It’s that time of year again . . . that’s right, the time of year when we talk about last year.

Specifically, we’d like to discuss the top recruiters in Top Echelon Network for 2022. And even more specifically than that, we’d like to discuss the top 10 TE recruiters of the year.

And a LOT happened this past year. For one thing, Michael Stuck of Gables Search Group was a repeat winner of the Recruiter of the Year Award.

Second, Michael broke the record for the most money billed in a calendar year through the Network: nearly $1.4 million. The record was previously held by Trey Cameron of Cameron Craig Group. Last year marked the second straight year that Michael billed more than $1 million through TE.

Third, for the first time in the history of Top Echelon Network, there were two million dollar producers during a calendar year. They were Michael and Trey, who billed a little over $1.1 million in 2022.

Fourth, Steve Kohn of Affinity Executive Search, Inc. was in the mix once again. In 2021, he finished in second place overall in TE, and in 2022, he finished in third place with $578K in Network billings.

And fifth, every recruiter in the top 10 billed more than $200K through the Network in 2022. That may be the first time that’s happened in Top Echelon’s history.

Before we unveil the full list of top-producing recruiters (although I suspect that we have already done that), I must trot out our usual disclaimer regarding these rankings:

Our annual list of the top recruiters is determined by Top Echelon Network members’ cash-in total in our split network on a rolling 12-month basis. The order of the list below reflects the recruiters’ cash-in totals for the 2022 calendar year, which ended at midnight on December 31, 2022.

So congratulations to the recruiters listed below and congratulations to every Network member who made a split placement during the year of 2022!

Recruiters of the Year – 2022

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First Place

Recruiter: Michael Stuck
Agency: Gables Search Group
Placements: One hundred seventh-six (176)
Commission: $1,380,430
Career Top Echelon placements: 464
Career Top Echelon cash-in: $3,151,346

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Second Place

Recruiter: Trey Cameron
Agency: Cameron Craig Group
Placements: One hundred thirty-two (132)
Commission: $1,146,105
Career Top Echelon placements: 1,272
Career Top Echelon cash-in: $9,964,735

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Third Place

Recruiter: Steve Kohn
Agency: Affinity Executive Search, Inc.
Placements: Fifty-two (52)
Commission: $578,378
Career Top Echelon placements: 509
Career Top Echelon cash-in: $4,508,795

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Fourth Place

Recruiter: Amy Chapman
Agency: Key People Staffing
Placements: Twenty-two (22)
Commission: $303,372
Career Top Echelon placements: 67
Career Top Echelon cash-in: $687,775

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Fifth Place

Recruiter: Phil Hurd
Agency: Oculus Search Partners, LLC
Placements: Thirty-three (33)
Commission: $246,434
Career Top Echelon placements: 51
Career Top Echelon cash-in: $297,076

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Sixth Place

Recruiter: Bob White
Agency: Impact Solutions, Inc.
Placements: Twenty-eight (28)
Commission: $230,697
Career Top Echelon placements: 85
Career Top Echelon cash-in: $527,902

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Seventh Place

Recruiter: Kristy Staggs
Agency: Byrnes & Rupkey, Inc.
Placements: Twenty-three (23)
Commission: $227,346
Career Top Echelon placements: 114
Career Top Echelon cash-in: $783,667

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Eighth Place

Recruiter: Gary Schultz
Agency: Work 22, Inc.
Placements: Twenty-two (22)
Commission: $226,588
Career Top Echelon placements: 105
Career Top Echelon cash-in: $763,382

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Ninth Place

Recruiter: John Ricciardi
Agency: Afton Consulting Group
Placements: Twenty-three (23)
Commission: $226,238
Career Top Echelon placements: 46
Career Top Echelon cash-in: $457,740

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10th Place

Recruiter: Brian Abrams
Agency: PMO Partners
Placements: Eighteen (18)
Commission: $216,518
Career Top Echelon placements: 37
Career Top Echelon cash-in: $420,181

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Join us in congratulating the top-producing recruiters listed above. And here’s to hoping that 2023 is a better year for every recruiter in Top Echelon Network!

If you’re looking to make more placements with your Top Echelon split recruiting membership, then contact 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.

Last year was another great year for Top Echelon Network in terms of split placements. This was the case not only in terms of the number of splits made, but also in terms of the amount of the fees associated with those placements.

Want proof? (We’re going to assume that you do.)

We have proof in the form of the top 10 split fees in Top Echelon’s recruiting network for 2022, as you can see below. And allow us a moment to congratulate Scott Szur of The Harrison Group, LLC and Michael Stuck of Gables Search Group.

That’s because Scott and Michael accounted for the Largest Split Fee of the Year, placing a Director/Sr. Director – Regulatory CMC with a fee of $62,500! And of course, not only is Michael part of this award, but he also repeated as Top Echelon’s Recruiter of the Year!

