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Split Placements

$37,500 Fee Tops This Week’s Network Splits

by Matthew Deutsch on August 10, 2025

Two of the top producers in TE Network teamed up recently to produce the largest split fee of the week in the Network!

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The recruiters in question are Amy Chapman of Key People Staffing and Sara Alexandroff of Sterling St. James, Inc. Amy and Sara placed a Supply Chain Leader to earn a placement fee of $37,500 at 25%.

But wait . . . there’s more! That’s because Bill Hall of The UrbanHall Group made his first split placement in TE Network recently. Bill and Brad Dodge of iLocatum Recruiting placed a Fleet Manager to generate a split fee of $15,000.

Congratulations to Bill for making his first split in TE Network!

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 July 28 through August 10, 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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Michael Agen

Cindy Sommer

Job recruiter: Cindy Sommer of SearchStars, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Michael Agen of New Solutions Group, LLC

Job title: FETAL ECHO SONOGRAPHER

Overall placement fee: $5,000

Fee percentage: Flat

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Sara Alexandroff

Amy Chapman

Job recruiter: Amy Chapman of Key People Staffing

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

Job title: SUPPLY CHAIN LEADER

Overall placement fee: $37,500

Fee percentage: 25%

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Troy Randolph

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

Candidate recruiter: David Cuozzo of CrowdSourced Recruiting (inactive)

Job title: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR – HOSPICE

Overall placement fee: $21,000

Fee percentage: 15%

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Brad Dodge

Bill Hall

Job recruiter: Bill Hall of The UrbanHall Group

Candidate recruiter: Brad Dodge of iLocatum

Job title: FLEET MANAGER

Overall placement fee: $15,000

Fee percentage: 20%

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Steve Kohn

Veronica Snyder

Job recruiter: Veronica Snyder of Career Professionals, Inc.

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

Job title: ELECTRICAL ENGINEER

Overall placement fee: $28,250

Fee percentage: 25%

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David M. Sgro, CPC

Maria Hemminger

Job recruiter: Maria Hemminger of MJ Recruiters, LLC

Candidate recruiter: David M. Sgro of True North Consultants, Inc.

Job title: SUPPLY CHAIN SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR

Overall placement fee: $27,000

Fee percentage: 30%

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Michael Stuck

Nick Stoia, CPC

Job recruiter: Nick Stoia, CPC of ASAP Search

Candidate recruiter: Michael Stuck of Gables Search Group

Job title: MAINTENANCE MANAGER

Overall placement fee: $26,400

Fee percentage: 22%

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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 Largest Split Fees in TE Network for July

by Matthew Deutsch on August 9, 2025

Jeff Katz of JSK Recruiting has done it again!

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What has Jeff done, exactly? Well, he’s been part of the Largest Split Fee of the Month in TE Network for the second month in a row.

In June, Jeff and Rebecca Lucas of CPG Talent Management, LLC placed a Director of Sales to earn a $50,000 fee at 25%. Then in July, Jeff and Thomas Trese of Tom Trese Networking, LLC placed a Procurement Packaging Manager, generating a fee of $41,400 in the process.

But that was far from the only big split placement fee in TE Network last month. Behold . . . feast your eyes on the fees below . . . and perhaps your name will grace the pages of The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog next 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 – July 2025

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First Place:

Jeff Katz of JSK Recruiting and Thomas Trese of Tom Trese Networking LLC

Jeff Katz

Thomas Trese

The position for this split placement was a Procurement Packaging Manager and the fee percentage associated with this placement was 23%.

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

The fee for this split placement was $41,400.

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Second Place:

Pat Batchelor of Engineering Search Partners and Sara Alexandroff of Sterling St. James, Inc.

Pat Batchelor

Sara Alexandroff

The position for this split placement was a PES – Senior Structural Engineer and the fee percentage associated with this placement was 27%.

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

The fee for this split placement was $29,025.

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Third Place:

Doug Boyce of Priority One Search and Michael Stuck of Gables Search Group

Doug Boyce

Michael Stuck

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

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

The fee for this split placement was $28,750.

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Fourth Place:

Steve Schroeder of Stratus Staffing and Brad Dodge of iLocatum Recruiting

Brad Dodge

Steve Schroeder

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

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

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

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Fifth Place:

Connie Dorigan of Dorigan & Associates and Steve Kohn of Affinity Executive Search, Inc.

Steve Kohn

Connie Dorigan

The position for this split placement was a Food Safety & Quality Manager and the fee percentage associated with this placement was 25%.

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

The fee for this split placement was $27,500.

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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

Presenting the Top Network Recruiters in July

by Matthew Deutsch on August 9, 2025

We have the top recruiters in TE Network for the month of July!

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Once again, Brad Dodge of iLocatum Recruiting is at the top of the heap. Brad was part of eight split placements during the month, and his cash-in total for those eight splits was over $42K.

As you can see, two other long-time Network Members—Steve Kohn of Affinity Executive Search, Inc. and Michael Stuck of Gables Search Group—claimed second and third place, respectively. Steve’s cash-in for the month was nearly $35K and Michael collected almost $32K.

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!