Largest Split Fee of the Month in TE: $72K

Ah, springtime . . . a time of renewal . . . a time for hope . . . and time for large placement fees.

Large placement fees? Sure, why not? Actually, when you think about it, ANY time is a good time for large placement fees, even if those placements are splits. Because once again, “Half a loaf is better than no loaf at all.”

So it makes sense that “Half a large placement fee is better than no fee at all.”

With this in mind, we announce the largest split placement fees in TE Network for the month of February. At the top of the heap is a $72K fee earned by Ron Thomason of Source Financial Staffing and Ali Taghikhani of Synapse International.

Ron and Ali placed a Head of Fund Accounting to earn their $72K fee at 25%. However, as you can see below, they were not the only TE Network recruiters to share big fees in February. Take a look and see the fees!

As a friendly reminder, Top Echelon determines the monthly and quarterly winners of its TE 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.

So congratulations to everybody on the list below for scoring some BIG placement fees during the month!

Largest Split Fees – February 2025

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First Place:

Ron Thomason of Source Financial Staffing and Ali Taghikhani of Synapse International (inactive)

The position for this split placement was a Head of Fund Accounting and the fee percentage associated with this placement was 25%.

Ron was the job order recruiter and Ali was the candidate recruiter.

The fee for this split placement was $72,000.

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Second Place:

Phil Hurd of Oculus Search Partners, LLC and Rick Gallin of Gallin Associates

The position for this split placement was a Director of Regulatory Affairs and Quality Assurance and the fee percentage associated with this placement was 20%.

Phil was the job order recruiter and Rick was the candidate recruiter.

The fee for this split placement was $46,000.

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Third Place:

Michael Lebowitz of Global Personnel and W Scott Krepps of We Do The Search

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

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

The fee for this split placement was $35,750.

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Fourth Place:

Ron Sunshine of Ron Sunshine Associates, LLC and Gary Schultz of Work 22, Inc.

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

Ron was the job order recruiter and Gary was the candidate recruiter.

The fee for this split placement was $33,750.

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Fifth Place:

Andrew Norton of T. Burks & Associates and Tom Honeywill of Decide Consulting (inactive)

The position for this split placement was an IT Manager and the fee percentage associated with this placement was 20%.

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

The fee for this split placement was $30,000.

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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.