$72K Fee, New Members Lead the Way This Week

We’re not even two months into 2025 and TE Network recruiters are making split placements with big fees!

A month ago, we shared the story of a split between Amy Chapman of Key People Staffing and Jeff Katz of JSK Recruiting. Amy and Jeff placed a Vice President at 25% to earn a fee of $75K.

That impressive fee has already been challenged by recruiters Ron Thomason of Source Financial Staffing and Ali Taghikhani of Synapse International. That’s because Ron and Ali placed a Head of Fund Accounting to earn a $72K fee at 25%.

But wait, there’s more! This was one of three placements that Ali made recently in TE Network. And even more than that, they’re the first three splits that he’s made as a member of the Network. That is most definitely cause for celebration. (As if a $72K split wasn’t cause enough.)

However, Ali is not the only recruiter who made their first TE Network split placement recently. Other members who did so include Janet Rivera Jones of 5 Star Global Recruitment Partners, Michael Lebowitz of Global Personnel, and Laurie Williams of Reach Hire Talent Solutions, while W. Scott Krepps of We Do the Search made his first Network split as the owner of his own agency.

Congratulations to everybody who made their first split placement in TE Network!

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 February 3 through February 16, 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: David Wood, CPC of The David Wood Company

Candidate recruiter: Steve Copeland of fulltimeGiGS/Albert Energy, LLC

Job title: EHS MANAGER

Overall placement fee: $30,000

Fee percentage: 20%

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Job recruiter: Holly Weber of Global Talent Resources Corp.

Candidate recruiter: Brad Dodge of iLocatum Recruiting

Job title: PROJECT ENGINEER

Overall placement fee: $18,125

Fee percentage: 25%

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Job recruiter: Janet Rivera Jones of 5 Star Global Recruitment Partners

Candidate recruiter: Sara Katz of First Search, Inc.

Job title: PARTS DEVELOPMENT COMMODITY IMPLEMENTATION BUYER ASSISTANT MANAGER

Overall placement fee: $22,000

Fee percentage: 20%

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Job recruiter: Michael Lebowitz of Global Personnel

Candidate recruiter: W. Scott Krepps of We Do The Search

Job title: SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGER

Overall placement fee: $35,750

Fee percentage: 25%

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Job recruiter: Victor Lopez of Resource One International

Candidate recruiter: Teresa Pernini of Pernini Legal, LLC

Job title: SENIOR SCHEDULER – COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION

Overall placement fee: $26,000

Fee percentage: 20%

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Job recruiter: Michael Agen of New Solutions Group, LLC

Candidate recruiter: John Ricciardi of Afton Consulting Group

Job title: REVENUE CYCLE MANAGER – HOME INFUSION

Overall placement fee: $10,000

Fee percentage: Flat

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Job recruiter: Chuck Cole of Cole Professional Search

Candidate recruiter: Jim Strickland of BioSource Recruiters

Job title: NETWORK INFORMATION AND SECURITY ADMINISTRATOR

Overall placement fee: $27,500

Fee percentage: 25%

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Job recruiter: Bob Millman of AutoPro Technical Recruiting

Candidate recruiter: Michael Stuck of Gables Search Group

Job title: MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN

Overall placement fee: $8,985

Fee percentage: 18%

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Job recruiter: Ron Thomason of Source Financial Staffing

Candidate recruiter: Ali Taghikhani of Synapse International

Job title: HEAD OF FUND ACCOUNTING

Overall placement fee: $72,000

Fee percentage: 25%

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Job recruiter: Yanna Belilovsky of SourcePro Search, LLC

Candidate recruiter: Ali Taghikhani of Synapse International

Job title: PRACTICE GROUP MARKETING MANAGER 

Overall placement fee: $30,000

Fee percentage: 20%

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Job recruiter: Brenda Wylie-Biggs of KB Search Team, LLC

Candidate recruiter: Ali Taghikhani of Synapse International

Job title: PROGRAMMER – SOFTWARE DEVELOPER

Overall placement fee: $18,480

Fee percentage: 21%

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

Candidate recruiter: Laurie Williams of Reach Hire Talent Solutions

Job title: QUALITY ENGINEER

Overall placement fee: $16,250

Fee percentage: 25%

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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.