The end of the year may be barreling toward us, but recruiters are still making placements with big fees in TE Network!

This week, we’d like to highlight Amy Chapman of Key People Staffing and Brad Dodge of iLocatum Recruiting.

Amy and Brad placed a Senior Manager of Human Resources to earn a recruiting fee of $41,250 at 25%! (And as you can see below, that was one of two split placements the duo made recently.)

In addition, we’d also like to congratulate Erin Frommeyer of Aspire Talent Solutions, who made her first split placement as a member of 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 November 24 through December 7, 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.

Once again, congratulations to everybody below for the split placements they made in TE Network!

This Week’s Split Placements

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Job recruiter: Bob Millman of AutoPro Technical Recruiting

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

Job title: ASSISTANT PROPERTY MANAGER

Overall placement fee: $9,360

Fee percentage: 18%

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Job recruiter: Michael Agen of New Solutions Group, LLC

Candidate recruiter: Kendra Arnold of A Plus Hire Right Search Group, LLC

Job title: HOME CARE SALES ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE

Overall placement fee: $22,000

Fee percentage: 20%

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

Candidate recruiter: David Cuozzo of CrowdSourced Recruiting (inactive)

Job title: HOSPICE SALES EXECUTIVE

Overall placement fee: $18,000

Fee percentage: 15%

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Job recruiter: Laurie Burden of The Recruiting Pro

Candidate recruiter: Brad Dodge of iLocatum Recruiting

Job title: HOME INFUSION PHARMACIST

Overall placement fee: $10,000

Fee percentage: Flat

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Job recruiter: Amy Chapman of Key People Staffing

Candidate recruiter: Brad Dodge of iLocatum Recruiting

Job title: SENIOR MANAGER OF HUMAN RESOURCES

Overall placement fee: $41,250

Fee percentage: 25%

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Job recruiter: Amy Chapman of Key People Staffing

Candidate recruiter: Brad Dodge of iLocatum Recruiting

Job title: RELIABILITY ENGINEER

Overall placement fee: $33,750

Fee percentage: 25%

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Job recruiter: Alisha Welsh of Welsh & Associates, Inc.

Candidate recruiter: Erica Kochevar of Step Up Recruiting

Job title: BILLING MANAGER

Overall placement fee: $18,750

Fee percentage: 25%

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Job recruiter: Bob Millman of AutoPro Technical Recruiting

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

Job title: MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR

Overall placement fee: $11,606

Fee percentage: 18%

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Job recruiter: Matthew Smith of Workforce Recruiter

Candidate recruiter: Adam Pantelli of AJ Search

Job title: SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER – MILLWORK

Overall placement fee: $30,000

Fee percentage: 20%

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Job recruiter: Erin Frommeyer of Aspire Talent Solutions

Candidate recruiter: Adam Pantelli of AJ Search

Job title: SENIOR PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER

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.

This week’s networking tip may just be the shortest one we have. But its brevity is eclipsed only by its importance.

Enjoying success as a member of Top Echelon’s recruiter network is all about having the proper attitude and frame of mind. This tip deals directly with that.

And as usual, the tip is also tied to one of The Four Pillars of Top Echelon Network. Specifically, that Pillar is Communication. The way in which Network recruiters view each other directly impacts the way in which they communicate with one another.

If you view other recruiters in TE Network in the proper fashion and you communicate with them in the correct way, then networking success is going to follow. And split placement success is going to follow that.

So let me stop yammering and get on with it. “Networking Tip #7” is as follows:

Don’t view other recruiters in the Network as competitors. View other recruiters as trading partners. You can both help each other make money!

Oftentimes, the majority of a recruiter’s placements are completed within a 250-mile radius. If you’re serious about making split placements, then you’ll learn to appreciate the help that nearby recruiters can give you with local candidates and local job orders.

Some recruiters may not want TE Network to grant membership to other recruiters in their hometown or in their area. However, a change in attitude can generate tremendous financial rewards.

After all, no recruiter can be in all places at one time. Therefore, by teaming up, they’ll be stronger than they were on their own.

Most rookie networkers do not feel this way. However, experienced networkers have reaped monetary rewards by adopting this new attitude.

If you have any questions, please contact me by calling 330.595.1742 or by sending an email to drea@topechelon.com.

Welcome to the next installment in our “Integration Spotlight” series in The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog!

This happens to be the third installment. If you’re keeping score at home, the first two integration partners that we profiled in the newsletter were:

• Quil, an advanced AI notetaking assistant
• SourceWhale, an industry-leading headhunting and business development platform

Next up in our series is . . . drum roll, please . . . CallMantra!

CallMantra, the calling and texting software built specifically for recruiters, is fully integrated with TE Recruit, bringing automation, verified calling, and real-time communication tracking directly to your recruiting workflow.

If your agency relies on fast outreach, high-volume communication, and clear activity visibility, this integration delivers everything your team needs to hit (and exceed) placement goals.

What Is CallMantra?

CallMantra is a modern communication platform designed for staffing and recruiting teams who need speed, accuracy, and reliability in their candidate outreach. As the only cloud phone system with built-in Verified Calling and Phone Number Monitoring, CallMantra ensures your calls connect, your texts get delivered, and your recruiters stay focused on conversations—not manual busywork.

Now, with its integration into TE Recruit, you get all of CallMantra’s power—seamlessly aligned with your applicant tracking workflows.

