reported the first bolt of lightning in last week’s issue of The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog.

Now, just a short time later, we’re reporting the second.  The Preferred Member recruiters involved are Cheryl Campbell Lang, CPC of Career Search Associates and Angela Jacobson of Capstone Sourcing Center, Inc.

Campbell and Jacobson filled not one, but two positions at Campbell’s client, and as we documented in our “‘Comments’ and Compliments” feature, it’s a client that prides itself on being highly selective.  That makes these two rapid-fire split fee recruiting placements all the more impressive, and it also underscores the value of the Network and of relying on your Trading Partners to help fill important positions.

It also proves, once again, that the only thing better than a split placement . . . is TWO split placements.

THIS WEEK’S COMPLETED SPLIT PLACEMENTS!

Job order recruiter: Cheryl Campbell Lang, CPC of Career Search Associates

Candidate recruiter: Angela Jacobson of Capstone Sourcing Center, Inc.

Job title: DEPARTMENT STORE MANAGER

Fee percentage—20%

Action causing split placement: Regular communication with another Top Echelon Network Preferred Member recruiter

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Job order recruiter: John Wharton of The Garret Group

Candidate recruiter: Ken Nunley of 7 Solutions USA

Job title: HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER

Fee percentage—23%

Action causing split placement: Regular communication with another Top Echelon Network Preferred Member recruiter

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Job order recruiter: Larry Baker of Computer Careers

Candidate recruiter: Ram Kola of Stewart Cooper & Coon

Job title: SQL DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR

Fee percentage—20%

Action causing split placement: Regular communication with another Top Echelon Network Preferred Member recruiter

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Job order recruiter: Steve Bret Jensen of Superior Search Consultants, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Marty Stan of Samaritan Technical Professional

Job title: PRODUCT ENGINEER

Fee percentage—20%

Action causing split placement: Regular communication with another Top Echelon Network Preferred Member recruiter

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Job order recruiter: Bob Long of Executive Personnel Services

Candidate recruiter: James McMahon of Chicago Search Group, Inc.

Job title: SENIOR AUDITOR

Fee percentage—20%

Action causing split placement: Regular communication with another Top Echelon Network Preferred Member recruiter

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It’s no secret that recruiters like a speedy hiring and split placement process.

It’s also no secret that a speedy hiring and placement process is also beneficial for companies, too, since it reduces the chance that they’ll miss out on top talent (especially if that talent accepts another offer because the company is moving at roughly the speed of glacial drift).

Unfortunately, a speedy process is often the exception and not the rule.  However, there is a way to “speed” up the placement process, and that’s with a Top Echelon Network Trading Partner!

That’s because Trading Partners are just that—partners in the placement process.  They’re in the trenches of the placement with you, facing the same challenges and overcoming the same obstacles.  You can bounce ideas off one another, and you can tag-team the search.

The result?  Not only a placement that you might not have made on your own, but also a placement that happened more quickly than it would have otherwise.  Really, how can you beat making money you wouldn’t have made by yourself and making it faster than you would have made it even if you HAD made it by yourself in the first place?

I know, I know . . . easier done than said.

If you’d like to thank another member of the recruiter 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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“Angela has hung in here after sending multiple candidates for different positions, and we finally got a placement together!  My clients are picky and some people give up.  Hoping we get another one soon!”

Submitted by Cheryl Campbell Lang, CPC of Career Search Associates regarding her split placement with Angela Jacobson of Capstone Sourcing Center, Inc.

Position Title—DEPARTMENT STORE MANAGER
Fee Percentage—20%

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

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“I enjoyed working with Ken Nunley.  He was very helpful and patient throughout a long and challenging search process.”

Submitted by Michael Petras of Michael Petras Recruiting regarding his split placement with Ken Nunley of 7 Solutions USA

Position Title—VP OF OPERATIONS
Fee Percentage—22.5%

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

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We’ve chronicled in the past how patience and persistence in recruiting can pay off.  And not just what could be considered a “normal” amount, either.  We’re talking about extraordinary levels of patience and persistence . . . like the levels involved in this story of Top Echelon Network split placement success.

The story, of course, involves two Preferred Member recruiters: Tom Heeney, CPC of Corporate Resources, LLC and Lloyd Shoemaker of Miami Professional Search, LLC.  All you really need to tell you about the split placement that Heeney and Shoemaker made is contained in the information listed below:

Job search: began one year and nine months ago in January of 2011
Job title: began as a Senior Design Engineer
Job title accepted: Lead Technical Support Engineer
Initial salary range: $50K-$60K + bonus, no relocation
Number of candidates interviewed: 34
Offer accepted: $84,500

EVERYTHING about this job order changed from the time that Heeney received it, from the job title to the initial salary range.  Not only that, but a total of 34 candidates were interviewed for the position.

