CAUSING SPLIT PLACEMENTS THIS WEEK:

Once again, Hiring Hook staffing firm and recruitment website design led the way!  Over half of the split placements made by Top Echelon Network recruiters this week were through their Hiring Hook website.

This underscores a trend that has been happening for quite some time, namely that more and more recruiters are making money from their agency’s website.  Specifically, they’re using the Hiring Hook Job Board to not only post their jobs on their site and to social media, but also on the websites of other recruiting agencies that are Preferred Members of the Network!

More job seekers are looking for jobs online (especially with mobile devices) with each passing day, meaning this is a trend that’s just beginning.

POSITIONS FILLED THIS WEEK:

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

• Automation Engineer
• Quality Engineer Assembly
• Environmental Specialist
• VP of Sales
• Senior Accountant – Real Estate

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

THIS WEEK’S COMPLETED SPLIT PLACEMENTS:

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

Candidate recruiter: Steve Kohn of Affinity Executive Search

Job title: AUTOMATION ENGINEER

Fee percentage—20%

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

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Job recruiter: Georgette Sandifer of Gallman Consulting

Candidate recruiter: Steve Kohn of Affinity Executive Search

Job title: QUALITY ENGINEER ASSEMBLY

Fee percentage—25%

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

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Job recruiter: Rose Langhals of Bridgeway Professionals, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Trey Cameron of the Cameron Craig Group

Job title: ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIALIST

Fee percentage—20%

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

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Job recruiter: Kristin Jiles of eSearch Pro, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Debra Bennett of Velocity Search Group

Job title: VP OF SALES

Fee percentage—Flat

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

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Job recruiter: John Moskonas of The ARGroup of Search Companies

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

Job title: SENIOR ACCOUNTANT – REAL ESTATE

Fee percentage—20%

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

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%

Yes, we’ve implored you to make website placements with Hiring Hook in the recent past . . . but we’re going to do it again.

Why?  Because even MORE recruiters have made website placements with Hiring Hook!

We’ve included those split placements—along with the Top Echelon Network recruiters associated with them—in this issue of The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog.

Remember, with the help of Hiring Hook job board integration, these recruiters can post their jobs to their website and also to other Network recruiters’ websites.  The result?  More qualified candidates, more sendouts, and ultimately, more split fee recruiting placements.

If you don’t have a Hiring Hook Job Board on YOUR firm’s website, contact us today and we’ll tell you all about it.  In the meantime, below are the positions that were recently filled by Top Echelon Network recruiters.

• Chief Financial Officer
• Juvenile Furniture Designer
• Plant Manager
• Automation Manager
• Senior Mechanical Engineer

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: Randall Hardwick of Avalon Recruiting

Candidate recruiter: Debi Apple of Apple & Associates, Inc.

Job title: CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Fee percentage—18.5%

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

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Job recruiter: Rick Krumel of SearchWise, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Jim Strickland of BioSource International

Job title: JUVENILE FURNITURE DESIGNER

Fee percentage—25%

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

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Job recruiter: Ron Sunshine of Ron Sunshine Associates

Candidate recruiter: Chris Ramsay, CPC of Corporate Resources, LLC

Job title: PLANT 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 recruiter: Alan Daum of Alan N. Daum & Associates, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Lisa Reitz of Automationtechies.com

Job title: AUTOMATION MANAGER

Fee percentage—25%

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

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Job recruiter: Suzanne Griffith, CPC of J S Griffith & Associates

Candidate recruiter: Terry Rhodes of NewCareers

Job title: SENIOR MECHANICAL ENGINEER

Fee percentage—25%

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

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.)

We can’t overstate the role that the Top Echelon Pillar of communication plays in the Network placement process.

This week in The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog, we’re highlighting two recruiters who have made 17 Network splits together.  Not only that, but they’ve made that many split placements over less than four years.

One of main reasons they’ve made that many Network splits: communication, communication, communication!  (That’s still just one reason, not three.)

We’re also highlighting two other recruiters who made their first Network split together recently, and the reason they made the placement was . . . that’s right, communication.  Who knows?  Perhaps they’ll eventually make 17 split placements, too.

If you make a commitment to communication within Top Echelon Network—a serious commitment of time and energy—then you’ll be successful in Top Echelon Network.  The proof is not only below, but also in the over 20,000 placements that we’ve helped recruiters make during the past 25 years.

And communication will play a big role in the NEXT 20,000, as well.

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“Denise responded to my Discussion/Splitsville posting for help.  She provided me with the perfect candidate.  She’s a great Trading Partner!”

Submitted by Joan R. Walters, CPC of JR Walters Resources regarding her split placement with Denise Mancuso of Client Growth Consultants, Inc.

Position Title—MANUFACTURING ENGINEER MANAGER

Fee Percentage—25%

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

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“The more we communicate, the more placements we make.  Funny how that happens!”

Submitted by Wendy Johnson of CPS and Professionals Incorporated regarding her split placement with Sean Napoles, CPC of Career Brokers, Inc.

Position Title—JAVA S/W ENGINEER

Fee Percentage—Flat

(Editor’s note: This is the 17th Network split that Johnson and Napoles 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

In this week’s issue of The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog, we have irrefutable proof that you can enjoy tremendous success with a Top Echelon Network Trading Partner in a short amount of time.

