Way back in the day, it used to be that only a few Network recruiters made placements with their websites.  They were the “trailblazers,” so to speak, those who recognized the value that a website could bring to their recruiting firm.

Now, everybody’s making website placements!

Okay, not everybody . . . that’s a caffeine-fueled exaggeration.  However, more Network recruiters are making them now with the help of the Hiring Hook Job Board, which allows them to post their jobs to their website (and also to other Network recruiters’ websites).

The result?  More placements and more money, with over half of the placements listed below resulting from one of the Hiring Hook websites for recruiters.

We keep banging this drum, and that’s because recruiters are making more top placements with their website, and they’re making them more frequently.  Sounds like a good reason to bang the drum to us!

Below are the positions that were recently filled by Top Echelon Network recruiters:

• Nurse Manager
• Product Design/Development Engineer
• Physician Assistant
• Director, Distribution Operations
  
• Quality Engineer Mechanical Design
• Turbine Engineer
  
• Account Executive
  
• ERP System Implementation Manager
  

If you work in the above industries and would like to know how you can leverage the Network to make more placements, contact Membership Development Coordinator Drea Codispoti, CPC/CERS at (330) 455-1433, Ext. 156.

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.

Job title: NURSE MANAGER

Fee percentage—15%

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

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Job order recruiter: Lou Michaels of Lou Michaels Associates, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Steve Kohn of Affinity Executive Search

Job title: PRODUCT DESIGN/DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER

Fee percentage—15%

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

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Job order recruiter: Michael Ott, CPC/CERS of Lakeview Staffing Solutions

Candidate recruiter: Carolyn Williams, CPC of Parke Williams, Ltd.

Job title: PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT

Fee percentage—Flat

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

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Job order recruiter: John Wharton, CPC of The Garret Group

Candidate recruiter: Trey Cameron of the Cameron Craig Group

Job title: DIRECTOR, DISTRIBUTION OPERATIONS

Fee percentage—23%

Action causing split placement: The job seeker or client was found through my Hiring Hook website for recruiting and staffing firms.

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Job order recruiter: Russell Schutt, CSP of Progressive Executive, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Jim Strickland of BioSource International

Job title: QUALITY ENGINEER MECHANICAL DESIGN

Fee percentage—Flat

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

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Job order recruiter: David Wood, CPC of The David Wood Company

Candidate recruiter: Rudy Garcia of Joseph Michaels International

Job title: TURBINE 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: Mike Ehlers of Ehlers Recruiting Partners

Candidate recruiter: Debbie Harper, CPC of Harper Hewes, Inc.

Job title: ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE

Fee percentage—20%

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

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Job order recruiter: Joe Noto of Regency Search Group

Candidate recruiter: Anjela Mangrum of Mangrum Career Solutions, LLC

Job title: ERP SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION MANAGER

Fee percentage—15%

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

Are we “beating a dead horse,” for want of a better phrase?  (Actually, can we even say that anymore?  Is that taboo?)

I’m referring to the fact that Network recruiters who attended the recent 2013 Top Echelon Network National Convention continue to make split placements—and we continue to highlight them (and their placements).

Well, if they wouldn’t make so many placements, then we wouldn’t highlight them so much.

Okay, so we’re not “beating a dead horse.”  Instead, we’re “beating the drum” for attending Top Echelon Network conferences and conventions, and we’re doing it because that apparently leads to an avalanche of placements.  (Can we say “avalanche”?  Isn’t that a term associated with disaster?)

Well, what we KNOW we can say, with absolute certainty, is that if you attend the Top Echelon Network Fall Conference in October, you’ll dramatically increase your chances of making more placements. These recruiter conferences can be great.

Below are the positions that were recently filled by Network recruiters (the names of recruiters who attended the 2013 National Convention are italicized):

• Client Technical Architect Visionary
  
• Accounting Manager
  
• EHSQ Director
  
• Supply Chain Director
• SQA Engineer
  
• Maintenance Manager
  
• Safety Manager
  

If you work within the above industries and would like to know how you can make split placements in Top Echelon Network, contact Membership Development Coordinator Drea Codispoti, CPC/CERS at (330) 455-1433, Ext. 156.

THIS WEEK’S COMPLETED SPLIT PLACEMENTS:

Job order recruiter: Carl L. Bradford of Bradford Consulting Companies

Candidate recruiter: Deb North of Deb North Consulting, LLC

Job title: CLIENT TECHNICAL ARCHITECT VISIONARY

Fee percentage—20%

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: ACCOUNTING MANAGER

Fee percentage—22.5%

Action causing split placement: The job order or candidate was sent to me via the automated email alerts.