However, because of the tenacity of the recruiters involved, they rode the ebb and flow of recruiting, hiring, and placement process, and now they’ve reaped the benefits of their seemingly endless patience and persistence.  The kicker is that this is the FIRST split placements that Heeney and Shoemaker have made together in Top Echelon Network . . . and what a memorable one it is.

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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<id=”img-1329855463015″>“Lloyd presented the candidate, who did not have the desired industry, who wanted more money then the proposed salary range and who had no sense of urgency to make a change.  Candidate and employer were both driven by quality.  Sometimes we just get lucky!”

Submitted by Tom Heeney, CPC of Corporate Resources, LLC regarding his split placement with Lloyd Shoemaker of Miami Professional Search, LLC

Position Title—LEAD TECHNICAL SUPPORT ENGINEER
Fee Percentage—25%

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

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“I give Tom all the credit in the world for sticking with this placement. Twenty-one months is a long time, and 99% of us would have given up, but not Tom.  All I did was place the candidate in the Network, as I do all of my candidates, and if I remember correctly, Tom found him there.  I just love persistence!  Yea, Tom!”

Submitted by Lloyd Shoemaker of Miami Professional Search, LLC regarding his split placement with Tom Heeney, CPC of Corporate Resources, LLC

Position Title—LEAD TECHNICAL SUPPORT ENGINEER
Fee Percentage—25%

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

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Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, and what’s goes well with turkey, gravy, and pumpkin pie?

Stuffing?  Yes, I suppose stuffing does.  And green beans, too?  Yes, you got me there.

Split placements!  The answer is split placements!  Because split placements taste at least as good as those other things, and there’s nothing better than making a split right before the holiday.

(And not only that, half a pie is better than no pie at all, although on most days, half a pie is better than half a loaf of bread.  But I digress . . .)

So while we’re in the giving mood, let’s give thanks for our family, our friends, and our Trading Partners.  Trading job orders and candidates with just one Trading Partner can produce plenty of split placements—and a relationship like that is something for which you should be thankful throughout the whole year.

Pass the rolls, please.

THIS WEEK’S COMPLETED SPLIT PLACEMENTS!

Job order recruiter: Cheryl Campbell Lang, CPC of Career Search Associates

Candidate recruiter: Angela Jacobson of Captstone Sourcing Center, Inc.

Job title: ASSISTANT DEPARTMENT STORE MANAGER

Fee percentage—15%

Action causing split placement: Regular communication with another Top Echelon Network Preferred Member recruiter

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Job order recruiter: Pat McCombs, CPC of KB Search Team, LLC

Candidate recruiter: Debi Apple of Apple & Assoc. Inc.

Job title: PLC PROGRAMMER & IT SUPPORT

Fee percentage—23%

Action causing split placement: The job seeker or client was found through my Hiring Hook website.

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Job order recruiter: Bob Moore of Computer Recruiters, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Bob Ferris of Ferris & Associates, LLC

Job title: SAP BI ANALYST

Fee percentage—20%

Action causing split placement: The job order or candidate was found by searching Top Echelon Network’s split databases.

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Job order recruiter: Kathleen Porter of International Staffing Consultants, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Joan Walters, CPC of JR Walters Resources

Job title: WEB PRODUCER

Fee percentage—Flat

Action causing split placement: Regular communication with another Top Echelon Network Preferred Member recruiter

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Job order recruiter: Mario Fidanzi of MedTeam Staffing, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Tim Hopkins, CPC/CTS of Stephens International Recruiting, Inc.

Job title: DIRECTOR OF ASSET LIFE MANAGEMENT

Fee percentage—Flat

Action causing split placement: Regular communication with another Top Echelon Network Preferred Member recruiter

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Job order recruiter: Larry Signorile of Johnson Resource Group, LLC

Candidate recruiter: Bill Law of OraStaff, Inc.

Job title: PROGRSS PROGRAMMER

Fee percentage—25%

Action causing split placement: Regular communication with another Top Echelon Network Preferred Member recruiter

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Job order recruiter: Rob Spaulding of Spaulding Associates

Candidate recruiter: Catherine Bateman of Woods & Paolino Recruiting Solutions

Job title: PROJECT MANAGER

Fee percentage—20%

Action causing split placement: Regular communication with another Top Echelon Network Preferred Member recruiter

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First, she was profiled in our “Split Placement Spotlight.”  Now, Cindy Andrew Cordell, CPC of Corporate Resources, LLC is part of our “Comments and Compliments” feature.

Why is that?  Because she took the time to compliment the Trading Partners in her two most recent split placements.

And as an added bonus, these were the first split fee recruiting placements that Cordell has made with these particular partners.  In fact, one of recruiters involved has only been a Preferred Member recruiter since March of 2011.

