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Largest Split Fee of the Month

Presenting the Top TE Network Fees of the Month

by Matthew Deutsch on May 12, 2025

This is one of our favorite Pinnacle Newsletter Blog articles to both write and publish . . . and that’s because it’s all about big recruiting fees!

Specifically, the largest split fees of the month in TE Network. And as you can see below, the Largest Split Fee of the Month in the Network during April was $63,250.

The recruiters who accounted for that split placement were Amy Chapman of Key People Staffing and Steve Kohn of Affinity Executive Search, Inc. Amy and Steve placed a Senior Director of Operations to earn their $63,250 fee at 25%.

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 – April 2025

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First Place:

Amy Chapman of Key People Staffing and Steve Kohn of Affinity Executive Search, Inc.

Amy Chapman

Steve Kohn

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

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

The fee for this split placement was $63,250.

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Second Place:

Bruce Widnes of The Recruiting Group, Inc. and Paul Danowski of Grace Search Service, Inc.

Bruce Widnes

Paul Danowski

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

Bruce was the job order recruiter and Paul was the candidate recruiter.

The fee for this split placement was $51,875.

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Third Place:

James Grayem of Jamie Grayem and Brad Dodge of iLocatum Recruiting

James Grayem

Brad Dodge

The position for this split placement was a Nurse Manager of Urology and the fee percentage associated with this placement was 15%.

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

The fee for this split placement was $36,995.25.

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Fourth Place:

Jon Missirlian of Orion Placement and Teresa Pernini of Pernini Legal, LLC

Jon Missirlian

Teresa Pernini

The position for this split placement was an Attorney – Municipal Law and the fee percentage associated with this placement was 20%.

Jon was the job order recruiter and Teresa was the candidate recruiter.

The fee for this split placement was $33,000.

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Fifth Place:

David M. Sgro of True North Consultants, Inc. and Joseph Nazoa of SERCHTECK

David M. Sgro, CPC

Joseph Nazoa

The position for this split placement was a Senior Cloud Security and Identity Engineer and the fee percentage associated with this placement was 20%.

David was the job order recruiter and Joseph was the candidate recruiter.

The fee for this split placement was $31,600.

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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.

Recruiter of the Month

The Top Recruiters in TE Network for April

by Matthew Deutsch on May 11, 2025

Spring is here (and summer is almost here) and hope springs eternal and nothing brings hope quite like a lot of placements.

And the recruiters listed below made a lot of placements in TE Network during the month of May. So it should come as no surprise that they’re the Recruiters of the Month in the Network.

In fact, Brad Dodge of iLocatum Recruiting took home the top honors once again. He was part of five split placements during the month, which resulted in nearly $50K in cash-in for April.

Here is the information that we include with the Recruiter of the Month feature in TE Network:

The top five (5) recruiters for the month.
The cash-in total for each recruiter during the month. (We base the order of the recruiters on their amount of cash-in dollars, as opposed to the number of split placements they’ve made.)
The number of splits that the recruiters made during the month.
The number of splits each recruiter has made during their TE Network career.
Each recruiter’s cash-in total for their TE Network career.

With this format, it’s more likely that there will be ties among recruiters, especially with those TE Network members who have made split placements with each other.

Once again, congratulations to the recruiters listed below . . . and congratulations to every TE Network member who made a split placement (or multiple splits) during the month!