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Job order recruiter: David Kersey of Kersey & Associates, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Steve Kohn of Affinity Executive Search

Job title: EHSQ DIRECTOR

Fee percentage—20%

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

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Job order recruiter: Maggie Cashman of Cassara Management Group, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Trey Cameron of the Cameron Craig Group

Job title: SUPPLY CHAIN DIRECTOR

Fee percentage—20%

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

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Job order recruiter: Michael Stuck of Gables Search Group, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Mario Linale of Atlas Consulting Group, LLC

Job title: SQA ENGINEER

Fee percentage—15%

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

— — —

Job order recruiter: Chris Ramsay, CPC of Corporate Resources, LLC

Candidate recruiter: Mike Lupidi, CPC of M.J. Lupidi & Associates, Inc.

Job title: MAINTENANCE MANAGER

Fee percentage—25%

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

— — —

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

Candidate recruiter: Neal G. Lehman of Sherwood Lehman Massucco, Inc.

Job title: SAFETY MANAGER

Fee percentage—20%

Action causing split placement: The job order or candidate was sent to me via the automated email alerts.

Why are we calling this the “2013 National Convention Edition” of split placements in The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog?

Because in all of the split placements listed below, at least one of the recruiters involved attended the 2013 Top Echelon Network National Convention in Florida last week.

In fact, in two of the placements, BOTH of the recruiters involved attended the convention.  Not only that, but some of the recruiters involved in these split placements who didn’t attend the convention DID attend a Top Echelon event in the past.

This is no mere coincidence.  This is hard evidence that Top Echelon recruiter networking conferences and conventions provide value for those who attend them.  And to help you sift through the evidence, the names of the recruiters below who attended the 2013 National Convention have been italicized.

As you can see, the evidence speaks for itself.

Below are the positions that were recently filled by Network recruiters:

• Software Engineer
  
• Support Analyst
  
• Staff Verification Engineer
  
• Insurance/VP Commercial Lines
• Corporate Accounts Manager
  
• Quality Engineer
• Production Supervisor/Process Engineer

If you work within these industries and would like to know more about how you can make split placements in the Network, contact Membership Development Coordinator Drea Codispoti, CPC/CERS at (330) 455-1433, Ext. 156.

THIS WEEK’S COMPLETED SPLIT PLACEMENTS!

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

Candidate recruiter: Judy Kaplan of Prof’l Recruiting Consultants

Job title: SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Fee percentage—30%

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: Kristy Bellingham Jones of Jones-Ingham Exec and Sales Recruiting

Job title: SUPPORT ANALYST

Fee percentage—25%

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

— — —

Job order recruiter: Marty Stan of Samaritan Technical Professional

Candidate recruiter: Jim Fitzpatrick of Fitzpatrick & Associates

Job title: STAFF VERIFICATION ENGINEER

Fee percentage—15%

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

— — —

Job order recruiter: Kirby Butler, CPC of The Butlers Co. Insurance Recruiters

Candidate recruiter: Mike McDonough of General Search and Recruitment

Job title: INSURANCE/VP COMMERICAL LINES

Fee percentage—25%

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

— — —

Job order recruiter: Bernie Nutter, CPC of Hire Horizons

Candidate recruiter: Daniel B. Lear of Omega Systems, LLC

Job title: CORPORATE ACCOUNTS MANAGER

Fee percentage—18%

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

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Job order recruiter: Ron Sunshine of Ron Sunshine Associates

Candidate recruiter: Eric Berg of JN Adams & Associates, Inc.

Job title: QUALITY 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: John Peterson of Sun Recruiting, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Ben Lawrence of Career Solutions of Arizona

Job title: PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR/PROCESS ENGINEER
Fee percentage—25%

Action causing split placement: “This is Ben’s first placement as a recruiter!”

Since it’s baseball season, it’s only appropriate that we talk about the “Cal Ripken, Jr.” of Top Echelon Network.

Ripken played his entire Major League Baseball career with the Baltimore Orioles, setting the league record for most consecutive games played at 2,632.  Now that’s consistency.

Sean Napoles, CPC of Career Brokers, Inc. has also maintained an incredibly high level of consistency in the Network during the past 10 years, winning numerous awards in the process.  To date, Napoles has made 176 Network placements for a cash-in total of over $1.5 million.

Of those 176 split placements, he’s made 16 of them with Wendy Johnson of CPS and Professionals Incorporated, including one in this issue of The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog.  As one might suspect, Napoles has made multiple placements with numerous Network recruiters down through the years.

Napoles’s split placement with Johnson is one of two that he has in this week’s issue, and it’s also one of seven that he’s made already in the Network in 2013.  If anybody’s going to catch Trey Cameron of the Cameron Craig Group before the end of the year, it’s going to be the “Cal Ripken, Jr.” of Top Echelon Network.

