At Top Echelon Network, we want to help you as much as possible.  Of course, what we want to help you the most with is making split placements.  After all, that’s the name of the game.

Making the Network work for you so that you can make those split placements involves many moving parts.  (Although if you want to simplify things drastically, focusing on The Four Pillars of Top Echelon Network is a great place to start.)  One of the moving parts of which I speak is the Network software, including the Members’ Area and also “Splitsville,” which is the social media aspect of the software.

Providing training that deals with these specific areas of the Network software is one way in which we want to help Preferred Member recruiters . . . and we’ll soon be providing just such training.  The training that I’d like to discuss in this blog post, though, deals not with full-fledged training videos or long articles, but instead with short informational videos.

These videos will be 30 seconds to 60 seconds in duration, and they’ll be located within the software.  Specifically, they’ll be located right next to the written part of the website that also deals with that topic.  For example, next to the section in the software titled “Golden Rules” or “Policies,” there will be a small video icon.  When you click on that icon, a window will automatically open containing a video overview of the “Golden Rules” or Policies.

Are these videos meant to be comprehensive in nature?  Obviously not, since they’ll be anywhere between 30 and 60 seconds long.  However, they are designed to provide enough information so that the person watching will have a working knowledge of the topics covered.

“The Golden Rules” and the Policies are just two of the subjects that we’ll be addressing with these videos.  Below is a short list of some other topics in the queue:

• The Frequent Placer Program (FPP)
• The four-stage application process
• The placement forms
• Alerts

What’s the timeframe for these videos?  In other words, when will they be made available?  Well, we’re not going to wait until they’re completely finished before releasing them.  First of all, we don’t know how many there are going to be.  We might think of others while we’re filming the ones from our initial list.  Second, why make you wait?  We’ll incorporate the videos into the software on an individual basis as soon as they’re ready.  And remember . . . these videos aren’t just for newer Members.  They’re for any Preferred Member recruiter who wants to know more about the Network.

What do you think?  What other topics should be included in this series of training videos?  What else do you believe we should include in our training for Top Echelon Network, video-related or not?  We welcome your feedback.  That’s how we make our systems better . . . and it’s also how we roll.

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MDeutsch@TopEchelon.com
(330) 455-1433, Ext. 125

Next week, when you login to Top Echelon Network—specifically the TEN Menu—you might notice something different.  That’s because the TEN Menu will have a slightly different layout and some added functionality.

In this article in The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog, I’d like to not only announce these changes, but also explain them.  So . . . that’s what I’ll do.  First and foremost, though, please note that much of the same information that was there before is still there.  It just might be presented in a different format.  (In fact, there’s actually more information there now than there was before.)  Here’s what I mean:

• The News Section and The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog articles are now side-by-side at the top of the page.  The News Section is on the left, and the newsletter articles are on the right.
• “Top Producing Recruiters” have been moved from near the top of the page to the left-hand column.
• There is now a “Recent Job Orders” tab AND a “Recent Candidates Tab,” both of which show the 30 most recent that have been added to the system.
• The tab for “New Recruiters” has been joined by a tab for “Recently Left.”  These are typically recruiters who have left the Network during the past week.  Anybody who has a question regarding a recruiter who has left the Network can contact me.
• “Recent Offers Accepted” and “Recent Completed Placements” are still on the page, but they’re also in a tabbed format.  Simply click on the tab that you wish to view.

Okay, here’s the biggie—by popular demand, The Discussion Forum is now back on the main page of the Members’ Area.  I thought I’d address this one last, considering its impact and the number of recruiters who are interested in the fact that it’s back on the main page.

Below are two crucial points regarding the return of The Discussion Forum:

1. When you click “New Post,” you’ll be able to build a very solidly formatted discussion thread. (Go ahead. Try it. You’ll like it.)
2. You can now “block” other recruiters whose posts you don’t want to see.  In other words, if you don’t like what someone is posting, you can block them so you don’t see their posts.  To do this, click on the orange circle with the line through it.  Once done, that recruiter will be hidden from view in The Discussion Forum and also in “Splitsville.”  If you wish to unblock them, navigate to “Settings” and then “Splitsville Settings.”  There will be a section for “Blocked Recruiters” that shows the recruiters you are currently blocking.  Uncheck the box next to the recruiter you wish to unblock and save your changes.

Of course, as with everything that we do at Top Echelon, these changes were made to help you, our Preferred Member recruiters, make more split placements.  If you have any questions, I encourage you to contact me via phone or email.

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(330) 455-1433, Ext. 156
Drea@TopEchelon.com