$51,875 Split Leads the Way in TE This Week

We have more big placement fees and more recruiters who have made their first split placement in TE Network!

Let’s start with the big fees, shall we? In fact, let’s start with the $51,875 fee that Bruce Widnes of Bruce Widnes and Paul Danowski of Grace Search Service, Inc. earned. Bruce and Paul placed a Manufacturing Site Director to split that $51,875 fee.

And as stated previously, we have a recruiter who has made their first split placement in TE Network. The recruiter in question is Nicole Mitchell of LRSolutions, LLC. Congratulations to Nicole!

As a friendly neighborhood reminder, here is the information that we publish with our 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 31 through April 6, 2025.

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.

Congratulations to everybody below for the split placements they made in TE Network!

This Week’s Split Placements

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Job recruiter: Amy Chapman of Key People Staffing

Candidate recruiter: Sara Alexandroff of Sterling St. James, Inc.

Job title: PRODUCTION MANAGER

Overall placement fee: $26,250

Fee percentage: 25%

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Job recruiter: Dan Trudeau of PRA USA

Candidate recruiter: Amir Asgari of Saba Talent

Job title: RF HARDWARE ENGINEER

Overall placement fee: $29,000

Fee percentage: 20%

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Job recruiter: Bruce Widnes of Bruce Widnes

Candidate recruiter:

Job title: MANUFACTURING SITE DIRECTOR – FOOD

Overall placement fee: $51,875

Fee percentage: 25%

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

Candidate recruiter: Brad Dodge of iLocatum Recruiting

Job title: TECHNICAL DESIGNER

Overall placement fee: $12,000

Fee percentage: 20%

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Job recruiter: James Sullivan of Ethical Search Professionals, Ltd

Candidate recruiter: Brad Dodge of iLocatum

Job title: PLANT MANAGER

Overall placement fee: $29,500

Fee percentage: 25%

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Job recruiter: Gino DiGuardi of Alari Search, LLC

Candidate recruiter: Brad Dodge of iLocatum

Job title: ACCOUNTS PAYABLE SUPERVISOR

Overall placement fee: $13,200

Fee percentage: 22%

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Job recruiter: Katrina Pankuch of Aspire Talent Solutions, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Rick Gallin of Gallin Associates

Job title: CNC SALES MANAGER

Overall placement fee: $28,125 

Fee percentage: 22.50%

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Job recruiter: Nicole Mitchell of LRSolutions, LLC

Candidate recruiter: Katherine Mastantuono of The KPM Group

Job title: CUSTOMER SALES SPECIALIST

Overall placement fee: $12,100

Fee percentage: 22%

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Job recruiter: David Wood, CPC of The David Wood Company

Candidate recruiter: Hani Mussa of Knowhirematch, LLC

Job title: INDUSTRIAL ELECTRICIAN

Overall placement fee: $13,185

Fee percentage: 15%

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

Candidate recruiter: Jim Strickland of BioSource Recruiters

Job title: ACCOUNT MANAGER

Overall placement fee: $18,750

Fee percentage: 25%

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Job recruiter: Sherry Umpleby of Innovative Search Solutions

Candidate recruiter: Michael Stuck of Gables Search Group

Job title: PRODUCTION MANAGER

Overall placement fee: $20,350

Fee percentage: 22%

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Job recruiter: Gary Kaufman of ExcelliSearch, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Michael Stuck of Gables Search Group

Job title: SENIOR ORACLE EBS DEVELOPER

Overall placement fee: $29,400

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.