We had a great time at the 2013 Top Echelon Network National Convention last week . . . and we have the photos to prove it!

As is tradition, we post photos from our conferences and conventions on the Top Echelon Network Facebook Fan Page.  We’ve created an album for the National Convention, and we’ve already posted photos in that album.

Of course, we plan to post more photos in the future, until we’ve posted ALL of them.  However, we’ll do it slowly, so as to keep the memory of the convention fresh in people’s minds.

We’d also be glad to post photos that recruiters took during the convention, so feel free to email those to us at marketing@topechelon.com.  We’ll take care of the rest!  (A few recruiters have already done so, and their photos are currently on our Fan Page.

Enjoy photos from the 2013 National Convention!

And when there are no more National Convention photos, we’ll post Fall Conference photos from years gone by.  Why is that?  Because the 2013 Fall Conference is scheduled for Thursday, October 3, and Friday, October 4, in Chicago!

And yes, we want YOU to be there.  We want you to have fun, make new friends, and make more placements . . . and we’ll take pictures of it all!

May is here! Spring is here! We’re back from the National Convention in Florida, and we brought the warm weather back with us.

AND I have the Virtual Core Group (VCG) teleconference call schedule for this month.

During VCG meetings, Network recruiters share information that includes hot job orders and hot candidates.  They also discuss the activity that they’re seeing in the marketplace and within their niche.

When Network recruiters share this type of information, they’re more likely to make split placements!  It’s been proven over and over and over again.  So attend these meetings—and make more placements!

Below is the VCG teleconference call schedule for May (all times listed are Eastern Standard Time):

If you’d like to join an existing Virtual Core Group or start a new one, please give me a call at (330) 455-1433, Ext. 156.

Is there a pile of money waiting for you at the 2013 Top Echelon Network National Convention in Florida?

There was a pile of money waiting for two Network recruiters at the 2012 Fall Conference.

Those two recruiters were Joe Noto of Regency Search Group and Anjela Mangrum of Mangrum Career Solutions, LLC.  We recently chronicled the split placement they made that was a direct result of their attendance at the Fall Conference.

However, that was just the beginning of the story.

That’s because Noto and Mangrum have made ANOTHER split placement.  The best part?  This second placement happened because Noto’s client wanted to hire the second candidate that Mangrum presented for another position.

That’s how much the client liked both of the candidates that Mangrum provided to Noto and that Noto presented to the client.

One search, two candidates, two placements, two placement fees . . . and one big pile of money.

Are you going to Florida for your pile of money next month?  Or are you going to let somebody else have it instead?  If it’s the latter, we’ll let you know who takes it.  Their story will run in The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog, just like this story:

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“After meeting at the 2012 TE conference in Chicago, Angela contacted me indicating her interest in working together on any searches I may have.  Shortly thereafter, I contacted Angela for help on a Director of Purchasing search.  She provided two great candidates who were right on target.  My client hired one for the Director of Purchasing position, and two weeks ago contacted me wanting to hire the other candidate for this ERP System Implementation Manager position.  So . . . two splits from one search.”

Submitted by Joe Noto of Regency Search Group regarding his split placement with Anjela Mangrum of Mangrum Career Solutions, LLC

Position Title—ERP SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION MANAGER
Fee Percentage—Flat

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

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The 2013 Top Echelon Network National Convention is scheduled for Thursday, April 25, through Saturday, April 27, at the TradeWinds Resort Hotel in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Register for the 2013 National Convention!

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As we’ve already established, it seems as though the Thanksgiving holiday has snuck up on us this year.

That would mean that the December Virtual Core Group (VCG) teleconference call meeting schedule has snuck up on us, too!

(Not really. NOTHING sneaks up on me . . . but you get the idea.)  And like last month, there’s a change to the schedule of which you should be aware.

Because of our annual Christmas party, the Top Echelon offices will be closed on the afternoon of Thursday, December 13.  That also means there will be no VCG teleconference call meetings that day.  And THAT means I’m pushing a set of meetings up by one day, to Wednesday, December 12.

