Summer Placements: They Make Us Feel Fine

Yes, if you are above a certain age, then you know the song. And you know the lyrics to the song. And you know that, beyond a shadow of a doubt, a summer breeze will indeed make you feel fine.

However, there is something that will make a recruiter feel even finer: placements!

We have such placements in this issue of The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog. And as you can see below, congratulations are in order for reigning TE Network Recruiter of the Year Brad Dodge of iLocatum Recruiting.

That’s because Brad was part of six of the split placements listed below. However, we have other members to congratulate, as well.

Among them are Christina Boudreaux of Connectly Recruiting and Elyssa West of The Talent Group, LLC. Christina and Elyssa placed a Director of Marketing to generate a recruiting fee of $36,300 at 22%.

Not only was Elyssa part of the largest split fee of the week in TE Network, but that split also represented her first placement as a member of the Network. But she was not alone. There were three other recruiters who also made their first split placement in TE Network recently:

1. Paula Arango of ArangoHRS
2. Scott Heitland of H2 Recruiting
3. Anthony Ferrara of Twelve09 Executive Placement
   

Here’s hoping there are many more split placements to come! (Because let’s face it, split placements make you feel fine no matter what season it is.)

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 June 29 through July 19, 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: Deborah Cento Skender of DCS Consulting

Candidate recruiter: Paula Arango of ArangoHRS

Job title: ENGINEERING MEDICAL DEVICE STAFFING SALES EXECUTIVE

Overall placement fee: $14,400

Fee percentage: 18%

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Job recruiter: Troy Randolph of Lea Randolph & Associates, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Kendra Arnold of A Plus Hire Right Search Group, LLC

Job title: HOSPICE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Overall placement fee: $12,500

Fee percentage: 10%

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Job recruiter: Debbi Reiger of Reiger Technical Search

Candidate recruiter: Coleen Balogh-Walther of The Provident Search Group, Inc.

Job title: JAVA LEAD SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Overall placement fee: $26,000

Fee percentage: 20%

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Job recruiter: Debbi Reiger of Reiger Technical Search

Candidate recruiter: Dan Casey of Staffing IT

Job title: LEAD/PRINCIPAL SOFTWARE ENGINEER – PYTHON

Overall placement fee: $29,000

Fee percentage: 20%

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Job recruiter: Alex Bakker of USA Staffing Network

Candidate recruiter: Brad Dodge of iLocatum Recruiting

Job title: PHYSICAL THERAPIST – PEDIATRICS

Overall placement fee: $16,100

Fee percentage: 20%

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Job recruiter: Katherine Mastantuono of The KPM Group

Candidate recruiter: Brad Dodge of iLocatum Recruiting

Job title: CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATOR

Overall placement fee: $17,000

Fee percentage: 20%

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Job recruiter: Nathan Gruen of Gruen Search Consultants, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Brad Dodge of iLocatum Recruiting

Job title: SENIOR HOME TEXTILES DESIGNER

Overall placement fee: $21,000

Fee percentage: 20%

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Job recruiter: Jana Rugg of Ridgemont Resources, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Brad Dodge of iLocatum Recruiting

Job title: HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR

Overall placement fee: $30,000

Fee percentage: 20%

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Job recruiter: Anthony Ferrara of Twelve09 Executive Placement

Candidate recruiter: Brad Dodge of iLocatum Recruiting

Job title: PROJECT ENGINEER – MECHANICAL

Overall placement fee: $23,750

Fee percentage: 25%

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Job recruiter: Charlie Isgette of Marlie Park Group

Candidate recruiter: Brad Dodge of iLocatum Recruiting

Job title: MARKETING MANAGER

Overall placement fee: $15,300

Fee percentage: 18%

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Job recruiter: Bob Millman of AutoPro Technical Recruiting

Candidate recruiter: Victor Lopez of Resource One International

Job title: PLANT CONTROLLER

Overall placement fee: $27,000

Fee percentage: 18%

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Job recruiter: Katrina Pankuch of Aspire Talent Solutions, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Mark Marshall of CRJ Search

Job title: CHANNEL DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

Overall placement fee: $20,000

Fee percentage: Flat

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Job recruiter: Christian Kelley of Bridgepoint Talent Group

Candidate recruiter: Katherine Mastantuono of The KPM Group

Job title: BUSINESS DEVELOPER – HEALTHCARE

Overall placement fee: $28,000

Fee percentage: 25%

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Job recruiter: Joe Cresci of Food Management Search

Candidate recruiter: Becky Mead of Your Talent Team

Job title: RESTAURANT/BAR SUPERVISOR

Overall placement fee: $8,000

Fee percentage: 10%

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Job recruiter: Scott Heitland of H2 Recruiting

Candidate recruiter: Petrina Orecchio of Bellwether Staffing Solutions

Job title: SR FP&A

Overall placement fee: $30,000

Fee percentage: 25%

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Job recruiter: Christina Boudreaux of Connectly Recruiting

Candidate recruiter: Elyssa West of The Talent Group, LLC

Job title: DIRECTOR OF MARKETING

Overall placement fee: $36,300

Fee percentage: 22%

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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.