Below are the positions that were recently filled by Network recruiters:

• IT Project Manager
  
• SAP Bi Dev
  
• Manager of Product Automation
  
• Operations Manager – Industrial Manufacturing
  
• RN/Director of Clinical Services – Hospice
  
• Software Engineer – Progress (two of them!)
  

If you work within any of these industries and would like to know more about how you can make split placements in Top Echelon Network, contact Membership Development Coordinator Drea Codispoti, CPC/CERS at (330) 455-1433, Ext. 156.

THIS WEEK’S COMPLETED SPLIT PLACEMENTS!

Job order recruiter: Wendy Johnson of CPS and Professionals Incorporated

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

Job title: IT PROJECT 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: Matt Bruns of the North Peak Group

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

Job title: SAP BI DEV

Fee percentage—20%

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

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Job order recruiter: Nick Stoia, CPC of ASAP Search and Recruiters

Candidate recruiter: Joe Miglizzi of Perspective

Job title: MANAGER OF PRODUCT AUTOMATION

Fee percentage—30%

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

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Job order recruiter: Paul Johnson of Paul Johnson & Associates

Candidate recruiter: Dan Lawlor of Dan Lawlor

Job title: OPERATIONS MANAGER – INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING

Fee percentage—25%

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

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Job order recruiter: Troy Randolph of Lea Randolph & Associates, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Jim Strickland of BioSource International

Job title: RN/DIRECTOR OF CLINICAL SERVICES – HOSPICE

Fee percentage—Flat

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: Michael Stuck of Gables Search Group, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Bill Law of OraStaff, Inc.

Job title: SOFTWARE ENGINEER – PROGRESS

Fee percentage—15%

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

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Job order recruiter: Michael Stuck of Gables Search Group, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Mario Linale of Atlas Consulting Group, LLC

Job title: SOFTWARE ENGINEER – PROGRESS

Fee percentage—15%

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

What would The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog be without a pop culture reference?  And this week, we’re referencing that classic game show The Price is Right, which rewarded contestants for correctly guessing the price of products (or at least for coming the closest).

But for us, it’s not “Come on down, you’re the next contestant on The Price is Right!”

It’s “Come on, Downs!”  Why?  Because Network recruiter Greg Downs of Downs Associates has two split placements in the newsletter this week.

Downs joined the Network in 2008.  He’s made 20 placements as a Preferred Member of the Top Echelon recruiters network, including five in 2012 and three already in 2013.  Downs works primarily in Environmental Health & Safety, as well as in Engineering and Manufacturing.

So yes, winning a “Showcase Showdown” would be nice.  However, nothing compares to making two placements in a row.

So that means . . . the placement’s right!

While you mull that over, below are the positions that were recently filled by Top Echelon Network recruiters:

• EHS Manager (two of them!)
  
• Casting Furnance Engineer
  
• Process Engineer
  
• Multicultural Marketing
  
• Operations Manager
• Process/Project Engineer

If you work within the industries represented by the positions listed above and want to know how you can make split placements in the Network, contact Membership Development Coordinator Drea Codispoti, CPC/CERS at (330) 455-1433, Ext. 156.

THIS WEEK’S COMPLETED SPLIT PLACEMENTS!

Job order recruiter: Mark Udulutch of Markent Personnel

Candidate recruiter: Greg Downs of Downs Associates

Job title: EHS 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: Jan Hudson of Apple & Assoc. Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Greg Downs of Downs Associates

Job title: EHS MANAGER

Fee percentage—25%

Action causing split placement: “Greg saw our [job] order and sent the candidate over.”

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Job order recruiter: Carey Towe, CPC of Southern Recruiters

Candidate recruiter: Justin Bidwell of Bidwell & Associates, LLC

Job title: CASTING FURANCE ENGINEER

Fee percentage—15%

Action causing split placement: The job order or candidate was sent to me via the automated email alerts.

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Job order recruiter: Chuck Sissom of Sissom & Associates

Candidate recruiter: Veronica Snyder of Career Professionals, Inc.

Job title: PROCESS ENGINEER

Fee percentage—25%

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: Amy Lock of Ives & Associates, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Frank Chavira of HG Arias & Associates

Job title: MULTICULTURAL MARKETING

Fee percentage—25%

Action causing split placement: “He was recommended due to a prior split placement.”

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Job order recruiter: Emily Brown of Management Analysis & Utilization, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: David Wick, CPC of Career Center of Cincinnati, Inc.

Job title: OPERATIONS 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 Peterson of Sun Recruiting, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Trey Cameron of the Cameron Craig Group

Job title: PROCESS/PROJECT ENGINEER

Fee percentage—15%

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

Question: What’s the quickest way to get special mention in The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog?

Answer: Make two (or more placements) in one week.

