$50K Fee Tops This Week’s Split Placements

There have been a lot of big recruiting fees in TE Network recently. For example, here . . . and here . . . and here.

And we have yet another one in this issue of The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog!

That’s because Network members Russ Hovendick of Client Staffing Solutions, Inc. and Steve Kohn of Affinity Executive Search, Inc. placed a Plant Manager to earn a fee of $50,000 at 25%.

However, as you can see below, this was far from the only split placement made recently in TE Network. Other recruiters also benefited from their investment in Network membership, and that’s what we want every member of the Network to do.

Because we are not successful unless YOU are . . .

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 March 2 through March 15, 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: Cliff Rusnak of M-Works Search

Candidate recruiter: Brad Dodge of iLocatum Recruiting

Job title: PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER

Overall placement fee: $25,750

Fee percentage: 25%

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

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

Job title: PLANT MANAGER

Overall placement fee: $50,000

Fee percentage: 25%

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Job recruiter: Kristy Staggs of Byrnes & Rupkey, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Jennifer Lechner of HCP Talent

Job title: FABRICATION WELDER

Overall placement fee: $11,648

Fee percentage: 20%

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Job recruiter: Sherry Umpleby of Innovative Search Solutions

Candidate recruiter: Nicole Mitchell of LRSolutions, LLC

Job title: MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN

Overall placement fee: $16,016

Fee percentage: 22%

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Job recruiter: Gary Kaufman of ExcelliSearch, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Adam Pantelli of AJ Search

Job title: PLANT DIRECTOR

Overall placement fee: $36,900

Fee percentage: 18%

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Job recruiter: Christina Boudreaux of Connectly Recruiting

Candidate recruiter: Loren Robertson of Mosaic Partners

Job title: DIGITAL MARKETING ACCOUNT MANAGER

Overall placement fee: $22,000

Fee percentage: 22%

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Job recruiter: Jon Missirlian of Orion Placement

Candidate recruiter: Michael Stuck of Gables Search Group

Job title: ASSOCIATE ATTORNEY – EMPLOYMENT LITIGATION

Overall placement fee: $23,625

Fee percentage: 17.50%

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Job recruiter: Amylyn Kyler of Kyler Professional Search

Candidate recruiter: Chris Wessell of PeopleWise

Job title: ACCOUNTANT

Overall placement fee: $16,500

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.