At Top Echelon, we love the smell of split placement fees in the morning . . . or in the afternoon . . . or even in the evening, for that matter.

All Apocalypse Now references aside, we have some plenty big fees in this issue of The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog. Specifically, we have the largest split placement fees in Top Echelon Network for the month of July!

As you can see below, Tom LaRosa of RML Specialty Group, LLC and Joe Cresci of Food Management Search accounted for the largest split fee. Tom and Joe placed a Data Engineer for a fee of $45K at 20%. So congratulations to Tom and Joe for their placement and for generating such a large fee!

As a reminder, Top Echelon determines the monthly and quarterly winners of its 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 of July!

Largest Split Fees – July 2022

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First Place:

Tom LaRosa of RML Specialty Group, LLC and Joe Cresci of Food Management Search

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

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

The fee for this split placement was $45,000.

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Second Place:

Travis Jones of Career Development Partners and Susan Smith of Anspire

The position for this split placement was a Director of Accounting and the fee percentage associated with this placement was 27.5%.

Travis was the job order recruiter and Susan was the candidate recruiter.

The fee for this split placement was $41,250.

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Third Place:

Larry Rosenthal of Larry Rosenthal & Associates, Inc. and Michael Stuck of Gables Search Group

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

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

The fee for this split placement was $40,000.

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Fourth Place:

Wendy Jespersen of Alliance Search Group, Inc. and David Manns of Access Staffing

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

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

The fee for this split placement was $36,000.

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Fifth Place:

Rich Grunenwald of Advisory and Consulting Services, LLC and Trey Cameron of Cameron Craig Group

The position for this split placement was a SAP Finance Business Systems Analyst and the fee percentage associated with this placement was 25%.

Rich was the job order recruiter and Trey was the candidate recruiter.

The fee for this split placement was $34,250.

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If YOU want to make more money through Top Echelon’s recruiter 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.

You know the old saying when it comes to split placements: “Half a loaf is better than none.”

And Top Echelon Network recruiters made a dozen split placements last week. Not a baker’s dozen, but a dozen.

And we have a photo of bread loaves at the top of this blog post, which contains all of the split placements that Network members made last week. (The blog post, not the bread loaves.)

And you may have noticed that those loaves are FULL loaves and not half loaves. You might ask why this is the case. To that question, I say, “You only have so much flexibility when it comes to stock photos.” A search for “half loaves of bread” does not return many results.

What DOES return results, though, is communicating on a regular basis with your TE trading partners. Specifically, it results in split placements . . . which represents the saying “Half a loaf is better than none.”

See how splits are a self-perpetuating feedback loop of ever-increasing levels of recruiting success?

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 week of Monday, August 1, through Sunday, August 7.

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: Debbi Reiger of Reiger Technical Search

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

Job title: TECHNICAL DEVELOPER

Overall placement fee: $13,500

Fee percentage: 18%

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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 SOFTWARE DEVELOPER

Overall placement fee: $15,300

Fee percentage: 18%

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Job recruiter: Michael Agen of New Solutions Group, LLC

Candidate recruiter: Trey Cameron of Cameron Craig Group

Job title: RN HOME HEALTH 

Overall placement fee: $18,720

Fee percentage: 20%

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Job recruiter: Maria Hemminger of MJ Recruiters, LLC

Candidate recruiter: Trey Cameron of Cameron Craig Group

Job title: CONTROLLER

Overall placement fee: $36,000

Fee percentage: 30%

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Job recruiter: Rebecca Lucas of CPG Talent Management, LLC

Candidate recruiter: Cindy Denker of 6 Degrees Search

Job title: FINANCE ANALYST

Overall placement fee: $15,000

Fee percentage: 20%

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Job recruiter: Michael Agen of New Solutions Group, LLC

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

Job title: BAYLOR RN HOSPICE

Overall placement fee: $15,912

Fee percentage: 20%

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Job recruiter: Robert Litton of Litton Resource Group

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

Job title: LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER

Overall placement fee: $12,000

Fee percentage: Flat

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Job recruiter: Deirdre Smith of Harkins Smith & Associates

