The Largest TE Network Placement Fees in Q2

This is the quarterly issue of The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog, and one of the things we like to celebrate in the quarterly issue is big fees. Specifically, the largest fees that TE Network members have shared during a specific quarter.

The quarter in question? The second quarter of 2025. And what was the largest split fee of the second quarter in TE Network? Good question!

The answer is the placement made by Amy Chapman of Key People Staffing and Steve Kohn of Affinity Executive Search, Inc. Amy and Steve placed a Senior Director of Operations to earn a fee of $63,250 at 25%.

But as you can see below, there were plenty of big fees in TE Network during the second quarter. So don’t be shy . . . dig in and enjoy the success of your fellow Network members!

As a reminder, Top Echelon determines the monthly and quarterly winners of its Network split fee recruiting awards in four distinct categories:

1.) Recruiter of the Month
2.) Largest Split Fee of the Month
3.) Recruiter of the Quarter
4.) Largest Split Fee of the Quarter

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 month and/or quarter.

Congratulations to everybody who made the largest split fees in TE Network during the quarter!

Largest Split Fees of the Second Quarter – 2025

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First Place:

Amy Chapman of Key People Staffing and Steve Kohn of Affinity Executive Search, Inc.

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

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

The fee for this split placement was $63,250.

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Second Place:

Bruce Widnes of The Recruiting Group, Inc. and Paul Danowski of Grace Search Service Inc.

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

Bruce was the job order recruiter and Paul was the candidate recruiter.

The fee for this split placement was $51,875.

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Third Place:

Jeff Katz of JSK Recruiting and Rebecca Lucas of CPG Talent Management, LLC

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

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

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

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Fourth Place:

Christina Boudreaux of Connectly Recruiting and Ann Boland of The Boland Group

The position for this split placement was a Chief Executive Officer and the fee percentage associated with this placement was Flat.

Christina was the job order recruiter and Ann was the candidate recruiter.

The fee for this split placement was $49,000.

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Fifth Place:

Tom Christensen of C. H. Thomas Search, LLC and Hani Mussa of Knowhirematch, LLC

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

Tom was the job order recruiter and Hani was the candidate recruiter.

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

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Sixth Place:

James Grayem of Jamie Grayem and Brad Dodge of iLocatum Recruiting

The position for this split placement was a Nurse Manager of Urology and the fee percentage associated with this placement was 15%.

James was the job order recruiter and Brad was the candidate recruiter.

The fee for this split placement was $36,995.25.

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Seventh Place:

Kristy Staggs of Byrnes & Rupkey, Inc. and Les Jones of Mosaic Partners

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

Kristy was the job order recruiter and Les was the candidate recruiter.

The fee for this split placement was $36,250.

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Eighth Place:

Amy Chapman of Key People Staffing and Butch Sweedar of Omega Point Partners

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

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

The fee for this split placement was $35,000.

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Ninth Place:

Jon Missirlian of Orion Placement and Teresa Pernini of Pernini Legal, LLC

The position for this split placement was an Attorney – Municipal Law and the fee percentage associated with this placement was 20%.

Jon was the job order recruiter and Teresa was the candidate recruiter.

The fee for this split placement was $33,000.

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Tenth Place:

Carol McBride of RCC Group, LLC and Brad Dodge of iLocatum

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

Carol was the job order recruiter and Brad was the candidate recruiter.

The fee for this split placement was $32,750.

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If YOU want to make more money through Top Echelon’s recruiter 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.