The Largest TE Split Placement Fees of the Quarter

October means a lot of things . . . colder weather . . . the bright foliage associated with the fall season . . . the Cleveland Browns being the Cleveland Browns . . .

And the largest split fees in TE Network for the third quarter of the year!

Speaking of which, Network members Ron Sunshine of Ron Sunshine Associates, LLC and Donna Coleman of Donna Coleman and Associates accounted for the largest split of the quarter. That’s because they placed a Vice President of Operations to earn a $50,000 fee at 25%.

But, as you have probably already guessed, that was not the only TE Network split placement with a sizeable fee that members made during the third quarter. There are many more below, including quite a few ties among recruiters.

Because the only thing better than TE Network split placements with big fees are more TE Network split placements with big fees!

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.

Congratulations to everybody who made the largest split fees in TE Network during the quarter!

Largest Split Fees of the Third Quarter – 2025

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First Place:

Ron Sunshine of Ron Sunshine Associates, LLC and Donna Coleman of Donna Coleman and Associates

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

Ron was the job order recruiter and Donna was the candidate recruiter.

The fee for this split placement was $50,000.

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Second Place:

Pam Ratz DeVille of Selective Resources, LLC and Maggie Wolgamot of Ridgeback Recruiting

The position for this split placement was an Executive Director – Actuary and the fee percentage associated with this placement was 22%.

Pam was the job order recruiter and Maggie was the candidate recruiter.

The fee for this split placement was $44,000.

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Third Place:

Ron Sunshine of Ron Sunshine Associates, LLC and Donna Coleman of Donna Coleman and Associates

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

Ron was the job order recruiter and Donna was the candidate recruiter.

The fee for this split placement was $43,750.

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Fourth Place:

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

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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Fifth Place (Tie):

Erika Staszewski of Integritas Search and Gary Schultz of Work 22, Inc.

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

Erika was the job order recruiter and Gary was the candidate recruiter.

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

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Fifth Place (Tie):

Clint Martz of A to Z Search Group and Derek Hilbert of Kingfisher Recruiting

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

Clint was the job order recruiter and Derek was the candidate recruiter.

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

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Fifth Place (Tie):

Maria Hemminger of MJ Recruiters, LLC and Brad Dodge of iLocatum Recruiting

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

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

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

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Sixth Place (Tie):

Janis Mitchell of Precise Resource Inc. and Kendra Arnold of A Plus Hire Right Search Group, LLC

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

Janis was the job order recruiter and Kendra was the candidate recruiter.

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

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Sixth Place (Tie):

Amy Chapman of Key People Staffing and Sara Alexandroff of Sterling St. James, Inc.

The position for this split placement was a Supply Chain Leader (Director) and the fee percentage associated with this placement was 25%.

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

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

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Seventh Place:

Cliff Rusnak of M-Works Search and Eden Shuster of Eden Capital Careers

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

Cliff was the job order recruiter and Eden was the candidate recruiter.

The fee for this split placement was $35,000.

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Eighth Place:

Maria Hemminger of MJ Recruiters, LLC and Angela Marasco of A. Marasco Recruiting LLC

The position for this split placement was a Production Manager and the fee percentage associated with this placement was 30%.

Maria was the job order recruiter and Angela was the candidate recruiter.

The fee for this split placement was $34,500.

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Ninth Place:

Tom Christensen of C. H. Thomas Search, LLC and Jeff Calannio of Software Placement Group, SPG

The position for this split placement was a Plant/Production Manager and the fee percentage associated with this placement was 25%.

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

The fee for this split placement was $32,500.

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Tenth Place:

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

The position for this split placement was a Quality Manager – Manufacturing and the fee percentage associated with this placement was 24.50%.

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

The fee for this split placement was $31,850.

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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.