The main theme running through these compliments: “easy to work with.”  If that describes you, then you have an excellent chance to make split placements in Top Echelon Network—just like the recruiters included in this week’s installment of “‘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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“This is the second time Paul Johnson and I have filled this position.  The last time, it was a ‘no start.’  This was a great candidate that Paul screened before presenting to me.  The candidate was a dynamo.  Paul is great to work with!”

Submitted by Cindy Andrew Cordell, CPC of Corporate Resources, LLC regarding her split placement with Paul Johnson of Paul Johnson & Associates

Position Title—MANAGER OF FINANCIAL PLANNING AND ANALYSIS
Fee Percentage—25%

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

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“Evidently, Mike Petras is relatively new to [Top Echelon], but he was a dream to work with.”

Submitted by Cindy Andrew Cordell, CPC of Corporate Resources, LLC regarding her split placement with Michael Petras of Michael Petras Recruiting

Position Title—FINANCIAL SYSTEMS CONTROLLER
Fee Percentage—25%

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

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As we approach our 25th anniversary, we’ve been highlighting our more tenured recruiters in Top Echelon Network, those Preferred Members who have been with us for years and have been successful for years.

Sometimes, those recruiters make our job easy by making two split placements in one week!

Such is the case with Cindy Andrew Cordell, CPC of Corporate Resources, LLC.  Cordell has made 34 split placements in the Network, including three this year.  She’s worked as both an importer and an exporter within the Network, providing the job order half of the time and the candidate half of the time in split placement situations.

In addition, Cordell has attended a number of Top Echelon Network events, such as the annual National Convention and Fall Conference.  She knows the importance of networking and of all Four Pillars of Top Echelon Network.

And that’s why she’s in the “Split Placement Spotlight”!

THIS WEEK’S COMPLETED SPLIT PLACEMENTS!

Job order recruiter: Cindy Andrew Cordell, CPC of Corporate Resources, LLC

Candidate recruiter: Michael Petras of Michael Petras Recruiting

Job title: FINANCIAL SYSTEMS CONTROLLER

Fee percentage—25%

Action causing split placement: Regular communication with another Top Echelon Network Preferred Member recruiter

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Job order recruiter: Cindy Andrew Cordell, CPC of Corporate Resources, LLC

Candidate recruiter: Paul Johnson of Paul Johnson & Associates

Job title: MANAGER OF FINANCIAL PLANNING AND ANALYSIS

Fee percentage—25%

Action causing split placement: Regular communication with another Top Echelon Network Preferred Member recruiter

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Job order recruiter: Bob Allen of The ManCom Team, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Steve Taylor of Career Professionals, Inc.

Job title: BINDERY SUPERVISOR

Fee percentage—20%

Action causing split placement: Regular communication with another Top Echelon Network Preferred Member recruiter

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Job order recruiter: David M. Sgro of True North Consultants, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Jim Strickland of BioSource International

Job title: WEB PRODUCER

Fee percentage—22.5%

Action causing split placement: The job seeker or client was found through my Hiring Hook recruitment web design.

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Job order recruiter: Maria Hemminger of MJ Recruiters, LLC

Candidate recruiter: Trey Cameron of the Cameron Craig Group

Job title: PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR

Fee percentage—25%

Action causing split placement: The job seeker or client was found through my Hiring Hook website.

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Job order recruiter: Patrick Staudacher, CPC of Talsco, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Sean Napoles, CPC of Career Brokers, Inc.

Job title: SAP LEAD BW/BOBJ DEVELOPER

Fee percentage—20%

Action causing split placement: Regular communication with another Top Echelon Network Preferred Member recruiter

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Job order recruiter: Pamela Ratz Deville, CPC of Managed Medicaid Services

Candidate recruiter: Catherine Sousa of Morton Roper Careers

Job title: DIRECTOR OF QUALITY

Fee percentage—20%

Action causing split placement: Regular communication with another Top Echelon Network Preferred Member recruiter

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Job order recruiter: Cindy Szajkovics of Bulldog Recruiters, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Ann Boland of The Boland Group

Job title: PM/FILED FOREMAN CONSTRUCTION

Fee percentage—25%

Action causing split placement: The job seeker or client was found through my Hiring Hook website.

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Job order recruiter: Jim Petitpren of The PRA Group, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Steve Bret Jensen of Superior Search Consultants, Inc.

Job title: SENIOR HARDWARE ENGINEER

Fee percentage—25%

Action causing split placement: Regular communication with another Top Echelon Network Preferred Member recruiter

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Job order recruiter: Sonia Neameyer of Lead Point Financial

Candidate recruiter: Bob Long of Executive Personnel Services

Job title: SENIOR FINANCIAL ANALYST

Fee percentage—25%

Action causing split placement: Regular communication with another Top Echelon Network Preferred Member recruiter

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