We’ve highlighted the recruiters in this blog post before.  Those recruiters are Michael Stuck of Gables Search Group, Inc. and Mario Linale of Atlas Consulting Group, LLC.

They made three straight split placements earlier this year.  While one of those placements fell off, they responded by making two more!  (And that’s why we’re featuring them once again.)

That means they’ve made four split placements in less than five months.  Wouldn’t you like to enjoy that kind of production with ALL of your Trading Partners?

And Stuck and Linale are by no means finished.  There are still almost seven months remaining in 2013.  There’s a chance they could make 10 split placements total this year.

If you’d like to benefit from this type of Trading Partner relationship, call Top Echelon Network Membership Development Coordinator Drea Codispoti, CPC/CERS at (330) 455-1433, Ext. 156.

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“Mario and I hit another one together.  This is our third completed placement.  We have one more pending and one fell off, so that’s five all together 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.)

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“This is the fourth official split Mario and I have made together in the last four months, and it would have been number five if it weren’t for a fall-off.  I can’t say enough about what a great Trading Partner Mario is.  He is spectacular to work with.  Thanks again, Mario, for such outstanding candidates.”

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 FOURTH split placement that Stuck and Linale have made together in Top Echelon Network.)

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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We have a multiple winner in our “Recruiter of the Month” award!  Not that we haven’t had a multiple winner before.  We have, but that was back when The Pinnacle was in delivered via email in a PDF format.  The winner for the month of August: Trey Cameron of the Cameron Craig Group.  Cameron was also the “Recruiter of the Month” back in December of 2010, and the way he’s been churning out split placements lately, he might win the award again in the near future.  As it is, he’s currently the number-one recruiter in the Network in terms of cash-in.

As always, we recognize recruiters for achievement in two categories every month and quarter.  Those categories are “Recruiter of the Month” (as we’ve already mentioned) and “Highest Split Placement Fee of the Month.”  Below are the winners of these awards for August.  We’d like to congratulate the recruiters who earned them and thank them for their efforts.  Remember, for more information about the placements and cash-in totals associated with these awards, please login to the Members’ Area and view the profiles and placement details of the recruiters involved.

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Recruiter of the Month
Trey Cameron of the Cameron Craig Group

Cameron ran away from the field with five split placements, finishing ahead of two recruiters who had three placements each. Those recruiters were Russell Schutt, CSP of Progressive Executive, Inc., and Bob Small of Carroll Technology Services, Inc.  Schutt edged Small for second place by the smallest of margins—$140.  How close is that?  The closest two recruiters have been since the inception of these awards a few years ago.

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Highest Split Placement Fee of the Month
Steve Brody of Executive Resource Systems and Ross Causley, CTS of QCI Technical Staffing

This hefty fee was earned by placing an Audit Partner.  The action causing this placement was listed as “Regular phone communication with a Top Echelon Network Member in my specialty area.”

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Our criteria for these awards:

Top Echelon Network is a split placement network.  As such, we place an emphasis on split placements, and that emphasis constitutes the basis of our criteria for these awards.  We determine the monthly and quarterly award winners based upon two factors, which are listed below in order of importance:

1.) The number of split placements made
2.) The amount of cash-in dollars earned as a result of those split placements

In other words, the number of split placements that recruiters make is our first consideration.  In the event of a tie, the cash-in total earned from those split placements is the deciding factor and serves to break the tie.  Obviously, the recruiter with more cash-in dollars in the event of a tie is the recruiter who wins the award.

More isn’t necessarily better . . . unless, of course, you’re talking about split placements.  And then more is definitely better.

We’ve continued to receive a steady stream of comments from Preferred Member recruiters wanting to praise their Trading Partners for recent split placements.  In other words, there have been more ‘Comments,’ more compliments, and more split placements, and that’s better for everybody.

We want you to join the party!  If you have comments for a Trading Partner regarding a split placement, please email those comments to marketing@TopEchelon.com.

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“MJ Recruiters + Bridgeway Professionals = a great team!  This isn’t our first placement, [and] it won’t be our last.  Thank you, Rose, for a great local candidate.”

Submitted by Maria Hemminger of MJ Recruiters, LLC regarding her split placement with Rose Langhals of Bridgeway Professionals, Inc.

Position Title—Mechanical Design Engineer
Fee Percentage—25%

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“Late start date . . . everybody hang on!  Dan, thanks for all your help and emotional support on this thing.  Hopefully, it all works out.”

Submitted by Jay Laney of The Williams Company regarding his split placement with Dan Schultz, CSP of Premier Employment

Position Title—Plant Manager
Fee Percentage—25%

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“Al Daum rocks!”

Submitted by Kristy Fitch of Automationtechies.com regarding her split placement with Alan Daum of Alan N. Daum & Associates, Inc.

Position Title—Senior Controls Engineer
Fee Percentage—Flat

(Editor’s Note: Of course Al Daum rocks!  After all, he’s a rockstar!)

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Remember, if you have comments for a Trading Partner regarding a split placement, please email those comments to marketing@TopEchelon.com.