$50K Fee Takes the Top Spot in February

The grass is green. The sky is blue. And recruiter Amy Chapman of Key People Staffing makes earns big split placement fees in TE Network.

Want more proof? (Of Amy’s fees, I mean . . . not the grass or the sky.) Then simply look at the Largest Split Fees of the Month in TE Network for February. Once again, Amy is in the top five, and once again, once again, she was part of the largest split fee of the month.

Amy made that split with Irina Kirnos of Executive Placement Network. The duo placed a Director of Technical Services to earn a $50,000 fee at 25%. What’s even more interesting is that this split represents the first split that Irina has made in TE Network!

So it doesn’t matter if you’ve made a bunch of splits in the Network or zero splits . . . the Largest Split Fee of the Month could be right around the corner.

As a friendly reminder, Top Echelon determines the monthly and quarterly winners of its TE Network split fee recruiting awards in four distinct categories:

1.) Recruiter of the Month
2.) Largest Split Fee of the Month
3.) Recruiter of the Quarter
4.) Largest Split Fee of the Quarter

We only announce the winners of these awards in The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog. We do so usually (but not always) in the issue following the conclusion of each month and/or quarter.

So congratulations to everybody on the list below for scoring some BIG placement fees during the month!

Largest Split Placement Fees – February 2026

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First Place:

Amy Chapman of Key People Staffing and Irina Kirnos of Executive Placement Network

The position for this split placement was a Director of Technical Services and the fee percentage associated with this placement was 25%.

Amy was the job order recruiter and Irina was the candidate recruiter.

The fee for this split placement was $50,000.

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Second Place:

Russ Hovendick of Client Staffing Solutions, Inc. and Mark Marshall of CRJ Search

The position for this split placement was a Plant Manager and the fee percentage associated with this placement was 25%.

Russ was the job order recruiter and Mark was the candidate recruiter.

The fee for this split placement was $47,500.

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Third Place:

Carol McBride of RCC Group, LLC and Brad Dodge of iLocatum Recruiting

The position for this split placement was a Director of Internal Audit and the fee percentage associated with this placement was 25%.

Carol was the job order recruiter and Brad was the candidate recruiter.

The fee for this split placement was $43,750.

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Fourth Place:

Larry Basilone of Basilone Executive Search and Jeff Crowley of JobFormance LLC

The position for this split placement was a Plant Manager and the fee percentage associated with this placement was 25%.

Larry was the job order recruiter and Jeff was the candidate recruiter.

The fee for this split placement was $35,000.

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Fifth Place:

Amy Chapman of Key People Staffing and Steve Kohn of Affinity Executive Search, Inc.

The position for this split placement was a Mechanical Engineer and the fee percentage associated with this placement was 25%.

Amy was the job order recruiter and Steve was the candidate recruiter.

The fee for this split placement was $30,000.

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If YOU want to make more money through Top Echelon’s recruiting network, then contact Director of Network Operations Drea Codispoti, CPC/CERS.

You can reach Drea by calling 330.595.1742 or by sending an email to drea@topechelon.com.