Of course to do that, you just have to send us the checks for two split placements at the same time . . . just like Network recruiter Amy Dunn of Technology Recruiting Solutions in Houston, Texas did recently!

That’s why we’re highlighting Dunn, one of the top recruiters who has made 24 split placements during her time as a Preferred Member recruiter in Top Echelon Network.  That total includes five placements in 2011 and six placements in 2012.

Dunn specializes in the permanent placement of Information Technology, Accounting/Finance, Human Resources, and occasional Sales and Marketing professionals nationwide.  Be sure to visit her Recruiter Profile for more information.

After you do that, we invite you to check out all of the positions that were recently filled through the joint effort of Top Echelon Network recruiters:

• Business Analyst – Financial Systems
• Senior .NET Developer
• Risk Manager
• Maintenance Technician
• Production Supervisor

If you have any questions about how YOU can make more split placements in Top Echelon Network and generate more revenue for your recruiting firm, contact Membership Development Coordinator Drea Codispoti, CPC/CERS at (330) 455-1433, Ext. 156.

THIS WEEK’S COMPLETED SPLIT PLACEMENTS!

Job order recruiter: Amy Dunn of Technology Recruiting Solutions

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

Job title: BUSINESS ANALYST – FINANCIAL SYSTEMS

Fee percentage—20%

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

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Job order recruiter: Amy Dunn of Technology Recruiting Solutions

Candidate recruiter: Doris Painter of Painter & Associates

Job title: SENIOR .NET DEVELOPER
Fee percentage—18%

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

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Job order recruiter: Frank Sommer of SearchStars, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Jeffrey Gipson of The James Allen Companies, Inc.

Job title: RISK MANAGER

Fee percentage—25%

Action causing split placement: “Amy Simpson, candidate recruiter, saw shared [job] order and responded.”

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Job order recruiter: Kenneth Lowry of Lowry Personnel Services

Candidate recruiter: Thomas Edwards of Front Line Solutions, LLC

Job title: MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN

Fee percentage—25%

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

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Job order recruiter: Brenda Wylie-Biggs, CPC of KB Search Team, LLC

Candidate recruiter: Trey Cameron of the Cameron Craig Group

Job title: SAFETY ENGINEER

Fee percentage—25%

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

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Job order recruiter: Don Lewis of The Doepker Group

Candidate recruiter: Bob Wick of Career Center of Cincinnati, Inc.

Job title: PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR

Candidate $ per hour—$20.19

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

Every month, every quarter, and every year, more and more Top Echelon Network recruiters make placements with their Hiring Hook recruitment website development.

That’s because they have access to the Network Jobs Feed and that allows them to post other Network recruiters’ jobs on their website.  Then, qualified candidates visit their site, see the job openings, and apply for them.

In 2012, 13.5% of all placements made in Top Echelon Network were because of a Hiring Hook website.  That’s the highest percentage of website placements in the Network . . . like, ever.

And that’s not a trend that’s likely to reverse itself anytime soon.  More and more people search for jobs online and apply for jobs online.  If you haven’t optimized your firm’s online presence with a Hiring Hook website, you could be missing out on placement opportunities.

So contact us today to find out more about what Hiring Hook can do for you and your firm.  In the meanwhile, below are the positions that were recently filled by Top Echelon Network recruiters (some with the help of their Hiring Hook website):

• Procurement Specialist
  
• Material Scheduler
  
• Electrical & Instrumentation Engineer
  
• Manager, Accounts Payable
  
• Sales Manager

If you work within the industries and disciplines represented by these positions and want to know how you can make split placements in the Network, contact Membership Development Coordinator Drea Codispoti, CPC/CERS at (330) 455-1433, Ext. 156.

THIS WEEK’S COMPLETED SPLIT PLACEMENTS!

Job order recruiter: Doug Boyce of J.D. Cotter Search, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Trey Cameron of the Cameron Craig Group

Job title: PROCUREMENT SPECIALIST

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: Maria Hemminger of MJ Recruiters, LLC

Candidate recruiter: Trey Cameron of the Cameron Craig Group

Job title: MATERIAL SCHEDULER

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:Alan Daum of Alan N. Daum & Associates, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Joe Cotter of J.D. Cotter Search, Inc.

Job title: ELECTRICAL & INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEER

Fee percentage—25%

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

— — —

Job order recruiter: John Wharton, CPC of The Garret Group

Candidate recruiter: Ken Nunley of 7 Solutions USA

Job title: MANAGER, ACCOUNTS PAYABLE

Fee percentage—25%

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

— — —

Job order recruiter: Rowe Henderson of Rowe Henderson & Associates

Candidate recruiter: Jay Laney of The Williams Company

Job title: SALES MANAGER

Fee percentage—25%

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