THE SPLIT RECRUITERS:

Veronica Snyder has made 54 placements as one of the Top Echelon Network’s top recruiters.  Her firm, Career Professionals, has been a Preferred Member since 1990.

Frank Laux has made 1 placement as a Top Echelon Network recruiter.  His agency, Strategic Search Partners, has been a Preferred Member of the recruiter network since April of this year.

Carey Towe has made 21 placements as a Top Echelon Network recruiter.  His agency, Southern Recruiters, has been a Preferred Member since 2001.

THE SPLIT PLACEMENTS:

Last week, we commended David M. Sgro of True North Consultants, Inc. for being a model Network recruiter in Top Echelon . . . and now we’re commending Veronica Snyder of Career Professionals, Inc.!

That’s because like Sgro, Snyder does all of the things that a recruiter needs to do to be successful in the Network.  Those things include the following:

1. Posting jobs to the Network on a consistent basis
2. Embracing the Network Pillar of Quality, especially as it pertains to another Pillar, that of Communication
3. Attending Network events like the National Convention and Fall Conference

Snyder has made 54 Network placements since becoming a Preferred Member recruiter, including five in 2012 and eight already this year.  With three months still remaining in 2013, she certainly has the chance to hit double digits in placements before the year draws to a close.

Not only that, but one of the split placements highlighted below is the first Top Echelon placement for a Network recruiter.  So congratulations to both Snyder and Frank Laux, who’s celebrating his first TE split!

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“Thanks, Frank, for responding to our TE job posting with such a strong candidate!  Welcome to Top Echelon Network!  I’m looking forward to doing more split business with you.”

Submitted by Veronica Snyder of Career Professionals, Inc. regarding her Network split placement with Frank Laux of Strategic Search Partners

Position Title—DIRECTOR OF PROCUREMENT

Fee Percentage—25%

(Editor’s note: This is the first Network split placement that Snyder and Laux have made together in Top Echelon.)

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“Thanks, Carey!  I appreciate you posting good candidates to the Network!”

Submitted by Veronica Snyder of Career Professionals, Inc. regarding her Network split placement with Carey Towe, CPC of Southern Recruiters

Position Title—LAB TECH

Fee Percentage—25%

(Editor’s note: This is the second Network split placement that Snyder and Towe have made together in Top Echelon.)

THE SPLIT RECRUITERS:

Mark Udulutch has made 80 placements as a Top Echelon Network recruiter.  His agency, Markent Personnel, has been a Preferred Member since 1989

Steve Kohn has made 86 placements as a Top Echelon Network recruiter.  His agency, Affinity Executive Search, has been a Preferred Member since 1994.

Mike Ehlers has made 11 placements as a Top Echelon Network recruiter.  His agency, Ehlers Recruiting Partners, has been a Preferred Member of the recruiting network since 2009.

Maria Hemminger has made 78 placements as a Top Echelon Network recruiter.  Her agency, MJ Recruiters, LLC, has been a Preferred Member since 2005.

Jim Strickland has made 99 placements as one of the Top Echelon Network’s top recruiters.  His agency, BioSource International, has been a Preferred Member since 2003.

THE SPLIT PLACEMENTS:

Although we’ll be making the point more vividly in our next blog post, Top Echelon Network recruiters are using their Hiring Hook website make split placements.  Three of the recruiters listed below use their websites extensively in their efforts to make splits.  Those recruiters and the number of Top Echelon Network splits they’ve made this year are as follows:

1. Trey Cameron of the Cameron Craig Group—36 split placements
2. Steve Kohn of Affinity Executive Search—23 split placements
3. Jim Strickland of BioSource International—8 split placements

The evidence is stacking up all over in the form of placement checks.  If you’d like more information about what a Hiring Hook website could do for your Top Echelon Network Membership, give us a call at 330.455.1433.

Somebody will probably make another website split in the time it takes to dial the phone.

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“Steve provided me with a great candidate.  Both he and the company very happy with one another!”

Submitted byMark Udulutch of Markent Personnel regarding his Network split placement with Steve Kohn of Affinity Executive Search

Position Title—FIELD PERFORMANCE ENGINEER

Fee Percentage—25%

(Editor’s note: This is the first Network split placement that Udulutch and Kohn have made together in Top Echelon.)

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“Steve’s candidate came through his Hiring Hook.  He actually wasn’t right for the job he applied for, but was for another search I was working.  It’s all good!”

