SURVEY QUESTION:

At Top Echelon Network, we’re always looking for the next location for our National Convention.  We’ve been to some great places down through the years—a variety of cities located all throughout the United States.

As always, we take our cue from you, the Preferred Member recruiters of Top Echelon Network.  We want to go where you want to go . . . and that’s why we’re always asking where you want to go.  So it might not surprise you to know that we asked again!

We recently conducted a survey of Network recruiters, and that survey was based upon the following question:

Which of the following locations would be best for a Top Echelon Network National Convention?

SURVEY RESULTS:

The choice of answers that were provided is listed below, along with the percentage of recruiters who selected each answer:

• Baltimore — 16.7%
• Atlanta — 10.3%
• Las Vegas — 34.6%
• New Orleans — 29.5%
• Denver — 9.0%

SURVEY ANALYSIS:

It was definitely a close race, but Las Vegas beat New Orleans by a margin of 34.6% to 29.5%.  Top Echelon Network has held a National Convention at both locations in the past, and both events were highly successful.  However, the current Membership currently craves a return trip to Las Vegas.

Baltimore was third at 16.7%, followed by Atlanta at 10.3% and Denver and 9.0%.  Top Echelon has never held a National Convention in any of those cities, although the Network has had a regional event in Baltimore before.

Clearly, the results of this Network survey show that Top Echelon recruiters wish to attend a National Convention at a venue with plenty of entertainment options.

FEEDBACK:

Where do YOU think we should go for a National Convention?  One of the destinations listed above . . . or some place that we didn’t even mention?

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SURVEY QUESTION:

How many phone conversations do YOU have with split Trading Partners during the course of a week in Top Echelon Network?  How important are these conversations to your production within the Network?

Communication is not only one of the Four Pillars of Top Echelon Network, it’s also the number-one way in which Network recruiters make split placements with one another.

Of course, the telephone has long been the primary mode of communication for recruiters, despite advancing technology and other communication tools like email, texting, and instant messaging (IM).  With that in mind, how much do Top Echelon Network recruiters use the telephone when it comes to communicating with their fellow split partners?

We recently conducted a survey of Network recruiters, and that survey was based upon the following question:

On average, how many phone conversations do you have with Trading Partners each week?

SURVEY RESULTS:

The choice of answers that were provided is listed below, along with the percentage of recruiters who selected each answer:

• None — 11.1%
• Between 1 and 5 — 59.3%
• Between 6 and 10 — 25.9%
• Between 11 and 15 — 0.0%
• More than 15 — 3.7%

SURVEY ANALYSIS:

The answer that survey participants chose the most was “between 1 and 5” phone conversations per week (59.3%), while “between 6 and 10” was second at 25.9%.  Interestingly, 11.1% of recruiters don’t have ANY phone conversations with Top Echelon split partners during the course of the week.  (If they do communicate with Trading Partners, it’s presumably through email or some other means.)

A small percentage (3.7%) has “more than 15” phone conversations each week.  That’s a lot of networking!  None of the participants chose “between 6 and 10” as their answer.

While the results of this survey are indicative of how much personal preference plays a role in how Network recruiters interact with one another, it also underscores the link between communication and success within the Network.

FEEDBACK:

How many phone conversations do YOU have with TE split partners during the course of the week?  How important are these conversations to the closing of deals and making of split placements?

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SURVEY QUESTION:

Split partner relationships are the lifeblood of Top Echelon Network.  There’s no doubt about that.  But how exactly do Network recruiters find new Trading Partners?

After all, even if you’re not a new Network recruiter, you can still find split partners in the Network you’ve haven’t made placements with.  Recent issues of The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog have highlighted the fact that’s exactly what some recruiters in the Network are doing.

We recently conducted a survey of Network recruiters, and that survey was based upon the following question:

Which of the following tools do you use most often to find split partners?

SURVEY RESULTS:

The choice of answers that were provided is listed below, along with the percentage of recruiters who selected each answer:

• Split Candidate Database — 15.7%
• Split Job Order Database — 51.0%
• “Who Works What” — 19.6%
• MEGA Database — 0.0%
• Call Drea (TE) — 13.7%

SURVEY ANALYSIS:

Far and away, the most popular answer among survey participants was “Split Job Order Database” at 51.0%.  “Who Works What” was a distant second at 19.6%, while “Split Candidate Database” finished third with 15.7% of the vote.

Top Echelon Network recruiters prefer to search the Split Job Order database in their quest to find new split partners.  While they certainly use other means to find split partners, this is how they find the most success.

