At Top Echelon, we love it when recruiters enjoy quick success in the Network (usually defined by making a split placement with the first six to 12 months).

But what if a recruiter made three split placements in their first six months?  And what if they made those three placements with the same Trading Partner, somebody with who they work extremely well?

That’s the case in this installment of “‘Comments’ and Compliments Extra.”  Mario Linale of Atlas Consulting Group, LLC joined Top Echelon Network as a Preferred Member recruiter in October of 2012, and he promptly hit the ground running, with some help from Michael Stuck of Gables Search Group, Inc.

As a result, Linale has already received a tremendous return on this Network investment . . . and he’s only been a Preferred Member recruiter for six months.

That’s why there is no double that this is the beginning of a great split partner relationship!

(Below are Stuck’s thoughts regarding his Trading Partner relationship with Linale.  Click here for Linale’s comments.)

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>“This should have been my second placement with Mario.  Our first one was a fall-off three days before the guy was supposed to start.  It’s nice to get this second one so quickly to make up for losing the first one.  This is Mario’s first placement in TE, and he just joined the Network back in October.  What an ultimate pro you are, Mario, and a welcome addition to the Network.  We have a lot of other candidates in the works, so it’s only a matter of time before we get another one.  Great working with you!”

Submitted by Michael Stuck of Gables Search Group, Inc. regarding his split placement with Mario Linale of Atlas Consulting Group, LLC

Position Title—SOFTWARE ENGINEER – PROGRESS

Fee Percentage—15%

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

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“Mario and I hit another one, and have one more pending. What a pleasure it is to work with Mario. He may be a new guy to Top Echelon, but works as a true veteran. Thanks for all the great candidates Mario. Let’s keep the momentum rolling.”

Submitted by Michael Stuck of Gables Search Group, Inc. regarding his split placement with Mario Linale of Atlas Consulting Group, LLC

Position Title—CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Fee Percentage—25%

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

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“Mario and I hit another one together. This is our third completed placement and, we have one more pending and one fell off, so five together so far since Mario contacted me only a few months ago to work together. He is definitely a great trading partner. Thanks for all your help Mario. Let’s keep this going.”

Submitted by Michael Stuck of Gables Search Group, Inc. regarding his split placement with Mario Linale of Atlas Consulting Group, LLC

Position Title—SQA ENGINEER

Fee Percentage—15%

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

We are all connected . . . by the “great circle of split placements”!

Okay, so that phrase didn’t originate from a Disney animated film that grossed hundreds of millions of dollars.  However, it was the product of this week’s placements in Top Echelon Network.

That’s because we featured Network recruiter Michael Stuck of Gables Search Group, Inc. in this issue of The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog, and he recently made a split placement with Network recruiter Laurie Gillespie of Dayspring & Associates.

Gillespie, meanwhile, has not one, but TWO split placements in this week’s issue of The Pinnacle.

Does that seem more like a triangle to you than a circle, maybe even an isosceles triangle?  Unfortunately, the “great isosceles triangle of split placements” doesn’t make much sense.

While I try to figure this out, please peruse the list of positions that were recently filled by Top Echelon Network recruiters:

• Software Engineer – Progress
  
• Datastage Systems Consultant
  
• Polymer Research Engineer
  
• Data Analytics & Visualization Analyst
  
• HR Manager
  
• Web Developer/Programmer
  
• Project Manager
  
• Key Account Sales – Central
  

Do you work within the industries and disciplines represented by these positions?  If so, then we might be featuring YOUR split placement next!

If you have any questions about circles, triangles, or how you can make 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: Michael Stuck of Gables Search Group, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Laurie Gillespie of Dayspring & Associates

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: Melinda O’Neill of Enterprise Search Associates, LLC

Candidate recruiter:  Laurie Gillespie of Dayspring & Associates

Job title: DATASTAGE SYSTEMS CONSULTANT

Fee percentage—20%

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

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Job order recruiter: Karen Akbal-Sturgeon of KLA Industries

Candidate recruiter: Veronica Snyder of Career Professionals, Inc.

Job title: POLYMER RESEARCH 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: Kim Kirby of Balanced Career Solutions, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Catherine Reynolds of OnBoard Recruitment Advisers

Job title: DATA ANALYTICS & VISUALIZATION ANALYST

Fee percentage—20%

Action causing split placement: “Catherine saw the job posting on TE and called me to get more information on it.”

