The Top TE Split Fee for January: $59,500

What’s almost as much fun as making the biggest split placement fees in TE Network?

Seeing who made the biggest split placement fees in TE Network, that’s what! And that’s exactly what we’re going to do in this issue of The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog.

That’s because recruiters have already earned the biggest TE Network split fees during the month of January. And now, we shall peruse them.

Which fee was the biggest? That would be the one Amy Chapman of Key People Staffing and Sarah Katz of First Search, Inc. earned. Specifically, Amy and Sarah placed a Director of Operations to earn a $59,500 fee at 25%.

Were there other big fees in TE Network during the month of January? (Am I going to start every paragraph with a question?) Sure there were, and we invite you to look through them and draw inspiration from them so that you, too, may be on this list in the near future.

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 – January 2026

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First Place:

Amy Chapman of Key People Staffing and Sara Katz of First Search, Inc.

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 Sarah was the candidate recruiter.

The fee for this split placement was $59,500

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Second Place:

Maria Hemminger of MJ Recruiters, LLC and Stephen George of SteveRecruiter, LLC

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

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

The fee for this split placement was $57,000.

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Third Place:

Steve Schroeder of Stratus Staffing and Brad Dodge of iLocatum Recruiting

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 $29,000.

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Fourth Place (Tie):

Jeff Crowley of JobFormance, LLC and Jim Ingram of Jim W. Ingram

The position for this split placement was a Director of Safety, Quality, and Continuous Improvement and the fee percentage associated with this placement was 20%.

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

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

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Fourth Place (Tie):

Steve Schroeder of Stratus Staffing and Michael Agen of New Solutions Group, LLC

The position for this split placement was an Assistant Dean of Nursing and the fee percentage associated with this placement was 20%.

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

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

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Fifth Place:

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

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

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

The fee for this split placement was $27,000.

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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.