Call 400+ Candidates a Day . . . Automatically

Recruiters thrive when they can spend more time talking to candidates and less time dialing. CallMantra’s automated dialer allows you to:

• Load a list of contacts

• Add them to a calling campaign

• Hit Start

• Let the platform dial candidate after candidate

If a call goes to voicemail, recruiters can drop an automated, personalized voicemail and send a follow-up text instantly. This keeps outreach fast, consistent, and incredibly efficient—helping teams connect with more candidates in less time.

Every Call and Text Logged in TE Recruit . . . Automatically

One of the biggest advantages of this integration is the real-time synchronization of all recruiter activity.

Every call.
Every voicemail.
Every text.
Every attempt.

All logged directly into TE Recruit with no additional effort from your team. This keeps communication transparent, ensures accurate records, and allows any team member to instantly pick up where another left off.

No more chasing down coworkers for updates. No more missing communication history. Just clean, complete activity data—exactly where you need it.

Smarter Texting = More Replies

Texting has become one of the most effective ways to engage candidates, and CallMantra gives recruiters several powerful texting capabilities:

• 1:1 texting directly from TE Recruit

• Personalized bulk texting for campaigns

• Texting from the CallMantra mobile app

• The ability to text straight from job boards

With candidates responding to texts faster than email or voicemail, this gives your team a major advantage in competitive recruiting environments.

Stop Losing Calls to ‘Spam Likely’ Labels

One of the silent killers in recruiting outreach is when carrier networks flag your phone number as spam or “scam likely.” Candidates never see the call—and recruiters never know why.

CallMantra solves this with:

• Verified Calling to protect phone number reputation

• Phone Number Monitoring to alert you to risk or flagging

• Carrier remediation to whitelist your numbers if they become blocked

• Business text verification to ensure messages land in real inboxes

This dramatically increases answer rates and ensures your outreach actually reaches the candidates you’re trying to contact.

Recruit from Anywhere with Mobile Apps

Whether your team is working from home, traveling, or attending recruiting events, CallMantra’s iOS and Android apps let you stay connected wherever you go.

From your mobile device, you can:

• Make and receive calls

• Send and receive texts

• Access call logs and summaries

• Search notes and candidate history

• Manage workflow tasks

Every action syncs back to TE Recruit, giving recruiters true flexibility without losing activity tracking.

Why This Integration Matters

The TE Recruit + CallMantra integration is more than just a convenience—it’s a competitive advantage.

Recruiters can now:

• Reach more candidates in less time

• Increase reply and answer rates

• Maintain perfect activity records

• Avoid spam labeling issues

• Work effectively from anywhere

• Collaborate seamlessly with their teams

For staffing and recruiting agencies looking to scale their outreach while maintaining quality and control, this integration delivers a fast, modern, and data-driven communication workflow.

Ready to Maximize Your Recruiting Outreach?

If your agency wants to call faster, text smarter, and track communication more accurately, now is the perfect time to explore the TE Recruit + CallMantra integration.

Click HERE for more information about TE Recruit’s integration with CallMantra and how this solution can help maximize your recruiting desk.

And keep checking The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog each week for more integration announcements, spotlight features, and news regarding the TE Recruit software for recruiters!

It’s that time of year again. That’s right, it’s time for Top Echelon’s Annual State of the Recruiting Industry Survey!

Since you’re a member of Top Echelon’s recruiting network, we’d like to invite you to participate in our survey. Your responses to this survey will serve as the basis for Top Echelon’s 2026 State of the Recruiting Industry Report.

There are 26 questions in this year’s survey (for the year 2026). We want your viewpoints, opinions, and perspectives on a wide range of topics. And as always, we encourage you to elaborate on any and all points that you see fit. Vent to us, if you must. We’re here to listen.

The questions in this year’s survey include the following topics (among others):

• How much recruiters use artificial intelligence (AI) on their desks
• The top complaints clients have about candidates
• Where the best quality candidates come from
• The most successful places to advertise job openings and reach candidates
• Recruiters’ top challenges and concerns about the future and how to address them

Here’s the really good news: if you participate in our survey, then you’ll be among the first to receive the 2026 State of the Recruiting Industry Report.

We estimate that the report will be completed and ready for distribution shortly after the first of the year. (Although of course, we reserve the right to publish it later . . . or sooner, maybe. We’ll see what kind of mood we’re in.)

Regardless, click the link below to get this show started:

Yes, I’d like to take the survey!

Thank you for your loyalty and commitment as TE Network members (and also for completing our survey)!

Top Echelon Training and Support Manager Todd Bossler recently conducted a special TE Recruit Training Tuesday webinar titled, “TE Recruit 2025 Year in Review: Enhancements, Features, and Integrations.”

You may have attended this free webinar on Tuesday, December 2. On the other hand, you may not have been in attendance.

Regardless, we have the recorded version of the webinar, which I am presenting to you now. (The recording is also located in the Top Echelon Help Center.)

If you are not a user of our recruiting software, TE Recruit, then check out the video, anyway, to see how the software could benefit your recruiting desk and agency.

We at Top Echelon are continually working to make the resources that we provide to our customers better, and this is yet more proof!

Below is the official description of this training video:

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Watch this TE Recruit training video!

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Remember to check The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog every week for more updates regarding Top Echelon software improvements and upgrades.

If you have any questions about how you can maximize your TE Network membership, please 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.