Virtual Core Group meetings are regularly scheduled conference calls for Preferred Member recruiters who work in the same industry or niche.

During these calls, recruiters share information about the activity they’re seeing, they share hot job orders and candidates, and they also bounce ideas off one another.  These are the activities that lead most directly to making split placements.

Below is the Virtual Core Group teleconference call schedule for the month of December (all times listed are Eastern Standard Time).

If you think you’d like to start a new Virtual Core Group—or join an existing one—please contact me!

I hope you all enjoy a great Thanksgiving holiday.  Be safe and come back ready to work and make split placements . . . and attend a Virtual Core Group meeting!

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The Central Ohio Regional Core Group is meeting again!

Why are they meeting?  Because the members of the group find value in these meetings, including making split placements together . . . which is why YOU should consider joining a Regional Core Group, too.  (If you haven’t already, that is.  I’ll cut you some slack then.)

Below are the specifics for the next Central Ohio Regional Core Group meeting.

Date: Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Location: Catering by Design

Address: 6465 Busch Blvd., Columbus, OH 43229

Phone number: (614) 436-1234

Speaker: TBD (an announcement will be made once a speaker is selected)

Cost: $18 per person, payable at the door

Make your checks payable to “Drea Codi—“ . . . no, scratch that.  Make your checks payable to “Top Echelon Network.”  Or, if you’d like, we can just add the total to your monthly Top Echelon invoice.  We’re flexible like that.

If you’d like to join this meeting, please RSVP to me by sending an email to drea@topechelon.com. I also encourage you to contact me if you’d like to join an existing Regional Core Group or start a new one.

I strongly encourage you . . .

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During the second week of October, I’ll be in Chicago for the 2012 Top Echelon Network Fall Conference.  Because I haven’t yet figured out to how to be in two places at once, I won’t be in Canton on the second Thursday of the month.

That’s significant because Thursday is typically the day that I hold Virtual Core Group (VCG) teleconference calls for Preferred Member recruiters of Top Echelon Network.  As you might have already guessed, the Fall Conference is going to push back the upcoming VCG schedule.

The groups that normally have their calls on the second Thursday of the month (in this case, October 11) will now have them on the third Thursday of the month (October 18).  Those groups are Aerospace/DOD, Software Sales, and Information Technology.

Virtual Core Group meetings are regularly scheduled conference calls for Preferred Member recruiters who work in the same industry or niche.

During these calls, recruiters share information about the activity they’re seeing in the market, they share hot job orders and candidates, and they also bounce ideas off one another.  These are the activities that lead most directly to making split placements.

Below is the Virtual Core Group teleconference call schedule for the month of October (all times listed are Eastern Standard Time).

If you think you’d like to start a new Virtual Core Group—or join an existing one—please contact me!

And I sincerely hope that I’ll see you at the Fall Conference next month . . . if I don’t, you can expect to hear about it from me.  No kidding.

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I’ve got the new Virtual Core Group schedule!

See how I’m trying to inject some excitement into Virtual Core Groups . . . that’s because there’s a lot to get excited about, people!

Virtual Core Groups help recruiters in Top Echelon Network make placements.  It’s happened in the past, and it’s most certainly going to happen again in the future.  I want YOU to participate in these groups, and I want YOU to make more splits.

Virtual Core Group meetings are regularly scheduled conference calls for Preferred Member recruiters who work in the same industry or niche.

During these calls, recruiters share information about the activity they’re seeing, they share hot job orders and candidates, and they also bounce ideas off one another.  These are the activities that lead most directly to making split placements.  (Did I mention that?)

Below is the Virtual Core Group teleconference call schedule for the month of September (all times listed are Eastern Standard Time).

If you think you’d like to start a new Virtual Core Group—or join an existing one—please contact me!

My contact information is below. Yes, I’m talking to you.  Don’t make me turn this blog post around.

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The “dog days of summer” are almost here.