Candidate recruiter: John Ricciardi of Afton Consulting Group

Job title: PRODUCE DEVELOPMENT – PROCESS ENGINEERING

Overall placement fee: $22,500

Fee percentage: 25%

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Job recruiter: Bob Arnold, Jr. of ASI Recruiters, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Vickie Richard of Richard & Associates HR

Job title: STAFF ACCOUNTANT

Overall placement fee: $10,200

Fee percentage: 15%

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Job recruiter: Nancy Hastings of The Hastings Group

Candidate recruiter: Michael Stuck of Gables Search Group

Job title: SUPERVISOR – MANUFACTURING

Overall placement fee: $16,250

Fee percentage: 25%

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Job recruiter: Amylyn Kyler of Kyler Professional Search

Candidate recruiter: Michael Stuck of Gables Search Group

Job title: SALES LEADER

Overall placement fee: $11,700

Fee percentage: 18%

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Job recruiter: Georgette Sandifer of Gallman Consulting

Candidate recruiter: Michael Stuck of Gables Search Group

Job title: PLC – ROBOT TECHNICIAN

Overall placement fee: $10,740

Fee percentage: Flat

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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 330.595.17423 or by sending an email to drea@topechelon.com.

We have quite the race brewing for the top spot in Top Echelon Network.

The reigning Top Echelon Recruiter of the Year, Michael Stuck of Gables Search Group, still holds a slim lead over Trey Cameron of Cameron Craig Group. In fact, as of the writing of this blog post, less than $200K separates them in terms of their cash-in totals during the past 12 months.

In addition, Trey edged Michael for Recruiter of the Month honors during July. Although Michael made more splits, Trey’s placements generated about $7K more in revenue.

There’s a lot of year left, and it remains to be seen which of these recruiters will prevail before 2022 ends. The only thing we know for sure is that it will be an interesting journey!

Below is the information that we include with the Recruiters of the Month feature in Top Echelon Network:

1. The top 10 recruiters for the month.
2. 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 made.)
3. The number of splits that the recruiters made during the month.
4. The date that each recruiter’s agency joined Top Echelon Network.
5. The number of splits each recruiter has made during their Network career.
6. Each recruiter’s cash-in total for their Network career.

With this format, there are more than likely going to be ties among recruiters, especially with those members who have made split placements with each other.

Congratulations to the recruiters listed below . . . and congratulations to every Network member who made a split placement (or multiple splits) during the month of July!

Recruiters of the Month – July 2022

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First Place:

Recruiter: Trey Cameron
Agency: Cameron Craig Group
Placements: Fourteen (14)
Cash-in total: $117,495
Date agency joined TE: January 24, 2003
Career Top Echelon placements: 1,230
Career Top Echelon cash-in: $9,486,578

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Second Place:

Recruiter: Michael Stuck
Agency: Gables Search Group
Placements: Twenty-five (25)
Cash-in total: $110,416
Date agency joined TE: March 9, 2005
Career Top Echelon placements: 399
Career Top Echelon cash-in: $2,517,266

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Third Place:

Recruiter: John Ricciardi 
Agency: Afton Consulting Group
Placements: Six (6)
Cash-in total: $52,405
Date agency joined TE: November 6, 2017
Career Top Echelon placements: 37
Career Top Echelon cash-in: $384,246

Fourth Place:

Recruiter: David Cuozzo
Agency: CrowdSourced Recruiting
Placements: Five (5)
Cash-in total: $41,689
Date agency joined TE: April 16, 2019
Career Top Echelon placements: 59
Career Top Echelon cash-in: $302,943

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Fifth Place:

Recruiter: Chuck Cole
Agency: Cole Professional Search
Placements: Three (3)
Cash-in total: $38,775
Date agency joined TE: March 26, 2021
Career Top Echelon placements: 34
Career Top Echelon cash-in: $359,902

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Sixth Place:

Recruiter: Brian Abrams
Agency: PMO Partners
Placements: Ten (10)
Cash-in total: $32,520
Date agency joined TE: February 14, 2020
Career Top Echelon placements: 37
Career Top Echelon cash-in: $345,857

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Seventh Place:

