The Largest Split Fee of the Month: $55,000

We’ve already discussed how Michael Stuck of Gables Search Group and Amy Chapman of Key People Staffing are familiar faces in the Recruiter of the Month standings in TE Network.

And one of the reasons why they’re in the top five for the month of August is that they’re both responsible for the Largest Split Fee of the Month! More specifically, Michael and Amy placed a Director of Operations to earn a $55,000 split recruiting fee at 25%.

However, that is not the end of the story. Amy also made a split with the reigning Top Echelon Recruiter of the Year Brad Dodge of iLocatum Recruiting. That split yielded a fee of $37,500. That was good enough for second place in August.

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 Placement Fees – August 2026

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First Place:

Amy Chapman of Key People Staffing and Michael Stuck of Gables Search Group

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

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

The fee for this split placement was $55,000.

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Second Place:

Amy Chapman of Key People Staffing and Brad Dodge of iLocatum Recruiting

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

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

The fee for this split placement was $37,500.

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Third Place (Tie):

Oleg Goltstov of K. Jacobs Executive Search and Alex Ello of Acloche Direct Hire

The position for this split placement was an Estimator – Electrical and the fee percentage associated with this placement was 20%.

Oleg was the job order recruiter and Alex was the candidate recruiter.

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

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Third Place (Tie):

Nick Hope of Hope and Associates and Mark Marshall of CRJ Search

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

Nick was the job order recruiter and Mark was the candidate recruiter.

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

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Fourth Place:

Teresa Pernini of Pernini Legal, LLC and Brent Barth of bizjobz LLC

The position for this split placement was a Senior Underwriting Counsel Attorney and the fee percentage associated with this placement was 20%.

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

The fee for this split placement was $35,600.

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Fifth Place:

Amylyn Kyler of Kyler Professional Search and Larry Basilone of Basilone Executive Search

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

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

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

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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.