So congratulations not only to Scott and Michael, but also to everybody who was part of our top 10 placement fees for 2022. Here’s to even bigger fees in 2023!

Largest Split Fees of 2022

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First Place

Scott Szur of The Harrison Group, LLC and Michael Stuck of Gables Search Group

The position for this split placement was a Director/Sr. Director – Regulatory CMC and the fee percentage associated with this placement was 25%.

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

The fee for this split placement was $62,500.

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Second Place:

Larry Basilone of Balisone Executive Search and James R. Gettys of International Staffing Consultants, Inc.

The position for this split placement was a Tax Director/Partner and the fee percentage associated with this placement was flat.

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

The fee for this split placement was $62,000.

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Third Place:

Adam Krueger of Sun Recruiting, Inc. and Deb North of Deb North

The position for this split placement was a Project Director – New Plant Build and the fee percentage associated with this placement was 22%.

Adam was the job order recruiter and Deb was the candidate recruiter.

The fee for this split placement was $58,300.

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Fourth Place:

Pat McCombs, CPC of KB Search Team, LLC and Ann Boland of The Boland Group

The position for this split placement was a Vice President, Sales and the fee percentage associated with this placement was flat.

Pat was the job order recruiter and Ann was the candidate recruiter.

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

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Fifth Place:

Abby Kohut of Staffing Symphony, LLC and Larry Gallin of Gallin Associates

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

Abby was the job order recruiter and Larry was the candidate recruiter.

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

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Sixth Place:

Amy Chapman of Key People Staffing and Trey Cameron of Cameron Craig 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 Trey was the candidate recruiter.

The fee for this split placement was $51,250.

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Seventh Place:

Steve Eller of Crabtree & Eller, LLC and Larry Gallin of Gallin Associates

The position for this split placement was a Managing Director, Sales and the fee percentage associated with this placement was 20%.

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

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

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Eighth Place:

Steve Kohn of Affinity Executive Search, Inc. and Max Shemroske of Tri-S Recruiters, Inc.

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

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

The fee for this split placement was $49,500.

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Ninth Place:

Amy Chapman of Key People Staffing and Eric Berg of JN Adams & Associates, Inc.

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 Eric was the candidate recruiter.

The fee for this split placement was $48,750.

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10th Place:

Steve Brody of Executive Resource Systems and Steve Kohn of Affinity Executive Search, Inc.

The position for this split placement was a Director of Information Technology Services and the fee percentage associated with this placement was flat.

Steve Brody was the job order recruiter and Steve Kohn was the candidate recruiter.

The fee for this split placement was $48,000.

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If you have questions about how you can start making more split placements in Top Echelon Network, then contact 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.

It’s a New Year, which means new split placements in Top Echelon Network!

And below we have the first splits of 2023 in the Network. There are 16 in all, representing a wide range of industries and disciplines.

And of course, we have the largest split placement of the week, which isn’t an official award in TE, but maybe it should be. Joshua Shaw of Resource Squared and Sal Leone of CYRIS Executive Search accounted for the split, placing a Vice President of Sales to generate a $40,500 fee at 18%.

As a friendly neighborhood reminder, here is the information that we publish with our weekly placements:

• Names of the split recruiting partners involved (with their profile photos, when available)
• Job title
• Overall placement fee (before TE’s 6% brokerage fee, of course)
• Fee percentage

Please note that the placements listed below reflect deals finalized in Top Echelon Network for the two-week period from January 2 through January 15, 2023.

Remember, if you don’t want information related to your Network placements published in The Pinnacle, please send an email to marketing@topechelon.com to that effect.

Congratulations to everybody below for the split placements they made in Top Echelon Network!

This Week’s Top Echelon Split Placements

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Job recruiter: Joe Cresci of Food Management Search

Candidate recruiter: Trey Cameron of Cameron Craig Group

Job title: QUALITIY ASSURANCE MANAGER – FOOD

Overall placement fee: $16,600

Fee percentage: 20%

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Job recruiter: Gary Thompson of Gary Thompson

Candidate recruiter: Joe Cresci of Food Management Search

Job title: DISTRICT MANAGER

Overall placement fee: $18,000

Fee percentage: 20%

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Job recruiter: Christina Boudreaux of Connectly Recruiting

Candidate recruiter: Joe Cresci of Food Management Search

Job title: IT SYSTEMS SUPPORT SPECIALIST

Overall placement fee: $17,000

Fee percentage: 20%

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Job recruiter: Antoinette (Toni) Nucci of Toni Group, LLC

Candidate recruiter: Larry Gallin of Gallin Associates

Job title: OPERATIONS SPECIALIST

Overall placement fee: $14,250

Fee percentage: 25%

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Job recruiter: Chris Ramsay, CPC of Corporate Resources, LLC

Candidate recruiter: Maria Hemminger of MJ Recruiters, LLC

Job title: PAYROLL AND BENEFITS LEAD

Overall placement fee: $17,160

Fee percentage: 20%

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Job recruiter: Al Daum of Alan N. Daum & Associates, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Steve Kohn of Affinity Executive Search, Inc.

