Recruiters Reap the Rewards of their TE Investment

When it comes to the recruiting profession, there’s one thing that just about everybody can agree on: You have to invest money to make money.

Of course, there’s more than one way to invest in your recruiting business. You can invest in technology, training, marketing, and other resources designed to help you increase production and make more placements.

And then there’s investing in relationships with other recruiters. That’s exactly what members of TE Network are doing, and some of those members are reaping the rewards of their investment in a BIG way!

Take, for example, Adam Krueger of Sun Recruiting, Inc. and Irina Kirnos of Executive Placement Network. Adam and Irina recently teamed up to place a Commercial Operations Accounting Manager, generating a split placement fee of $41,250 at 25%!

That’s quite a return on their investment in split recruiting. And while this particular placement deserves special recognition, Adam and Irina aren’t the only Network members who have reason to celebrate.

Four Recruiters Celebrate Their First Network Placements!

While Adam and Irina’s placement represents an impressive financial achievement, there’s another milestone that deserves recognition: making your first split placement in TE Network!

For some recruiters, that first placement can be especially meaningful. It’s the moment when the potential value of Network membership becomes a reality. It’s also proof that investing time and effort into building relationships with other recruiters can pay off. With that in mind, we’d like to congratulate the following members on making their first placements in TE Network:

• Iris Desire of Essenti Talent
• Laura Cisneros of Agency 8
• Renee Ray of Talent Match Recruiting
• Jim Shemroske of Tri-S Recruiters, Inc.

Congratulations to all four recruiters! (And as you can see below, Iris and Laura made their first TE Network split placement with each other.) Your first Network placement is an accomplishment worth celebrating, and hopefully, it’s just the beginning of many more to come.

Because that’s one of the best things about split recruiting. One successful placement can lead to another. And another. And another.

Over time, the relationships you develop with your trading partners can become an important source of additional placements and revenue for your recruiting business.

As a friendly neighborhood reminder, here is the information that we publish with our split 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 October 5 through October 18, 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: Wayne Miller of THR Partners

Candidate recruiter: Sara Alexandroff of Sterling St. James, Inc.

Job title: PRODUCT ENGINEER

Overall placement fee: $26,250

Fee percentage: 25%

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Job recruiter: Keith Cornelison of Personnel Resources

Candidate recruiter: Sara Alexandroff of Sterling St. James, Inc.

Job title: BEHAVIORAL HEALTH THERAPIST

Overall placement fee: $12,243

Fee percentage: 20%

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Job recruiter: Derek Hilbert of Kingfisher Recruiting

Candidate recruiter: Tracey Burch of Burch Group, Inc.

Job title: QUALITY ENGINEER

Overall placement fee: $19,000

Fee percentage: 20%

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Job recruiter: Laura Cisneros of Agency 8

Candidate recruiter: Iris Desire of Essenti Talent

Job title: PRODUCTION MANAGER

Overall placement fee: $37,950

Fee percentage: 23%

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Job recruiter: Amy Chapman of Key People

Candidate recruiter: Brad Dodge of iLocatum Recruiting

Job title: PRODUCTION TEAM LEAD

Overall placement fee: $17,872

Fee percentage: 25%

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Job recruiter: Katherine Mastantuono of The KPM Group

Candidate recruiter: Brad Dodge of iLocatum Recruiting

Job title: LOGISTICS SITE MANAGER

Overall placement fee: $13,000

Fee percentage: 20%

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Job recruiter: Veronica Snyder of Career Professionals, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Brad Dodge of iLocatum Recruiting

Job title: ASSEMBLY MANUFACTURING ENGINEER

Overall placement fee: $21,250

Fee percentage: 25%

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Job recruiter: Larry Radzely of Larry Radzely

Candidate recruiter: Brad Dodge of iLocatum Recruiting

Job title: OPERATIONS MANAGER

Overall placement fee: $22,800

Fee percentage: 20%

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Job recruiter: Adam Krueger of Sun Recruiting, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Irina Kirnos of Executive Placement Network

Job title: COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS ACCOUNTING MANAGER

Overall placement fee: $41,250

Fee percentage: 25%

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Job recruiter: Keith Cornelison of Personnel Resources

Candidate recruiter: Joe Matthews of Resurgent Medical

Job title: NURSE – RN

Overall placement fee: $14,969

Fee percentage: 20%

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Job recruiter: Liz Burchill of The KPM Group

Candidate recruiter: Bob Millman of AutoPro Technical Recruiting

Job title: LOGISTICS DISPATCHER 

Overall placement fee: $11,000

Fee percentage: 20%

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Job recruiter: Amylyn Kyler of Kyler Professional Search

Candidate recruiter: Anna Race of Verus Recruiting Consultants, Inc.

Job title: HRIS ANALYTICS SPECIALIST

Overall placement fee: $23,000

Fee percentage: 20%

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Job recruiter: Robert Litton of Litton Resource Group

Candidate recruiter: Renee Ray of Talent Match Recruiting

Job title: NURSE PRACTITIONER

Overall placement fee: $15,000

Fee percentage: Flat

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Job recruiter: Gary Kaufman of ExcelliSearch, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Jim Shemroske of Tri-S Recruiters, Inc.

Job title: SENIOR JD EDWARDS BUSINESS SYSTEMS ANALYST 

Overall placement fee: $31,000

Fee percentage: 25%

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Job recruiter: Amy Chapman of Key People

Candidate recruiter: Michael Stuck of Gables Search Group

Job title: MANAGER – YARD AND PORT OPERATIONS

Overall placement fee: $30,750

Fee percentage: 25%

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Job recruiter: Pam Petitpren of PRA USA

Candidate recruiter: Michael Stuck of Gables Search Group

Job title: BUILDING AUTOMATION SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT

Overall placement fee: $29,000

Fee percentage: 20%

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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.