$47,500 Fee Leads the Way in TE Network

The year is young, but we’ve already had some big placement fees in TE Network . . . like this one and this one.

And now we have another one!

That’s because Russ Hovendick of Client Staffing Solutions, Inc. and Mark Marshall of CRJ Search recently placed a Plant Manager to earn a placement fee of $47,500 at 25%. However, that wasn’t the only split placement made recently in the Network.

There were others, as well, as you can clearly see below. Because the only thing better than a split placement fee . . . is a big split placement fee.

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 February 2 through February 8, 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: Robert Litton of Litton Resource Group

Candidate recruiter: Michael Agen of New Solutions Group, LLC

Job title: PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT

Overall placement fee: $10,000

Fee percentage: Flat

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Job recruiter: Gino DiGuardi of Alari Search, LLC (inactive)

Candidate recruiter: Brad Dodge of iLocatum Recruiting

Job title: VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS

Overall placement fee: $22,500

Fee percentage: 15%

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Job recruiter: Chuck Cole of Cole Professional Search

Candidate recruiter: Brad Dodge of iLocatum Recruiting

Job title: BUSINESS SYSTEMS ANALYST

Overall placement fee: $29,250

Fee percentage: Flat

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Job recruiter: Charlie Isgette of Marlie Park Group

Candidate recruiter: Brad Dodge of iLocatum Recruiting

Job title: REFRIGERATION TECHNICIAN

Overall placement fee: $11,232

Fee percentage: 18%

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Job recruiter: Jeff Calannio of SPG

Candidate recruiter: Rob Hunter of Questgroup Consultants, Inc.

Job title: SALES DIRECTOR

Overall placement fee: $23,600

Fee percentage: 20%

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Job recruiter: Nick Stoia, CPC of ASAP Search

Candidate recruiter: Michael Mabry of Sora Resource Group, LLC

Job title: OPERATIONS SITE LEADER – RENEWABLE ENERGY

Overall placement fee: $28,000

Fee percentage: 20%

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Job recruiter: Russ Hovendick of Client Staffing Solutions, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Mark Marshall of CRJ Search

Job title: PLANT MANAGER

Overall placement fee: $47,500

Fee percentage: 25%

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Job recruiter: Joe Cresci of Food Management Search

Candidate recruiter: Becky Mead of Your Talent Team

Job title: BEVERAGE SALES MANAGER

Overall placement fee: $6,210

Fee percentage: 20%

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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.