$57K Fee Leads Recent TE Network Placements

Not only do we have three recruiters who made their first split placement in TE Network recently, but we also have a $57,000 split placement fee!

Let’s start with that large fee, shall we? (I thought you might agree.)

Maria Hemminger of MJ Recruiters, LLC and Stephen George of SteveRecruiter, LLC placed a Plant Manager, placing a recruiting fee of $57,000 at 30%.

And as I mentioned above, three recruiters made their first TE Network split placement. Those three recruiters are as follows:

• Jeff Crowley of JobFormance, LLC
• Les Jones of Mosaic Partners
• Loren Siton of Ash & Harris Executive Search

So there is plenty to celebrate and many congratulations to go around in this final Pinnacle issue in January! (Maybe February will bring us even more in the way of split placements and revenue for members of 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 January 5, 2026 through January 25, 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: Nathan Gruen of Gruen Search Consultants, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Brad Dodge of iLocatum Recruiting

Job title: ASSOCIATE TECHNICAL DESIGNER – MEN’S APPAREL

Overall placement fee: $13,000

Fee percentage: 20%

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Job recruiter: Maria Hemminger of MJ Recruiters, LLC

Candidate recruiter: Stephen George of SteveRecruiter, LLC

Job title: PLANT MANAGER

Overall placement fee: $57,000

Fee percentage: 30%

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Job recruiter: Jeff Crowley of JobFormance, LLC

Candidate recruiter: Jim Ingram of Jim W. Ingram

Job title: DIRECTOR OF SAFETY, QUALITY, AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT

Overall placement fee: $28,000

Fee percentage: 20%

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Job recruiter: Tasha Burks of T. Burks & Associates

Candidate recruiter: Les Jones of Mosaic Partners

Job title: HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER

Overall placement fee: $26,000

Fee percentage: 20%

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Job recruiter: Bill Hall of The UrbanHall Group

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

Job title: SHOP MANAGER

Overall placement fee: $22,000

Fee percentage: 20%

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Job recruiter: Steve Schroeder of Stratus Staffing

Candidate recruiter: Paula Mendoza of Twenty80, LLC

Job title: VN INSTRUCTOR

Overall placement fee: $20,800

Fee percentage: 20%

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Job recruiter: John Long of Career Development Partners

Candidate recruiter: Hamed Moammeri of Saba Talent

Job title: FIELD SERVICE ENGINEER

Overall placement fee: $15,600

Fee percentage: 20%

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Job recruiter: Jeff Katz of JSK Recruiting

Candidate recruiter: Rob Proudfoot of Apex Electronics Talent

Job title: SALES REPRESENTATIVE – PROTEIN SALES

Overall placement fee: $16,250

Fee percentage: 25%

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Job recruiter: Steve Schroeder of Stratus Staffing

Candidate recruiter: Loren Siton of Ash & Harris Executive Search

Job title: WOUNDCARE SALES REPRESENTATIVE

Overall placement fee: $750

Fee percentage: 10%

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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.