Submitted by Mike Ehlers of Ehlers Recruiting Partners regarding his Network split placement with Steve Kohn of Affinity Executive Search

Position Title—SALES

Fee Percentage—20%

(Editor’s note: This is the first Network split placement that Ehlers and Kohn have made together in Top Echelon.)

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“Thanks to Jim and his website . . . another successful placement!”

Submitted by Maria Hemminger of MJ Recruiters, LLC regarding her Network split placement with Jim Strickland of BioSource International

Position Title—PLC ENGINEER

Fee Percentage—20%

(Editor’s note: This is the fifth Network split placement that Hemminger and Strickland have made together in Top Echelon.)

THE SPLIT RECRUITERS:

Maria Hemminger has made 78 placements as a Top Echelon Network recruiter.  Her agency, MJ Recruiters, LLC, has been a Preferred Member since 2005.

David M. Sgro has made 58 placements as one of the Top Echelon Network top recruiters.  His agency, True North Consultants, Inc., has been a Preferred Member since 2006.

Angela Marasco has made 84 placements as a Top Echelon Network recruiter.  Her agency, A. Marasco Recruiting, LLC, has been a Preferred Member since 2007.

Nick Stoia has made 29 placements as a Top Echelon Network recruiter.  His agency, ASAP Search & Recruiters, has been a Preferred Member since 1999.

Eric V. Stearley, CPC has made 20 placements as a Top Echelon Network recruiter.  His agency, Eric V. Stearley, CPC & Associates, has been a Preferred Member since 2007.

THE SPLIT PLACEMENTS:

While in the midst of recognizing and praising numerous Network recruiters for their success in Top Echelon, we would be remiss if we didn’t mention this recruiter: David M. Sgro, CPC of True North Consultants, Inc.

Sgro is in his second stint as a Preferred Member, and since re-joining the Network in 2006, he’s made 55 placements (he made three during his first Network stint).  That’s an average of nearly eight placements per year.

If every recruiter in Top Echelon Network make an average of nearly eight placements per year, we’d hold a ticker tape parade.  (At the very least, we’d have a “cupcake and jello party” . . . c’mon, those are fun.)

Anyway, there are three main reasons why Sgro is a model Network recruiter:

1. He’s “split minded.”  That means split placements are foremost in his mind.  He looks for opportunities to make split placements.  He doesn’t sit back and wait for splits to “come to him.”

2. He networks relentlessly.  Sgro attends nearly every National Convention and Fall Conference.  He also attends numerous Regional Core Group meetings in Ohio and events such as “Top Echelon Networking on the FARM” (referenced below).  The results speak for themselves.

3. He believes in the pillar of Trust.  There are Four Pillars of Top Echelon Network.  The most important of them is Trust, and Sgro has built iron-clad Trading Partner relationships (Maria Hemminger, Bob Small, Angela Marasco) that are typified by this Pillar.

Are there more than three reasons?  Probably, but we could devote entire Pinnacle newsletters to exploring the reasons why recruiters like Sgro are successful in Top Echelon Network.  Besides, the thought of cupcake and jello has become seriously distracting.

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“What a great team we make with Dave Sgro.  We get the job orders and he finds the candidates.  Thanks, Dave, for being a great Trading Partner.  Even better, we closed the deal and he got the offer accepted form while we were partcipating in the ‘Top Echelon Networking on the FARM’ event.  The day was not all play!”

Submitted by Maria Hemminger of MJ Recruiters, LLC regarding her Network split placement with David M. Sgro, CPC of True North Consultants, Inc.

Position Title—DEVELOPER/DBA (SQL/.NET)

Fee Percentage—20%

(Editor’s note: This is the eighth Network split placement that Hemminger and Sgro have made together in Top Echelon.)

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“Angela rocks!”

Submitted by David M. Sgro, CPC of True North Consultants, Inc. regarding his Network split placement with Angela Marasco of A. Marasco Recruiting, LLC

Position Title—DATABASE ARCHITECT/DEVELOPER

Fee Percentage—25%

(Editor’s note: This is the second Network split placement that Sgro and Marasco have made together in Top Echelon.)

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“I’ve enjoyed getting to know Eric, and hopefully we can enjoy future success together!”

Submitted by Nick Stoia, CPC of ASAP Search and Recruiters regarding his Network split placement with Eric V. Stearley, CPC of Eric V. Stearley, CPC & Associates

Position Title—SAFETY ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEER

Fee Percentage—22.5%

(Editor’s note: This is the first Network split placement that Stoia and Stearley have made together in Top Echelon.)

