At Top Echelon, we like to feature recruiters who are doing things the right way in the Network.  This, of course, means that we highlight a heck of a lot of recruiters.

After all, split placements in Top Echelon Network are up nearly 25% over this time a year ago.

The Trading Partner relationship that we’re featuring this week is comprised of one of the Network recruiters who started in the industry in 1991 and one who started in 2006.  One recruiter has made 181 Network placements, and the other has made 19 Network placements.

Together, they’ve made 14 split placements in Top Echelon Network during the past four years.  Not only that, but the fee for their most recent split placement (highlighted below) totaled $47,500!

Once again, it doesn’t matter how long you’ve been in the recruiting business, how long you’ve been in the Network, or what industry you work: you can make split placements with another recruiter, regardless of their tenure or their experience.  And not just a few splits, either—14 of them!

So congratulations to these two Top Echelon Network recruiters for splitting that large fee, for building and sustaining such an awesome Trading Partner relationship, and for doing things the right way.

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“This is the 14th split placement that Rebecca and I have made in the last four years.  Continued communication between partners in an industry pays off.”

Submitted by Dan Simmons, CPC of Continental Search & Outplacement, Inc. regarding his Network split placement with Rebecca Kohn of Affinity Executive Search

Position Title—MARKETING DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR

Fee Percentage—25%

(Editor’s note: This is the 14th Network split placement that Simmons and Kohn have made together in Top Echelon.)

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It’s not often that we publicize the size of a split fee in Top Echelon Network . . . but this week, we just can help ourselves.

That’s because the split fee in question (the first one listed below) is over $50,000!

It might not surprise you that the driving force behind the split placement was listed as “Regular communication with another Top Echelon Network recruiter.”  That is the number-one way that Top Echelon Network recruiters make split placements—including placements with split fees of over $50,000!

Let’s see . . . both recruiters involved will pay $1,500 apiece in membership dues this year.  It appears they received a rather substantial return on their Top Echelon Network investment in 2013, and the year isn’t even halfway over yet.

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

• VP of Global Claims
• Quality Engineer – Automotive
• Quality Engineer
• Sr. Java Developer
• Wireless/Mobile Applications Architect

Call (330) 455-1433 for more information about Hiring Hook.  And don’t forget: you can request a FREE website evaluation for your agency!

THIS WEEK’S COMPLETED SPLIT PLACEMENTS:

Job recruiter: John Moskonas of The ARGroup of Search Companies

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

Job title: VP OF GLOBAL CLAIMS

Fee percentage—25%

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

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Job recruiter: Maria Hemminger of MJ Recruiters, LLC

Candidate recruiter: Bill Quackenbush, CPC/CTS of QCI Technical Staffing

Job title: QUALITY ENGINEER – AUTOMOTIVE

Fee percentage—25%

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

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Job recruiter: Maria Hemminger of MJ Recruiters, LLC

Candidate recruiter: Stephanie Jakubik of Bertram & Associates, Inc.

Job title: QUALITY ENGINEER

Fee percentage—25%

Action causing split placement: The job seeker or client was found through one of the many Hiring Hook recruiting websites.

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Job recruiter: Gary Silver of The Shay Group

Candidate recruiter: Jeff Gilbert of Kingfish Technology, LLC

Job title: SR. JAVA DEVELOPER

Fee percentage—20%

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

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Job recruiter: Recruiter Name Withheld

Candidate recruiter: John Barry of ITech Consulting Partners, LLC

Job title: WIRELESS/MOBILE APPLICATIONS ARCHITECT

Fee percentage—20%

What’s the definition of being on a “split recruiting roll”?  Going from zero split placements to two split placements in just two months!

That’s what the Top Echelon Network recruiters in this installment of “‘Comments’ and Compliments” have done, effectively setting themselves up to make even more split placements in the future.  (As opposed to the past, which would be, you know, impossible.)

You never know when “split placement lightning” will strike.  Unlike regular lightning, this type of lightning is likely to strike again . . . and again . . . and again.  And then maybe again.

The key, though, is to communicate with other Network recruiters, reach out to them, share your job orders and candidates, and keep networking.

Then YOU can be on a “split recruiting roll,” too!  (Yes, with a side of butter . . . and maybe throw in some mashed potatoes and gravy.  Mmmmm.)

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“Debbie is always very thorough on her candidate screening and fun to work with.  She found a perfect sales candidate for my client, and everyone’s happy.  Thanks, Debbie!”

Submitted by Mike Ehlers of Ehlers Recruiting Partners regarding his split placement with Debbie Harper, CERS of Harper Hewes, Inc.

Position Title—Account Executive
Fee Percentage—20%

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

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“Debbie and I are on a roll—two months, two deals.  Let’s keep it going, ‘Golf Girl!'”

Submitted by Mike Ehlers of Ehlers Recruiting Partners regarding his split placement with Debbie Harper, CERS of Harper Hewes, Inc.

Position Title—Sales Executive
Fee Percentage—20%

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

Yes, Trey Cameron of the Cameron Craig Group is the Recruiter of the Month . . . again.  However, there’s another Network recruiter at the Cameron Craig Group who’s busy making placements.

That recruiter is Gene McQueen, who has a pair of placements to this credit in this week’s issue of The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog.

McQueen has been a steady producer in the Network, making four split placements in 2010, five in 2011, two last year, and two already this year.  Although he doesn’t match the production of Cameron, if every single recruiter in Top Echelon’s recruiting network made at least as many split fee recruiting placements as McQueen, we’d throw a party.  Seriously . . . we would . . . with cake and stuff.

So congratulations to McQueen, the Cameron Craig Group, and everybody who made a split placement this week in Top Echelon Network!

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

• Principle Scientist
  
• Design Team Engineering Manager
  
• Solutions Architect
  
• Support Supervisor
  
• Manufacturing Engineer Manager
  
• Warehouse Superintendent
  

Remember, you can reach Drea at (330) 455-1433, Ext. 156.  Act now!  Call today!

THIS WEEK’S COMPLETED SPLIT PLACEMENTS:

Job recruiter: Fred Kaplan of Bio-Partners Search Group, LLC

Candidate recruiter: Gene McQueen of the Cameron Craig Group

Job title: PRINCIPLE SCIENTIST

Fee percentage—20%

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

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Job recruiter: Steve Kohn of Affinity Executive Search

Candidate recruiter: Gene McQueen of the Cameron Craig Group

Job title: DESIGN TEAM ENGINEERING MANAGER

Fee percentage—25%

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

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Job recruiter: Deb North of Deb North Consulting, LLC

Candidate recruiter: Angela Jacobson of Capstone Sourcing Center, Inc.

Job title: SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT

Fee percentage—25%

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

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Job recruiter: Connie Moore, CPC of CA Moore & Associates, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Cynthia Strzelecki of Spyglass Search, Inc.

Job title: SUPPORT SUPERVISOR

Fee percentage—25%

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

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Job recruiter: Joan R. Walters, CPC of JR Walters Resources

Candidate recruiter: Denise Mancuso of Client Growth Consultants, Inc.

Job title: MANUFACTURING ENGINEER MANAGER

Fee percentage—25%

Action causinig split placement: Regular communication with another Top Echelon Network recruiter

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Job recruiter: Twanda Deborde of CMD & Associates Executive Search

Candidate recruiter: Robert Gabor of The Gabor Group

Job title: WAREHOUSE SUPERINTENDENT

Fee percentage—Flat

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