While it might be argued that the “dog days” have been with us since the beginning of summer in the form of ridiculously high temperatures and corresponding drought, I’m talking specifically about the month of August.  (That’s the month traditionally associated with the “dog days of summer.)

And a new month brings with it a Virtual Core Group (VGC) schedule in Top Echelon Network.

As I’ve mentioned before (and will undoubtedly mention many times again), Virtual Core Group meetings are regularly scheduled conference calls for Preferred Member recruiters who work in the same industry or niche.

During these calls, recruiters share information about the activity they’re seeing, they share hot job orders and candidates, and they also bounce ideas off one another.  These are the activities that lead most directly to making split placements.

Below is the Virtual Core Group teleconference call schedule for the month of August (all times listed are Eastern Standard Time).

As you can see above, the first two Thursdays of the month and the second slot of the third Thursday are filled with conference calls.  That second slot is for the Energy/Oil & Gas group.  Please remember that the time for that call is from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. on August 16 and not noon to 1 p.m.  I’d hate for you to call the number at the wrong time.

If you think you’d like to start a new Virtual Core Group—or join an existing one—please contact me!

My contact information is below.  You have no excuse.

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Believe it or not, July is almost here.  I would say something about how quickly time flies, but by the time I did, it would be August.  Better just to embrace the present, rather than comment on the rapidly aging past or the accelerating future.

Speaking of that future, I have for you the Virtual Core Group (VCG) schedule for the month of July.  Yes, I know: summer is here.  Yes, I know: many of you are on vacation or will be on vacation.

That is irrelevant.  I STILL want you to attend a VCG teleconference call during the month of July.  Why?  Because I’m an oppressive Membership Development Coordinator who enjoys ruling with an iron fist?  Partly, yes.

But the other reason is that I know for a fact just how valuable these teleconference calls can be for recruiters who are interested in maximizing their Top Echelon Network Preferred Membership and putting the resources of their Trading Partners to good use for the purpose of making more split placements.

Below is the Virtual Core Group teleconference call schedule for the month of July (all times listed are Eastern Standard Time).

Virtual Core Group meetings are regularly scheduled conference calls for Preferred Member recruiters who work in the same industry or niche.  During these calls, recruiters share information about the activity they’re seeing, they share hot job orders and candidates, and they also bounce ideas off one another.

As you can see above, the first two Thursdays of the month and the first slot of the third Thursday are filled with conference calls.  That means the second and third slot of the third Thursday are open, as well as all three slots of the fourth Thursday.  It ALSO means that we have plenty of room for growth.

If you think you’d like to start a new Virtual Core Group—or join an existing one—please contact me!

That means YOU.

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How in the world is it already June?  I have no idea.  The year is flying by.

What I do know, though, is the date of this year’s Top Echelon Recruitment Network Ohio Golf Outing.  That date: Thursday, July 19.

This outing has been held for the better part of a decade now, and the benefits of attending this event have been proven time after time after time.  Recruiters have golfed together, networked together, and made split placements together—that’s the perfect blueprint for success.

With that in mind, I’d like to take a moment to thank Preferred Member recruiter Debra L. Stitt, CPC of Quality Source Inc. of Ohio for all the work she’s put into this event over the years.  She helped to build the outing into what it is today, and we’re truly grateful for her efforts.

Below are the specifics regarding this year’s outing.

Location:
Bunker Hill Golf Course
3060 Pearl Road
Medina, OH  44256

Cost: $30 per person
Date: Thursday, July 19
Format: scramble
Time: 10 a.m. shotgun start

Note that food is NOT included in the cost of the outing.  If you desire sustenance, you can always run up to Bunker’s Grill and order something off their menu.

If you’d like to participate in this year’s Top Echelon Network Ohio Golf Outing, please contact me as soon as you can.  You do NOT have to work or live in Ohio to participate in this event!  All are welcome, regardless of origin (even people from Michigan).

Let’s network, share job orders, take a break from our busy desks, and have some fun together . . . before this year passes us by.

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