The Top 10 Placement Fees in TE for 2024

There is a LOT to unpack with the largest split recruiting fees in TE Network for the calendar year of 2024.

For starters, we may want to unofficially rename the award as the “Amy Chapman Largest Split Fee of the Year Award” . . . for 2024, at least. That’s because, although Amy wasn’t part of the largest split fee of the year, she was part of four of the top 10 fees!

Not only that, but there was a close race for the top spot. In fact, only $500 separated the #1 split free from the #2 fee. And speaking of the top fee, it belonged to Aldin Beslagic of BestLogic Staffing and Amir Asgari of Saba Talent.

Aldin and Amir placed a VP of Sales at 20% to earn a recruiting fee of $63,000.

But wait, there’s more! Believe it or not, a recruiter with the last name of Katz was also part of four of the top 10 fees in TE Network last year. Specifically, this involved three recruiters:

1. Jeff Katz of JSK Recruiting
2. Uri Katz of Ortek Management Recruiters
3. Sarah Katz of First Search, Inc.

Has that ever happened before in TE Network? Not with three different recruiters sharing the same last name and as far as we know, are not related to each other.

Is that a harbinger of good things to come in 2025? We certainly hope so!

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 year.

Congratulations to everybody who made the largest split fees in Top Echelon Network in 2024!

Largest Split Fees of 2024

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First Place

Aldin Beslagic of BestLogic Staffing and Amir Asgari of Saba Talent

The position for this split placement was a VP of Sales (Aerospace Services) and the fee percentage associated with this placement was 20%.

Aldin was the job order recruiter and Amir was the candidate recruiter.

The fee for this split placement was $63,000.

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Second Place (Tie):

David Wood, CPC of The David Wood Company and Steve Copeland of Albert Energy, LLC

The position for this split placement was a Chief Financial Officer and the fee percentage associated with this placement was 25%.

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

The fee for this split placement was $62,500.

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Second Place (Tie):

Amy Chapman of Key People Staffing and Jeff Katz of JSK Recruiting

The position for this split placement was a Sr. Director of Global Maintenance Process Systems and the fee percentage associated with this placement was 25%.

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

The fee for this split placement was $62,500.

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Third Place:

Kerry Boehner of KOB Solutions, Inc. and Uri Katz of Ortek Management Recruiters

The position for this split placement was a Director and the fee percentage associated with this placement was 20%.

Kerry was the job order recruiter and Uri was the candidate recruiter.

The fee for this split placement was $55,000.

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Fourth Place:

Nick Stoia, CPC of ASAP Search and Sara Alexandroff of Sterling St. James, Inc.

The position for this split placement was an Embedded Software Architect and the fee percentage associated with this placement was 30%.

Nick was the job order recruiter and Sara was the candidate recruiter.

The fee for this split placement was $53,400.

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Fifth Place:

Michael Brown of Seneca Creek Executive Search and Jasmyn Smith of Hire Level Consulting, Inc.

The position for this split placement was a Chief Product Officer and the fee percentage associated with this placement was 17.5%.

Michael was the job order recruiter and Jasmyn was the candidate recruiter.

The fee for this split placement was $52,500.

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Sixth Place:

Amy Chapman of Key People Staffing and Justin Bidwell of Bidwell & Associates, LLC

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

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

The fee for this split placement was $51,250.

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Seventh Place (Tie):

Jamie Mathis of JM Recruiting and Stephen Kirk of Kirk Recruitment, Ltd.

The position for this split placement was a Senior Mechanical Integrity Engineer and the fee percentage associated with this placement was flat.

Jamie was the job order recruiter and Stephen was the candidate recruiter.

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

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Seventh Place (Tie):

Amy Chapman of Key People Staffing and Sonia Malik of KAVA Talent Solutions

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

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

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

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Eighth Place:

Pam Ratz DeVille of Selective Resoruces, LLC and Maggie Wolgamot of Ridgeback Recruiting

The position for this split placement was an Executive Leader – Information Systems and the fee percentage associated with this placement was 22%.

Pam was the job order recruiter and Maggie was the candidate recruiter.

The fee for this split placement was $48,400.

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Ninth Place:

Amy Chapman of Key People Staffing and Sarah Katz of First Search, Inc.

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

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

The fee for this split placement was $46,250.

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10th Place:

Russ Hovendick of Client Staffing Solutions, Inc. and Sarah Katz of First Search, Inc.

The position for this split placement was a Plant Manager and the fee percentage associated with this placement was 22%.

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

The fee for this split placement was $44,000.

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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.