Recruiter: Gary Schultz
Agency: Work 22, Inc.
Placements: Three (3)
Cash-in total: $31,284
Date agency joined TE: May 30, 2017
Career Top Echelon placements: 100
Career Top Echelon cash-in: $716,834

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Eighth Place:

Recruiter: Ben Brown
Agency: TSS Sourcing Solutions
Placements: Two (2)
Cash-in total: $30,315
Date agency joined TE: April 4, 2018
Career Top Echelon placements: 14
Career Top Echelon cash-in: $149,720

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Ninth Place:

Recruiter: Kristy Staggs 
Agency: Byrnes & Rupkey, Inc.
Placements: Three (3)
Cash-in total: $30,268
Date agency joined TE: May 28, 2014
Career Top Echelon placements: 106
Career Top Echelon cash-in: $654,715

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Tenth Place:

Recruiter: Gary Thompson 
Agency: Gary Thompson 
Placements: Five (5)
Cash-in total: $25,629
Date agency joined TE: December 19, 2018
Career Top Echelon placements: 45
Career Top Echelon cash-in: $346,304

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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.

Sure, a lot of recruiters went on vacation last month. You might have been one of them.

However, 11 agency owners made the decision in July to become members of Top Echelon Network! We, of course, would like to congratulate them on joining the TE family.

And I probably don’t have to tell you (but I’m going to tell you, anyway) that these agencies represent potential new trading partners. You could make split placements with these agencies!

With that in mind, I encourage you to look over the list of new members below. And of course, reach out to any one of them (or more) if you believe that you can make splits together.

We at Top Echelon run the names of recruiting agencies applying for membership in the Network Dashboard section of the Top Echelon software. We list the names of new Network agencies, as well.

However, we also list our new members in The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog. This list typically includes the:

• Name of the agency
• Industries and/or specialties in which the agency operates
• Names of the recruiters working at the agency
• Geographic location of the agency

So I’d like to take this moment to once again congratulate the agencies listed below and welcome them to the Network. I look forward to helping them make split placements!

(Note: If you have any questions about reaching out to new members or about your split recruiting membership in general, please contact me. My contact information is listed at the end of this blog post.)

New Member Agencies – July 2022

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A Team Medical Staffing, LLC  
Industries: Healthcare
Recruiters: Annecy Lafleur
Location: Fitchburg, MA

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Civil Search Consultants, Inc. 
Industries: Civil Engineering and Land Surveying
Recruiters: Blake Pellerin
Location: Houston, TX

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Evolve1talent 
Industries: Finance & Accounting, Information Technology, Engineering, and C-Suite
Recruiters: Sylvia Regalado
Location: San Marcos, CA 

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Green Oak Agency 
Industries: Generalist
Recruiters: AJ Sharma
Location: Drexel Hill. PA

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Guidon Solutions Group 
Industries: Technology
Recruiters: Joel Thompson
Location: Norfolk, VA

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Hire Standard Staffing 
Industries: Generalist
Recruiters: Jeffrey Boissonnault
Location: Hartford, CT

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Intellectual Capitol, Inc 
Industries: Information Technology
Recruiters: Barry Newkirk
Location: Greer, SC

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Ironman Staffing Medical Services, Inc. 
Industries: Healthcare
Recruiters: Rob Piotrowski
Location: Miami Beach, FL

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Search Consultants, Inc. 
Industries: Software, Technology, and SaaS 
Recruiters: Michael Scott
Location: Clayton, NC

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Staff America, Inc. 
Industries: Computer Software/Hardware/Security (Cloud, SaaS/PaaS, AI, IOT), IT, Manufacturing, and Legal
Recruiters: Aldin Barrett
Location: Santa Clara, CA

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Third Eye Staff and Search 
Industries: Technology, Healthcare, Finance/Banking, Insurance, Media/Entertainment, Oil & Gas, Life Sciences/Pharma, Automotive, and Manufacturing
Recruiters: Keith Clements
Location: Doylestown, PA

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It doesn’t matter if you’re a newer Network recruiter or an established member. If you want help making split placements with other Top Echelon Network members, then I encourage you to contact me.

You can do so by calling 330.595.1742 or by sending an email to drea@topechelon.com.

