Staffing, consulting and temp firms can now take a placement from Crelate straight into compliant worker engagement and payroll — so workers start sooner, recruiters spend their hours placing instead of retyping, and compliance runs off a single worker record.
Key takeaways
- A placement made in Crelate carries into People2.0’s back office, so the record a recruiter creates is the record the compliance and payroll team works from.
- People2.0 provides employer of record (EOR) and agent of record (AOR) services covering worker classification and compliance in more than 130 countries.
- Crelate Hire already runs onboarding, credentialing and compliance paperwork; this closes the last gap, where the worker record still had to be re-entered downstream to get someone paid.
- Crelate stays the front and middle office and connects to the back office each firm chooses — Crelate Deliver for lighter volume, People2.0 for scale and cross-border work.
- Available now to Crelate customers placing contract and contingent workers, including firms in IT, professional services and skilled clinical staffing.
Crelate, the AI Recruiting Platform used by more than 25,000 recruiting professionals since 2012, has partnered with People2.0, a global provider of workforce compliance and payroll services, to give staffing and recruiting firms a connected path from sourcing and placement through to compliant worker engagement and payroll.
The problem: one worker, two systems, two records
Most staffing firms run recruiting in one system and compliance and payroll in another. The handoff between them is manual, and the same worker record gets typed twice. That duplicate entry costs recruiters hours every week and introduces small errors that surface later as compliance exposure.
Crelate Hire already runs onboarding, credentialing and compliance paperwork for thousands of placements. But the worker record still had to be re-entered downstream to get that person paid — which is the gap this partnership closes.
How the partnership works
The partnership pairs Crelate’s applicant tracking, recruiting CRM and AI sourcing agents with People2.0’s employer of record (EOR) and agent of record (AOR) services, which cover worker classification and compliance in more than 130 countries. A placement made in Crelate carries into People2.0’s back office, so the record a recruiter creates is the record the compliance and payroll team works from.
“Staffing, consulting and temp firms are running complex operations stitched together with workarounds. Closing the gap between recruiting and the back office means workers start sooner and firms bill sooner.” — Aaron Elder, CEO and co-founder of Crelate
Why Crelate partners rather than builds
Crelate builds the front and middle office for staffing firms and connects the money side to whichever back office a firm chooses. Firms running lighter contract volume can use Crelate Deliver for assignments, timekeeping and invoicing, and connect their own back office or a range of payroll providers. Firms operating at scale, across borders, or in markets with heavier classification requirements can route that work to People2.0.
The recruiting system and the compliance and payroll provider stay separate decisions, which is the point of Crelate’s partner network: changing one should not mean rebuilding the other.
“This partnership reflects something we believe deeply: that the staffing industry grows when its infrastructure grows with it.” — Craig Cohen, Global CRO at People2.0
Availability
The partnership is available now to Crelate customers placing contract and contingent workers, including firms in IT, professional services and skilled clinical staffing. Current customers can ask their Crelate account team about connecting People2.0.
Firms evaluating recruiting and back-office software can request a Crelate demo.
Frequently asked questions
What does the Crelate and People2.0 partnership do?
It connects Crelate’s recruiting platform to People2.0’s employer of record, agent of record and payroll services, so a staffing firm can move a worker from placement to compliant engagement without entering the same data twice.
Does Crelate run payroll?
Crelate runs the front and middle office: sourcing, applicant tracking, recruiting CRM, and onboarding and compliance documents. Pay-and-bill connects to the back office a firm chooses. Crelate Deliver handles lighter volume in-platform, and partners such as People2.0 handle full back office at scale.
Who is this partnership for?
Staffing and recruiting firms that place contract and contingent workers and want their recruiting system and their compliance and payroll provider working from one record. It matters most to firms placing workers across multiple states or countries.
Can consulting and temp firms use this?
Yes. The partnership covers staffing, consulting and temp firms placing contract, contingent and temporary workers. Any firm that needs a worker engaged compliantly and paid without its recruiters re-entering the record in a second system fits the use case.
What is an employer of record, and why does it matter to a staffing firm?
An employer of record legally employs a worker on a staffing firm’s behalf and takes on classification, payroll, tax and compliance obligations. It lets a firm place workers in states or countries where it has no legal entity, without taking on that compliance risk itself.
How many countries does People2.0 cover?
People2.0 provides worker classification and compliance services in more than 130 countries.
How does a Crelate customer get started?
The partnership is available now. Current Crelate customers can ask their account team about connecting People2.0; firms not yet on Crelate can request a demo.
About Crelate
Crelate is the AI Recruiting Platform for teams that hunt talent. It puts applicant tracking, a recruiting CRM, and AI sourcing on one open platform built for how recruiters actually work, across executive search, direct hire, premium staffing, contract and temp staffing, consulting firms, and corporate in-house teams.
Crelate’s AI agents source new candidates, keep your candidate pool current, and answer questions about your own data in plain language, and they come included on every plan rather than reserved for enterprise. Teams use Crelate to replace spreadsheets and stitched-together point tools with one system they own, so the relationships and pipeline only they have become their next hire.
Serving more than 25,000 recruiting professionals since 2012, Crelate helps recruiters find the right people at the right time for the right opportunity, because hiring is for everybody. Learn more at crelate.com.
About People2.0
People2.0 is a global provider of workforce compliance and payroll services, specializing in worker classification and compliance across more than 130 countries. Learn more at people20.com.
