Summer, Sun, and Big Placement Fees in TE

What’s the only thing better than enjoying the summer season?

Enjoying the summer season with some big placement fees, that’s what!

And we have some big fees in this issue of The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog. In fact, we have the largest split placement fees in TE Network for June!

And the recruiters responsible for the largest split fee are Jeff Katz of JSK Recruiting and Rebecca Lucas of CPG Talent Management, LLC. Jeff and Rebecca placed a Director of Sales to earn a $50,000 fee at 25%.

But as you can see below, that was one of several big placement fees in TE Network last month . . .

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 – June 2025

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First Place:

Jeff Katz of JSK Recruiting and Rebecca Lucas of CPG Talent Management, LLC

The position for this split placement was a Director of Sales and the fee percentage associated with this placement was 25%.

Jeff was the job order recruiter and Rebecca was the candidate recruiter.

The fee for this split placement was $50,000.

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Second Place:

Tom Christensen of C. H. Thomas Search, LLC (inactive) and Hani Mussa of Knowhirematch, LLC

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

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

The fee for this split placement was $46,250.

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Third Place:

Kristy Staggs of Byrnes & Rupkey, Inc. and Les Jones of Mosaic Partners

The position for this split placement was a Customer Service Director and the fee percentage associated with this placement was 25%.

Kristy was the job order recruiter and Les was the candidate recruiter.

The fee for this split placement was $36,250.

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Fourth Place:

Amy Chapman of Key People Staffing and Butch Sweedar of Omega Point Partners

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

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

The fee for this split placement was $35,000.

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Fifth Place:

Erica Kochevar of Step Up Recruiting and Adam Pantelli of AJ Search

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

Erica was the job order recruiter and Adam 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 recruiting 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.