FEEDBACK:

Which means to YOU use to find split partners in Top Echelon Network?  Are they the ones listed above, or do you have others?

SURVEY QUESTION:

Success in Top Echelon Network is predicated upon a great many things, not the least of which is Active Participation, one of the Four Pillars of the Network.

Among the ways that Network recruiters actively participate are Regional Core Group meetings (such as the Kansas City meeting pictured above) and Virtual Core Group meetings, both of which Top Echelon offers.  But how often do Network recruiters participate in these Core Group meetings?

We recently conducted a survey of our Network recruiters, and that survey was based upon the following question:

Have you ever attended a Top Echelon Network Regional or Virtual Core Group meeting?

SURVEY RESULTS:

The choice of answers that were provided is listed below, along with the percentage of recruiters who selected each answer:

• Yes, I’ve attended both. — 49.4%
• Yes, I’ve attended a Regional Core Group meeting. — 12.7%
• Yes, I’ve attended a Virtual Core Group meeting. — 11.4%
• No, I’ve attended neither. — 26.6%

SURVEY ANALYSIS:

Nearly 75% of the Network recruiters who responded to the survey have attended a Regional Core Group meeting, a Virtual Core Group meeting, or both of them.  That leaves just a quarter of participants having attended neither meeting.

If that was truly representative of the Network overall, it would bode quite well for the state of networking within Top Echelon.  However, since the recruiters most likely to attend a Virtual or Regional Core Group meeting are also the most likely to participate in a Network survey, extrapolating these results might make for a slightly skewed conclusion.

FEEDBACK:

How about YOU?  Have you attended a Regional or Virtual Core Group meeting as a Top Echelon Network recruiter?  If not, do you plan to attend one or the other in the near future?

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SURVEY QUESTION:

Networking is one of the cornerstones of success in Top Echelon Network, and face-to-face networking is even more so.  That’s why we hold a National Convention and a Fall Conference every year.

However, approximately how many Network recruiters meet each other on a face-to-face basis?

We recently conducted a survey of Network Members to find out the answer.

That survey was based upon the following question:

Have you met another Network recruiter face-to-face in the past year?

SURVEY RESULTS:

The choice of answers that were provided is listed below, along with the percentage of Network recruiters who selected each answer:

• Yes, I have. — 72.7%
• No, I have not. — 27.3%

SURVEY ANALYSIS:

As expected, the majority of survey participants responded in the affirmative, as 72.7% chose “Yes, I have” as their answer.  The rest of the participants, of course, selected “No, I have not.”

Meeting another Network recruiter in person helps to ‘seal the deal,’ so to speak, on your Trading Partner relationship.  It makes it easier to call them when you get back to the office, to share information, and to trust them implicitly.

And you have a chance to meet other Network recruiters face-to-face in the near future: the 2013 Top Echelon Network Fall Conference!  The conference is scheduled for Thursday, October 3, and Friday, October 4, in Chicago. (We’ll be releasing more details in the near future.)

FEEDBACK:

Have you met another Network recruiter face-to-face in the past year?  If you have, what benefits did you derive from the meeting?  If not, why not, and do you plan to meet another Network recruiter before the end of 2013?

SURVEY QUESTION:

Much of the success recruiters enjoy in Top Echelon Network is predicated upon Members’ willingness to share their jobs with the rest of the Network.  The more jobs are shared, the more split placements are made.

We recently conducted a survey of Network recruiters in the Members’ Area to find out more about their attitudes about sharing jobs with other Members.

That survey was based upon the following question:

When you receive a job order from a client, how soon do you post it on TE?

SURVEY RESULTS:

The choice of answers that were provided is listed below, along with the percentage of Network recruiters who selected each answer:

• Immediately — 35.6%
• Within a few days — 26.0%
• Within a week — 13.7%
• Longer than a week — 15.1%
• I don’t post my jobs on TE. — 9.6%

SURVEY ANALYSIS:

Over a third of participants post their jobs “immediately” to the Network, while another 26% post them “within a few days” and 13.7% post them “within a week.”

That means of the Network recruiters who responded to this survey, over three-fourths of them (75.3%) post their jobs within a week of receiving the job order from their client.

As for the nearly 10% of Network recruiters who don’t post their jobs on TE?  They might be exporters only, or they might share their jobs only with certain Trading Partners via email.

FEEDBACK:

What are your practices within the Network?  Which of the survey choices above most closely describes the way in which you post jobs?