Job title: SENIOR AUTOMATION ENGINEER – SIEMENS PLC

Overall placement fee: $26,000

Fee percentage: 20%

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Job recruiter: Carol McBride of RCC Group, LLC

Candidate recruiter: Steve Kohn of Affinity Executive Search, Inc.

Job title: ENTRY LEVEL ACCOUNTANT

Overall placement fee: $18,750

Fee percentage: 25%

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Job recruiter: Maria Hemminger of MJ Recruiters, LLC

Candidate recruiter: Steve Kohn of Affinity Executive Search, Inc.

Job title: PLANT MANAGER

Overall placement fee: $32,500

Fee percentage: 25%

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Job recruiter: Joshua Shaw of Resource Squared

Candidate recruiter: Sal Leone of CYRIS Executive Search

Job title: VP OF SALES 

Overall placement fee: $40,500

Fee percentage: 18%

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Job recruiter: Neily Horan of Horan Hiring Solutions, LLC

Candidate recruiter: Terry Rhodes of NewCareers

Job title: MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN

Overall placement fee: $12,650

Fee percentage: 20%

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Job recruiter: Robert Litton of Litton Resource Group

Candidate recruiter: John Ricciardi of Afton Consulting Group

Job title: LICENSED PROFESSIONAL CLINICAL COUNSELOR

Overall placement fee: $12,000

Fee percentage: Flat

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

Candidate recruiter: AJ Sharma of Green Oak Agency

Job title: DESIGNER – HOME TEXTILE PRODUCTS

Overall placement fee: $16,000

Fee percentage: 20%

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Job recruiter: Mark Udulutch, CPC of Markent Personnel

Candidate recruiter: Jim Strickland of BioSource Recruiters

Job title: PROJECT MANAGER

Overall placement fee: $23,750

Fee percentage: 25%

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Job recruiter: Maria Hemminger of MJ Recruiters, LLC

Candidate recruiter: Jim Strickland of BioSource Recruiters

Job title: PROCESS ENGINEER

Overall placement fee: $20,500

Fee percentage: 25%

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Job recruiter: Laura Petraitis-Doll of LS Doll & Associates

Candidate recruiter: Michael Stuck of Gables Search Group

Job title: PROCESS SAFETY MANAGMENT ENGINEER

Overall placement fee: $26,625

Fee percentage: 25%

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Job recruiter: Bill Laming of Laming and Associates

Candidate recruiter: Michael Stuck of Gables Search Group

Job title: CORRUGATOR SUPERVISOR

Overall placement fee: $15,000

Fee percentage: 20%

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If you’re a newer 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.

If you finished in the top 10 in Top Echelon Network during 2022, then you should soon be receiving your Network Rewards Program check.

On the other hand, if you didn’t finish in the top 10 in the Network or if you don’t even know what the Top Echelon Network Rewards Program is, then you’re in luck. Because we have all the information you need!

There are two tiers under our rewards program.

Tier One: TE Gear

Once a Member has reached $25K cash-in through the Network, they will quality for TE gear. Top Echelon headquarters will notify the member that they’ve reached the $25K threshold and can select any item from the TE gear store.

Once a Network member has reached $25K cash-in and selected an item from the TE gear store, there is only one other tier in the program. To reach that tier, a Member must be one of the top 10-producing recruiters for that calendar year in terms of cash-in through the Network. If a member reaches that tier, Top Echelon will reward them with a cash award, as listed below.

(Note: All Network recruiters who reach Tier One in 2022 will have until January 31, 2023 to redeem their reward. If you do not respond by that date, then you will forfeit your rewards. And we don’t want you do that.)

Tier Two: Top 10 Cash-In

The top 10 producers in Top Echelon’s recruiter network each calendar year will receive the following cash-back totals, respectively:

• 1st Place—$3,000
• 2nd Place—$2,500
• 3rd Place—$2,000
• 4th Place—$1,750
• 5th Place—$1,500
• 6th Place—$1,250
• 7th Place—$1,000
• 8th Place—$750
• 9th Place—$500
• 10th Place—$250

The time frame for the Top Echelon Network Rewards Program is January 1 through December 31 of any given year. The program for that year ends on December 31, and a new program begins on January 1.

If you have any questions about the Top Echelon Network Rewards Program, please contact me. You can do so by calling 330.595.1742 or sending an email to drea@topechelon.com.