Revisiting a $112,500 Split Placement Fee in TE

Do we need a good reason to revisit a $112,500 split placement fee in TE Network? No, we do not . . . the fee itself is all the reason we need.

But we have a good reason, anyway. That’s because not only is that fee the largest split fee in the history of Top Echelon, but it’s also the Largest Split Fee of the Quarter for the third quarter of 2026. (I suppose that’s not too surprising, is it?)

The recruiters involved in this historic fee were Clint Martz of A to Z Search Group and Sean Bonner of Intensiv, LLC. Clint and Sean placed a General Manager to earn their $112,500 fee at 25%.

For the full story behind this split placement and subsequent fee, I invite you to read “Anatomy of a $112,500 Split Placement Fee” by yours truly.

However, as you can see below, there were more than just one big fee in TE Network during the third quarter. There were many. So feast your eyes upon the fees . . . feast, I say!

As a reminder, Top Echelon determines the monthly and quarterly winners of its Network split recruiting fee 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 Third Quarter – 2026

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First Place:

Clint Martz of A to Z Search Group and Sean Bonner of Intensiv, LLC

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

Clint was the job order recruiter and Sean was the candidate recruiter.

The fee for this split placement was $112,500.

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Second Place:

Joe Brown of Genesis and Joel Brown of Kace Premier Medical Talent, Inc.

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

Joe was the job order recruiter and Joel was the candidate recruiter.

The fee for this split placement was $56,000.

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Third Place (Tie):

Amy Chapman of Key People Staffing and Michael Stuck of Gables Search Group

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 Michael was the candidate recruiter.

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

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Third Place (Tie):

Amy Chapman of Key People Staffing and Mack Moore of Redline Recruits

The position for this split placement was a Director of Sales – Walmart and Sam’s Club and the fee percentage associated with this placement was 25%.

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

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

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Fourth Place:

Maria Hemminger of MJ Recruiters, LLC and Trey Cameron of Cameron Craig Group (inactive)

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

Maria was the job order recruiter and Trey was the candidate recruiter.

The fee for this split placement was $41,250.

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Fifth Place:

Claire Monte of Data Search Network and James Bates of InnovaMatch, LLC

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

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

The fee for this split placement was $39,000.

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Sixth Place (Tie):

Steve Torosian of Forest Recruiting Group aka Affiliated Recruiters Network and Hani Mussa of Knowhirematch, LLC

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

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

The fee for this split placement was $38,750.

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Sixth Place (Tie):

Maria Hemminger of MJ Recruiters, LLC and Veronica Snyder of Career Professionals, Inc.

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

Maria was the job order recruiter and Veronica was the candidate recruiter.

The fee for this split placement was $38,750.

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Seventh Place (Tie):

Amy Chapman of Key People Staffing and Brad Dodge of iLocatum Recruiting

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

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

The fee for this split placement was $37,500.

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Seventh Place (Tie):

Anjela Mangrum of Mangrum Career Solutions, LLC and Victor Lopez of Resource One International

The position for this split placement was an Account Executive – Industrial Technology Solutions and the fee percentage associated with this placement was 25%.

Anjela was the job order recruiter and Victor was the candidate recruiter.

The fee for this split placement was $37,500.

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Eighth Place:

Maria Hemminger of MJ Recruiters, LLC and Molle Kabodian of Kabodian Consulting

The position for this split placement was a Quality Manager – Food, Medical Device, or Pharma and the fee percentage associated with this placement was Flat.

Maria was the job order recruiter and Molle was the candidate recruiter.

The fee for this split placement was $36,750.

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Ninth Place:

Christina Boudreaux of Connectly Recruiting and Elyssa West of The Talent Group, LLC

The position for this split placement was a Director of Marketing and the fee percentage associated with this placement was 22%.

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

The fee for this split placement was $36,300.

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Tenth Place:

Oleg Goltstov of K. Jacobs Executive Search and Alex Ello of Acloche Direct Hire

The position for this split placement was an Estimator – Electrical and the fee percentage associated with this placement was 20%.

Oleg was the job order recruiter and Alex was the candidate recruiter.

The fee for this split placement was $36,000.

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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.