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Job order recruiter: Ron Sunshine of Ron Sunshine Associates

Candidate recruiter: Ken Nunley of 7 Solutions USA

Job title: HR 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: Robert Briones, CPC of R.A. Briones & Company

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

Job title: WEB DEVELOPER/PROGRAMMER

Fee percentage—30%

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: Paul Miller of Miller-Franklin Search Group

Job title: PROJECT MANAGER

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: Maja Munoz of Human Technologies, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Rob Spaulding of Spaulding Associates

Job title: KEY ACCOUNT SALES – CENTRAL

Fee percentage—30%

Action causing split placement: “Rob Spaulding emailed asking if we still needed candidates.  He sent a solid one, and it was a done deal!”

Everybody loves a good story . . . especially a good recruiting story.

This week in The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog, we don’t have just one or even two good recruiting stories—we have three!  That trio of headhunting tales is courtesy of Top Echelon Network recruiter Michael Stuck of Gables Search Group, Inc.

There are many things that make these stories great:

• All three were the first split placement that Stuck made with the other recruiters involved (Kevin Bautista, Steve Strickland, and Terry Rhodes).
• In two of the three situations, the other recruiter was making their first split placement in Top Echelon Network (Bautista and Rhodes).
• One of the splits involved the placement of a Chief Executive Officer, which brought with it a rather hefty fee.
• Each split placement exemplifies the teamwork associated with high-quality Trading Partner relationships in the Network.

We’d like to thank Stuck for submitting his comments and for helping us to highlight these split placements—and these three great recruiting stories!

If YOU have a great recruiting story regarding a recent split placement with another Network recruiter, send your comments to marketing@topechelon.com, and they’ll appear in a future issue of The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog.

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“This was a unique placement.  The candidate Laurie presented started the interview process before Christmas, then left for a month-long trip to Argentina and came back a month later, finished the interview process, and landed the job.  Good things happen those who wait.  What a super job Laurie did in both finding this candidate and communicating along the way.  Thanks, Laurie!”

Submitted by Michael Stuck of Gables Search Group, Inc. regarding his split placement with Kevin Bautista of Joseph Michaels International

Position Title—SQL DEVELOPER

Fee Percentage—15%

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

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“Bill has been super to work with to place these Progress Developers.  He has sent multiple candidates, and they all seem to get interviews and do well.  It’s just a matter of time until we get another one, Bill.  Thanks for all of your hard work on finding such great candidates!”

Submitted by Michael Stuck of Gables Search Group, Inc. regarding his split placement with Steve Strickland of American Career Search, Inc.

Position Title—CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Fee Percentage—25%

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

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“It was great working with Terry on our first split together.  [He] sent just this one candidate to see if I had interest, and lo and behold, she ended up getting the job out of multiple candidates who interviewed.  Nice job!  Looking forward to working together again one day.”

Submitted by Michael Stuck of Gables Search Group, Inc. regarding his split placement with Terry Rhodes of NewCareers

Position Title—BUSINESS CONSULTANT

Fee Percentage—15%

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

The great thing about Trading Partner relationships in Top Echelon Network is that once you reach a certain point, the placements just start to flow.

Take, for example, two of the recruiters highlighted in this week’s placements—Patrick Staudacher and Sean Napoles.

Staudacher and Napoles have made seven split placements during the past two years, and two of those occurred recently.  This is just more evidence of the fact that once you make one split placement with another Preferred Member recruiter, many more can follow.

Below is the list of positions that were filled this past week by Network recruiters:

• SAP Analyst SD
  
• SAP Manager
  
• Director of Purchasing
  
• Chief Executive Officer
  
• Vice President – Assistant Controller
• Product Engineering Manager
  
• Software Developer
  
• Process Engineer
  

Are you looking to fill positions just like these?  Do you work with candidates who have these titles?  Then YOU can make placements in Top Echelon Network.

If you have questions about how you can make 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: Patrick Staudacher, CPC of Talsco, Inc.

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

Job title: SAP ANALYST SD

Fee percentage—20%

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

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Job order recruiter: Patrick Staudacher, CPC of Talsco, Inc.