THE SPLIT RECRUITERS: Kerry Boehner has made 7 placements as one of Top Echelon Network’s top recruiters.  Her agency, KOB Solutions, Inc. has been a Preferred Member since 2010. Judy Kaplan has made 79 placements as a Top Echelon Network recruiter.  Her agency, Prof’l Recruiting Consultants, has been a Preferred Member since 1992. Maria Hemminger has made 78 placements as a Top Echelon Network recruiter.  Her agency, MJ Recruiters, LLC has been a Preferred Member since 2005. Chris Ramsay, CPC has made 40 placements as a Top Echelon Network recruiter.  Her agency, Corporate Resources, LLC, has been a Preferred Member since 1992. THE SPLIT PLACEMENTS: Nothing makes a compelling case like hard evidence . . . so here’s your hard evidence: two split placements that are the result of recruiters attending Top Echelon Network conferences and meeting one another.  One conference was over eight years ago, and the other was this past spring.  However, the result is the same: placement, placement, placement! Of course, we’re also talking about a powerhouse group of female recruiters, a quartet that has combined to make over 200 Network placements.  Not only that, but two of their firms have been Preferred Member agencies for over 20 years.  All of this is a testament to both their success in the Network and their longevity in the industry. And that success has been predicated, at least in part, on attending conferences and networking with other recruiters!  (There’s something to be said for women’s intuition.) So—what are you waiting for?  Register for the 2013 Fall Conference!

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“Judy and I had a fabulous time at the TEN Conference at St. Pete’s Beach.  This placement is a direct result of hanging out on the beach in Cabana 192!” Submitted by Kerry Boehner of KOB Solutions, Inc. regarding her Network split placement with Judy Kaplan of Prof’l Recruiting Consultants Position Title—MANAGER, CUSTOMER SERVICE Fee Percentage—20% (Editor’s note: This is the first Network split placement that Boehner and Kaplan have made together in Top Echelon.)

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“It’s so great to be doing business with Chris.  This is not the first placement that we have done with her.  (Joanna Spaun made the other one.)  We have known Chris since before we started MJ Recruiters.  We met her [at the Top Echelon Network National Convention] in Nashville in 2005.  I appreciate the patience that Chris has had in completing this placement.  To another OHIO split!” Submitted by Maria Hemminger of MJ Recruiters, LLC regarding her Network split placement with Chris Ramsay, CPC of Corporate Resources, LLC Position Title—QUALITY MANAGER Fee Percentage—25% (Editor’s note: This is the first Network split placement that Hemminger and Ramsay have made together in Top Echelon.)/>

THE SPLIT RECRUITERS:

Jim Petitpren has made 7 placements as a Top Echelon Network recruiter.  His agency, The PRA Group, Inc., has been a Preferred Member since 2012.

Jimmy Folger has made 4 placements as a Top Echelon Network recruiter.  His agency, OneSource Technical, Inc., has been a Preferred Member since 2007.

Debbie Reiger has made 15 placements as a Top Echelon Network recruiter.  Her agency, Reiger Technical Search, has been a Preferred Member since 2011.

Sean Napoles has made 183 placements as a Top Echelon Network recruiter.  His agency, Career Brokers, Inc. has been a Preferred Member since 2000.

THE SPLIT PLACEMENTS:

Sean Napoles is one of the most successful split recruiters in the history of Top Echelon Network.  Over $1 million cash-in and 183 placements are certainly a testament to that.  However, a further indication of his success is his desire to keep making split placements with recruiters he’s never made split placements with before . . . like the placement listed below.  It doesn’t matter how many placements you’ve made in the Network.  You can ALWAYS make a split with a new recruiter.

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“Another successful placement between our two companies.  Thanks, Jimmy . . . great job!”

Submitted by Jim Petitpren of The PRA Group, Inc. regarding his Network split placement with Jimmy Folger of ONESource Technical, Inc.

Position Title—EMBEDDED SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Fee Percentage—22.5%

(Editor’s note: This is the second Network split that Petitpren and Folger have made together in Top Echelon.)

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“FINALLY, Sean and I made a split!  Thanks, Sean!”

Submitted by Debbi Reiger of Reiger Technical Search regarding her Network split placement with Sean Napoles, CPC of Career Brokers, Inc.

Position Title—MANAGER IT PMO

Fee Percentage—20%

(Editor’s note: This is the first Network split that Reiger and Napoles have made together in Top Echelon.)

