$58,750 Split Tops This Week’s TE Placements

While reigning TE Network Recruiter of the Year Brad Dodge of iLocatum Recruiting was well represented once again in this week’s tally of split placements, it was another pair of recruiters who were responsible for the largest split fee of the week.

Those recruiters are Teresa Pernini of Pernini Legal, LLC and Rob Sappenfield of Sappenfield Staffing. Teresa and Rob placed an Associate Attorney – Labor and Employment, earning a recruiting feel of $58,750 in the process.

Don’t be sad for Brad, though. As you can see below, he was part of six split placements recently, helping him to maintain his lead in the race for Recruiter for the Year honors in 2026.

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 May 18 through May 24, 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: Brandon Adsit of Accurate Engineering Solutions, LLC

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

Job title: ELECTRICAL DESIGNER – POWER DISTRIBUTION

Overall placement fee: $18,750

Fee percentage: 15%

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

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

Job title: PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR

Overall placement fee: $17,160

Fee percentage: 25%

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Job recruiter: Troy Randolph of Lea Randolph & Associates, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Kendra Arnold of A Plus Hire Right Search Group, LLC

Job title: HOSPICE SALES EXECUTIVE

Overall placement fee: $16,500

Fee percentage: 15%

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Job recruiter: Wayne Miller of THR Partners

Candidate recruiter: Justin Bidwell of Bidwell & Associates, LLC

Job title: VAVE ENGINEER

Overall placement fee: $27,500

Fee percentage: 25%

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Job recruiter: Steve Schanz of CPS Recruitment

Candidate recruiter: Brad Dodge of iLocatum Recruiting

Job title: SIMULATION & ANALYSIS ENGINEER

Overall placement fee: $25,000

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: PRODUCTION COORDINATOR

Overall placement fee: $15,000

Fee percentage: 20%

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Job recruiter: Amy Chapman of Key People Staffing

Candidate recruiter: Brad Dodge of iLocatum Recruiting

Job title: SENIOR FOOD SCIENTIST

Overall placement fee: $31,250

Fee percentage: 25%

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Job recruiter: Amylyn Kyler of Kyler Professional Search

Candidate recruiter: Brad Dodge of iLocatum Recruiting

Job title: HR MANAGER

Overall placement fee: $22,000

Fee percentage: 20%

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

Candidate recruiter: Brad Dodge of iLocatum Recruiting

Job title: ASSOCIATE PRODUCT MANAGER

Overall placement fee: $16,000

Fee percentage: 20%

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Job recruiter: Sherry Umpleby of Innovative Search Solutions

Candidate recruiter: Brad Dodge of iLocatum Recruiting

Job title: SAFETY & DOI COMPLIANCE MANAGER

Overall placement fee: $23,750

Fee percentage: 25%

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

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

Job title: MAINTENANCE ELECTRICIAN

Overall placement fee: $14,040

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: $9,792

Fee percentage: 12.24%

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Job recruiter: Sherry Umpleby of Innovative Search Solutions

Candidate recruiter: Anna Race of Verus Recruiting Consultants, Inc.

Job title: QUALITY MANAGER

Overall placement fee: $20,000

Fee percentage: Flat

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Job recruiter: Teresa Pernini of Pernini Legal, LLC

Candidate recruiter: Rob Sappenfield of Sappenfield Staffing, Inc.

Job title: ASSOCIATE ATTORNEY – LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT

Overall placement fee: $58,750

Fee percentage: 25%

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Job recruiter: Amylyn Kyler of Kyler Professional Search

Candidate recruiter: Michael Stuck of Gables Search Group

Job title: TITLE SPECIALIST

Overall placement fee: $12,000

Fee percentage: 15%

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Job recruiter: Kevin Russell of 6 Degrees Search

Candidate recruiter: Thomas Trese of Tom Trese Networking LLC

Job title: CNC FIELD SERVICE TECHNICIAN

Overall placement fee: $22,000

Fee percentage: 25%

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Job recruiter: Sherry Umpleby of Innovative Search Solutions

Candidate recruiter: Krishonna Williams of She Recruits, LLC

Job title: SR HRBP

Overall placement fee: $22,750

Fee percentage: 17.50%

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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.