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

Job title: SAP Manager

Fee percentage—Flat

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: DIRECTOR OF PURCHASING

Fee percentage—25%

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: Steve Strickland of American Career Search, Inc.

Job title: CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Fee percentage—25%

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

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Job order recruiter: John Moskonas of The ARGroup of Search Companies

Candidate recruiter: Roy Cope of R. Cope & Associates, Inc.

Job title: VICE PRESIDENT – ASSISTANT CONTROLLER

Fee percentage—25%

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

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Job order recruiter: Mark Udulutch of Markent Personnel

Candidate recruiter: Ronald L. Puibello of Ronald L. Puibello Search, Inc.

Job title: PRODUCT ENGINEERING 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: Marc Tappis of Opportunity Search, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Angela Marasco of A. Marasco Recruiting, LLC

Job title: SOFTWARE DEVELOPER

Fee percentage—20%

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: Jim Hipskind, CPC of Continental Search & Outplacement, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: John Peterson of Sun Recruiting, Inc.

Job title: PROCESS ENGINEER

Fee percentage—25%

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

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Believe it or not, two months of the year are already gone!  What the heck happened to them?  I have no idea, but I do know this: Early Bird Registration for the 2013 Top Echelon Network National Convention ends on Friday, March 1!

What is that important?  It’s important because you can save money while signing up for our 25th anniversary event.  The price of Early Bird Registration is just $495 per person.

It’s also important because attending events like the National Convention is one of the best ways to enjoy more success as a Preferred Member recruiter in Top Echelon Network.  I know, I know, we sound like a broken record, don’t we?

Well, there’s a reason for that: because we’re telling the truth!

We have case study after case study and story after story illustrating the value that attending these events can bring you, your recruiting desk, and your recruiting firm.  We’re not making this stuff up.  We’re just reporting it, and below are a few examples:

Anjela Mangrum makes her first Network split placement with Joe Noto after meeting at the 2012 Fall Conference!

Top Producers Maria Hemminger and Suzanne Griffith also make a split placement after the 2012 Fall Conference!

Cindy Szajkovics and Peter Oettinger make a split placement after meeting at the 2012 National Convention!

We want YOU to be our next case study.  We want to use the story of one of YOUR placements to help convince other Preferred Members of the value that attending our conventions can provide.

But we need YOU to attend the National Convention first!  Attend the convention, meet other recruiters, find Trading Partners, and make placements that you wouldn’t have made otherwise.

And yes—that’s absolutely as much fun as it sounds.  We’ll see you in Florida!

Register for the 2013 National Convention!

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The forensic crime drama CSI and its spin-offs have enjoyed a long life on network television.  One of the most memorable lines from that series—its signature line, really—is “The evidence never lies.”

And so it is with the value associated with attending Top Echelon Network conferences and conventions: the evidence of that value never lies, and that evidence almost always takes the form of split placements between Preferred Member recruiters.

Take, for example, the two recruiters involved in our most recent case study.  One is a veteran of the recruiting industry who’s been a Member of the Network for 20 years.  The other became a Preferred Member in April of 2012.  Both attended the 2012 Top Echelon Network Fall Conference in Chicago.

While at the conference, they networked with one another, but more importantly, they continued to network after the conference was over.  What was the result (or perhaps more accurately, the evidence)?  It was a split placement mere months later, and not only that, it was the first Network split for the new Preferred Member.

If these two recruiters hadn’t attended the Fall Conference, they wouldn’t have met, they wouldn’t have networked, and they would NOT have made this split placement.

The evidence never lies . . .

This convention case study is a prime example of Network success, and it’s also a prime reason why you should attend the upcoming Top Echelon Network National Convention!

Want another reason?  Early Bird Registration for the convention ends on Friday, March 1.  You only have a few days left, so sign up now!

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“I believe Anjela contacted me as a follow-up from the Chicago Fall Conference.  After our discussion, I contacted her with info about this search.  She subsequently provided me with two candidates, and both of them were right on target.  Of the three finalists for the position, two of them were Anjela’s.  I appreciate help from TE Trading Partners, but what I appreciate most is when the candidates are well qualified by recruiters and right on target.  Anjela did a great job with both.”

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

Position Title—DIRECTOR OF PURCHASING
Fee Percentage—25%

(Editor’s note: this is the first 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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