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THE SPLIT RECRUITERS:

Georgette Sandifer has made 33 placements as a member of the Top Echelon split fee recruiting network.  Her agency, Gallman Consulting, has been a Preferred Member since 2005.

Steve Kohn has made 77 placements as one of Top Echelon Network’s job placement recruiters.  His agency, Affinity Executive Search, has been a Preferred Member since 1994.

Matthew Dahm has made 1 placement as a Top Echelon Network recruiter.  His agency, IT Audit Search, has been a Preferred Member since 2011.

Jim Strickland has made 97 placements as a Top Echelon Network recruiter.  His agency, BioSource International, has been a Preferred Member since 2003.

THE SPLIT PLACEMENTS:

There are four recruiters in this week’s installment of “‘Comments’ and Compliments” that have been in the Network for varying lengths of time and have enjoyed varying amounts of success.  However, what they all have in common is that they made their first Network split with another recruiter, once again proving that no matter how long you’ve been in the business or been in the Network, your first split placement with another recruiter could be just around the corner . . .

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“This was a great candidate, and I was happy to receive him through Steve’s [Hiring Hook] site.  I knew from the moment I interviewed this candidate, he would at least get to the interview stage.  Nice placement for my first split of the year.  Thanks, Steve!”

Submitted by Georgette Sandifer of Gallman Consulting regarding her Network split placement Steve Kohn of Affinity Executive Search

Position Title—QUALITY ENGINEER ASSEMBLY

Fee Percentage—25%

(Editor’s note: This is the first Network split that Sandifer and Kohn have made together in Top Echelon.)

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“Working with Jim has been great!  This placement will be my first with Top Echelon, with hopefully many more to come!”

Submitted by Matthew Dahm of IT Audit Search regarding his Network split placement with Jim Strickland of BioSource International

Position Title—DATA SPECIALIST – DATA DESIGN

Fee Percentage—20%

(Editor’s note: This is the first Network split that Dahm and Strickland have made together in Top Echelon.)

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THE SPLIT RECRUITERS:

Deb North has made 9 placements as a Top Echelon Network recruiter.  Her agency, Deb North Consulting, LLC, has been a Preferred Member since 2012.

Judy Kaplan has made 79 placements as a Top Echelon Network recruiter.  Her agency, Prof’l Recruiting Consultants, has been a Preferred Member since 1992.

Joan R. Walters, CPC has made 58 placements as a Top Echelon Network recruiter.  Her agency, JR Walters Resources, has been a Preferred Member since 2005.

Chuck Szajkovics has made 10 placements as a Top Echelon Network recruiter.  His firm, Bulldog Recruiters, Inc., has been a Preferred Member since 2011.

THE SPLIT PLACEMENTS:

These Top Echelon Network recruiting partners obviously enjoy working together, considering the glowing terms they use to describe each other, terms such as “awesome,” “fun,” and “great.”  These are genuine sentiments expressed by happy recruiters who made placements they probably would NOT have made otherwise.  Once again, this exemplifies one of the value proposition statements of Top Echelon Network: “Half a loaf is better than no loaf at all.”  Pass the butter.

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“Judy is an awesome split partner!  Great communication and very fun to work with!  Can’t wait to do more deals together!”

Submitted by Deb North of Deb North Consulting, LLC regarding her Network split placement with Judy Kaplan of Prof’l Recruiting Consultants

Position Title—DIGITAL FORENSICS ANALYST

Fee Percentage—18%

(Editor’s note: This is the first Network split that North and Kaplan have made together in Top Echelon.)

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“Chuck is a great Trading Partner!  Looking forward to having many more splits in 2013!”

Submitted by Joan R. Walters, CPC of JR Walters Resources regarding her Network split placement with Chuck Szajkovics of Bulldog Recruiters, Inc.

Position Title—CIVIL ENGINEER

Fee Percentage—30%

(Editor’s note: This is the third Network split that Walters and Szajkovics have made together in Top Echelon.)

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THE RECRUITERS:

Ron Sunshine has made 21 placements as a Top Echelon Network recruiter.  His firm, Ron Sunshine Associates, has been a Preferred Member since 2007.

Larry Goldberg, CPC has made 55 placements as a member of Top Echelon’s Recruiting Network.  His firm, Lawrence Personnel, has been a Preferred Member since 1991.

Kristen Jiles has made 11 placements as a Top Echelon Network recruiter.  Her firm, eSearchPro, Inc., has been a Preferred Member since 2007.

Debra Bennett has made 1 placement as a Top Echelon Network recruiter.  Her firm, Velocity Search Group, has been a Preferred Member since April of 2013.

