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Split Placements

Presenting This Week’s TE Network Split Placements

by Matthew Deutsch on June 9, 2025

We have a lot to celebrate in this issue of The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog!

Matthew Deutsch

First, we have the split placements listed below.

Second, we have one of those splits producing a $46,250 fee. The TE Network members who accounted for that split are Tom Christensen of C.H. Thomas Search, LLC and Hani Mussa of Knowhirematch, LLC.

Tom and Hani placed a General Manager – Manufacturing to earn that $46,250 placement check at 25%.

Third, we have a recruiter who recently made their first split placement as a member of TE Network. That recruiter is Diane McGwin of Newfound Associates.

Diane placed a Senior Wealth Advisor with Gaelle Mair of UCare Staffing, LLC to earn a flat fee of $25,000.

So let’s celebrate!

As a friendly neighborhood reminder, here is the information that we publish with our 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 2 through June 8, 2025.

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.

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

This Week’s Split Placements

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Sara Alexandroff

Aldin Beslagic

Job recruiter: Aldin Beslagic of BestLogic Staffing

Candidate recruiter: Sara Alexandroff of Sterling St. James, Inc.

Job title: SPECIAL ACCOUNTS ADMINISTRATOR

Overall placement fee: $13,520

Fee percentage: 20%

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Brent Barth

Brenda Wylie-Biggs

Job recruiter: Brenda Wylie-Biggs of KB Search Team, LLC

Candidate recruiter: Brent Barth of bizjobz, LLC

Job title: SENIOR ACCOUNTANT

Overall placement fee: $18,240

Fee percentage: 24%

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Sean Bonner

Clint Martz

Job recruiter: Clint Martz of A to Z Search Group

Candidate recruiter: Sean Bonner of Intensiv, LLC

Job title: SAFETY ENGINEER

Overall placement fee: $23,750

Fee percentage: 25%

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Donna Coleman

Ron Sunshine

Job recruiter: Ron Sunshine of Ron Sunshine Associates, LLC

Candidate recruiter: Donna Coleman of Donna Coleman and Associates

Job title: SENIOR MATERIALS MANAGER

Overall placement fee: $25,000

Fee percentage: 20%

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Kyle Cravens

Troy Randolph

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

Candidate recruiter: Kyle Cravens of Key Resource Group

Job title: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR – HOSPICE

Overall placement fee: $23,400

Fee percentage: 20%

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Jim Ingram

John Peterson

Job recruiter: John Peterson of Sun Recruiting, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Jim Ingram of Jim W. Ingram

Job title: CHEMICAL PROCESS ENGINEER

Overall placement fee: $23,000

Fee percentage: 20%

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Patrick King

Amy Chapman

Job recruiter: Amy Chapman of Key People Staffing

Candidate recruiter: Patrick King of Royalty Hospitality Staffing

Job title: HUMAN RESOURCES GENERALIST

Overall placement fee: $15,000

Fee percentage: 20%

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Diane McGwin

Gaelle Mair

Job recruiter: Gaelle Mair of UCare Staffing, LLC

Candidate recruiter: Diane McGwin of Newfound Associates

Job title: SENIOR WEALTH ADVISOR

Overall placement fee: $25,000

Fee percentage: Flat

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Tom Christensen

Hani Mussa

Job recruiter: Tom Christensen of C.H. Thomas Search, LLC

Candidate recruiter: Hani Mussa of Knowhirematch, LLC

Job title: GENERAL MANAGER – MANUFACTURING

Overall placement fee: $46,250

Fee percentage: 25%

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Amy Chapman

Butch Sweedar

Job recruiter: Amy Chapman of Key People Staffing

Candidate recruiter: Butch Sweedar of Omega Point Partners

Job title: MAINTENANCE MANAGER

Overall placement fee: $35,000

Fee percentage: 25%

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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.

Largest Split Fee of the Month

The Top TE Network Split Placement Fees for May

by Matthew Deutsch on June 8, 2025

Last week in The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog, we discussed the fact that we ushered in the month of June with a $49,000 split placement fee.

Matthew Deutsch

Well, it just so happens that fee is the Largest Split Fee of the Month in TE Network for May!

To refresh your memory, the Network recruiters involved in that split placement were Christina Boudreaux of Connectly Recruiting and Ann Boland of The Boland Group.

Christina and Ann placed a Chief Executive Officer to earn a flat $49,000 placement fee.

However, as you can see below, that was not the only large fee in TE Network during the month of May . . . so let’s dig in!

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 – May 2025

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First Place:

Christina Boudreaux of Connectly Recruiting and Ann Boland of The Boland Group

Ann Boland

Christina Boudreaux

The position for this split placement was a Chief Executive Officer and the fee percentage associated with this placement was Flat.

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

The fee for this split placement was $49,000.

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Second Place:

Carol McBride of RCC Group, LLC and Brad Dodge of iLocatum Recruiting

Brad Dodge

Carol McBride

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

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

The fee for this split placement was $32,750.

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Third Place:

Debbi Reiger of Reiger Technical Search and Ali Taghikhani of Synapse International (inactive)

Debbi Reiger

The position for this split placement was an Infrastructure Architect/Service Delivery Manager and the fee percentage associated with this placement was 20%.

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

The fee for this split placement was $32,000.

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Fourth Place:

Dan Trudeau of The Headhunters, LLC and Alpana Kapur of Saba Talent

Alpana Kapur

Dan Trudeau

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

Dan was the job order recruiter and Alpana was the candidate recruiter.

The fee for this split placement was $28,000.

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Fifth Place:

Debbi Reiger of Reiger Technical Search and Michael Brown of Seneca Creek Executive Search, LLC

Debbi Reiger

Michael Brown

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

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

The fee for this split placement was $27,000.

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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.

Recruiter of the Month

The Top TE Network Recruiters in May

by Matthew Deutsch on June 7, 2025

There is a familiar face atop the heap of recruiters that we’re recognizing in this blog post in this issue of The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog.

Matthew Deutsch

That face belongs to Brad Dodge of iLocatum Recruiting!

Brad is Recruiter of the Month in TE Network once again by virtue of the five split placements of which he was a part during the month of May. As you can see below, Brad is also rapidly approachuing the $2 million cash-in milestone as a member of the Network.

So both congratulations and pre-congratulations are in order!

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!