$36,250 Split Headlines This Week’s Placements

Congratulations are in order!

Why, you might ask? Because TE Network recruiters are making split placements, and not only that, but one of those splits resulted in a recruiting fee of $36,250.

So the congratulations for that particular split placement (and subsequent recruiting fee) goes to Clint Martz of A to Z Search Group and Lisa Vella Puff of L.V. Enterprises. Clint and Lisa placed a Senior Packaging Engineer to earn their hefty fee at 25%.

However, that is not the only congratulations that are in order this week in The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog. That’s because this was Lisa’s first split placement as a member of TE Network. And she wasn’t alone, either. Mike Miosek of MDS Staffing also made his first Network split, placing a Mechanical Designer with Brad Dodge of iLocatum Recruiting to earn a fee of $19,552.

As a friendly neighborhood reminder, here is the information that we publish with our split placements:

• Names of the trading partners involved (with their profile photos, when available)
• Job title
• Overall placement fee (before TE Network’s 6% brokerage fee, of course)
• Fee percentage

Please note that the placements listed below reflect deals finalized in TE Network for the period from April 6 through April 19, 2026.

Remember, if you don’t want information related to your split placements published in The Pinnacle, please send an email to marketing@topechelon.com to that effect.

Once again, congratulations to everybody below for the split placements they made in TE Network!

This Week’s Split Placements

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Job recruiter: Mike Miosek of MDS Staffing

Candidate recruiter: Brad Dodge of iLocatum Recruiting

Job title: MECHANICAL DESIGNER III

Overall placement fee: $19,552

Fee percentage: 20%

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Job recruiter: Aldin Beslagic of BestLogic Staffing

Candidate recruiter: Brad Dodge of iLocatum Recruiting

Job title: PLANT MANAGER

Overall placement fee: $26,000

Fee percentage: 20%

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Job recruiter: Brian Gruen of Gruen Search Consultants, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Steve Kohn of Affinity Executive Search, Inc.

Job title: ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE MANAGER

Overall placement fee: $15,000

Fee percentage: 20%

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Job recruiter: Jill Kohler Easley of Easley Resource Group Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Hani Mussa of Knowhirematch, LLC

Job title: MECHANICAL ENGINEER

Overall placement fee: $27,500

Fee percentage: 25%

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Job recruiter: Sherry Umpleby of Innovative Search Solutions

Candidate recruiter: Petrina Orecchio of Bellwether Staffing Solutions

Job title: TALENT ACQUISITION SPECIALIST – MANUFACTURING/ENGINEERING

Overall placement fee: $21,000

Fee percentage: 20%

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Job recruiter: Maria Hemminger of MJ Recruiters, LLC

Candidate recruiter: Anna Race of Verus Recruiting Consultants Inc.

Job title: PRODUCTION PLANNER/SCHEDULER

Overall placement fee: $34,500

Fee percentage: 30%

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Job recruiter: Clint Martz of A to Z Search Group

Candidate recruiter: Lisa Vella Puff of L.V. Enterprises

Job title: SENIOR PACKAGING ENGINEER

Overall placement fee: $36,250

Fee percentage: 25%

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If you’re a newer TE Network member and you’d like to enjoy more success in our recruiter network, then I encourage you to contact Top Echelon Director of Network Operations Drea Codispoti, CPC/CERS.

You can do so by calling 330.595.1742 or by sending an email to drea@topechelon.com.