THE SPLIT PLACEMENTS:

It doesn’t matter if you’re a brand-new Top Echelon Network recruiter (Bennett) or if you’ve been in TE for more than 20 years (Goldberg): you can make split fee recruiting placements with a recruiter you’ve never made split placements with before.  So no matter who you are, how long you’ve been a Network Member, or how long you’ve been in the industry, your next split with a new recruiter could be just around the corner!

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“I posted the job on TE.  Larry called me and submitted four candidates, and [the candidate] got hired.  Thanks for your help, Larry!”

Submitted by Ron Sunshine of Ron Sunshine Associates regarding his split placement with Larry Goldberg, CPC of Lawrence Personnel

Position Title—PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR

Fee Percentage—20%

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

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“This is Debra’s first Network placement, and she is FABULOUS.  Great addition to the TE team!”

Submitted by Kristin Jiles of eSearch Pro, Inc. regarding her split placement with Debra Bennett of Velocity Search Group

Position Title—VP of Sales

Fee Percentage—Flat fee recruitment

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

THE TOP RECRUITERS:

Veronica Snyder has made 52 placements as a Top Echelon Network recruiter.  Her firm, Career Professionals, has been a Preferred Member since 1990.

Cindy Andrew Cordell, CPC has made 36 placements as a Top Echelon Network recruiter.  Her firm, Corporate Resources, has been a Preferred Member since 1992.

Therese Eckhoff, CPC has made 20 placements as a Top Echelon Network recruiter.  Her firm, Recruiting Pros of Chicagoland, has been a Preferred Member since 2002.

Pam Copeland has made 1 placement as a Top Echelon Network recruiter.  Her firm, Albert Energy/fulltimeGiGS, has been a Preferred Member since 2011.

THE SPLIT PLACEMENTS:

The split placements below represent the value that Top Echelon Network provides, namely the fact that these recruiters would not have made the placements without the help of their Trading Partners.  The Network helps recruiters make placements (and generate more revenue) that they would NOT have made otherwise.

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“Thank you, Cindy, for your expertise in the IT field.  I couldn’t have done this without you!”

Submitted by Veronica Snyder of Career Professionals, Inc. regarding her split placement with Cindy Andrew Cordell, CPC of Corporate Resources, LLC

Position Title—IT MANAGER

Fee Percentage—25%

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

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“I appreciate Pam’s diligence and professionalism throughout the process.  Her candidate presentations are very thorough.”

Submitted by Therese Eckhoff, CPC of Recruiting Pros of Chicagoland regarding her split placement with Pam Copeland of Albert Energy/fulltimeGiGS

Position Title—PROCESS CONTROLS ENGINEER

Fee Percentage—25%

(Editor’s note: This is the first Network split that Eckhoff and Copeland have made together in Top Echelon.)

What does everybody want these days?

Candidates, that’s what!  More specifically, the right candidates!  Employers want them, your clients want them, and YOU want them?

So what do you do when you don’t have them?  You turn to another split recruiter in Top Echelon Network, like the recruiters below did.  The result?  A Network split that the job order recruiter would not have made otherwise.

How do we know this?  Because as the title to this blog post indicates, the candidate that the other recruiter supplied was the only one submitted by the job order recruiter that their client interviewed.

When you keep striking out on a job order, another split recruiter can provide you with that ONE candidate you need to hit a home run.

So be sure to submit candidates to the Split Candidate Database in Top Echelon Network, and also search the Database for potential matches to your job order.  Because no matter how many times you swing and miss, your next home run could be right around the corner.

Batter up!

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“Mike gave me the ONE person they interviewed through me, and he was hired.  Thanks, Mike, for doing a GREAT job!”

Submitted by Chris Ramsay, CPC of Corporate Resources, LLC regarding her split placement with Mike Lupidi, CPC of M.J. Lupidi & Associates, Inc.

Position Title—MAINTENANCE MANAGER

Fee Percentage—25%

(Editor’s note: This is the third Network split that Ramsay and Lupidi have made together in Top Echelon.)

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“It was great working with Chris on this one.  She had a full understanding of the job, which made qualifying the candidate much easier.”

Submitted by Ron Sunshine of Ron Sunshine Associates regarding his split placement with Chris Ramsay, CPC of Corporate Resources, LLC

Position Title—PLANT MANAGER

Fee Percentage—20%

(Editor’s note: This is the first Network split that Sunshine and Ramsay have made together in Top Echelon.)

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