Recruiters typically think of August as a slow summer month . . . but that’s not the case when it comes to Network anniversaries in Top Echelon!

That’s because there are nearly 50 agencies celebrating a Network anniversary during the month of August. And when we say “nearly 50,” what we really mean is 49. (If you want us to be precise, that is.)

And we offer special mention to the five Network agencies that are celebrating anniversaries of 20 years or more, especially the two that are both celebrating 29 years as TE members. Thank you for your loyalty, dedication, and devotion to split placements!

When recognizing Network agencies for their anniversaries, Top Echelon includes the name of the agency; the length of the anniversary; and the location of the agency, including the city and state.

So congratulations to all of the agencies celebrating anniversaries in our split fee recruiting network during the month of August!

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29-Year Anniversary

• EXEK Recruiters, Ltd. in Rochester, New York
• MEIRxRS/Med Exec Intl in Glendale, California

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24-Year Anniversary

• Career Search Associates in Des Moines, Iowa

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22-Year Anniversary

• Telequest Communications, Inc. in Mahwah, New Jersey

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21-Year Anniversary

• Knowhirematch, LLC in San Diego, California

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20-Year Anniversary

• Welsh & Associates, Inc. in Kalamazoo, Michigan

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17-Year Anniversary

• MJ Recruiters, LLC in Tiffin, Ohio

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15-Year Anniversary

• Eric V. Stearley, CPC & Associates in Brazil, Indiana
• One Source Technical, Inc. in Solon, Ohio
• Ron Sunshine Associates, LLC in Frisco, Texas

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14-Year Anniversary

• Reliance Recruiting, LLC in Fort Wayne, Indiana

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12-Year Anniversary

• Woods & Paolino Recruiting Solutions in St. Augustine, Florida

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11-Year Anniversary

• Top Dog Recruiting in Williamsburg, Virginia

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9-Year Anniversary

• Management Performance Associates in La Quinta, California

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8-Year Anniversary

• Brian Dussault in Woburn, Massachusetts
• JC2 Technologies in Seabrook, Texas

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7-Year Anniversary

• Deb North of Deb North in Topeka, Kansas
• The Hastings Group in Jacksonville, North Carolina

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6-Year Anniversary

• ConcreteCareers.com in Atlanta, Georgia
• IMC Solutions, Inc. in Naperville, Illinois
• Mackie Search, LLC in Delphos, Ohio

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5-Year Anniversary

• C. H. Thomas Search, LLC in Omaha, Nebraska
• Sterling St. James, LLC in Liberty, Missouri

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4-Year Anniversary

• Heather Larkin, LLC in Simpsonville, South Carolina
• Innovative Search Solutions in Cleveland/Akron, Ohio

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3-Year Anniversary

• Dana Kowen Associates, LLC in Rocklin, California
• Dimensions Professional Search in Greenville, North Carolina
• Diverse Recruiting Experts in Round Rock, Texas
• Guice Smith & Associates/TalntShop, LLC in Nashville, Tennessee
• Litton Resource Group in Pineville, North Carolina
• Provision People in Jersey City, New Jersey

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2-Year Anniversary

• Agile 4 Solutions in Lakewood, Colorado
• Bankers Select in Zionsville, Pennsylvania
• Bob Jones in Camby, Indiana
• Craft Recruiting in Marlborough, Massachusetts
• NextLevel Executive Search in Crystal, Illinois
• Oculus Search Partners, LLC in Lexington, Massachusetts
• Precise Resource, Inc. in Westerville, Ohio
• RCC Group, LLC in Fullerton, California
• Talent-Thrive, LLC in Liberty, Ohio
• TDO Recruiters in Davidson, North Carolina

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1-Year Anniversary

• AEC National Recruiters, Inc. in Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania
• Ashford Connex, LLC in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
• EnTech Resources, LLC in Cumming, Georgia
• Gtalent in Mount Laurel, New Jersey
• McM Search Group in Peosta, Iowa
• Signal Jobs, LLC in Lakeland, Florida
• SP Associates in Charlotte, North Carolina
• Wilson James in Greenville, South Carolina

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Thank you to all of these agencies and the many others that have joined Top Echelon Network over the years. We look forward to many more anniversaries and split placements in the future!