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“Staffing Is a People-Driven Business.” If you’ve worked in the staffing industry for any amount of time, you’ve certainly heard…
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Blog Post, Full Desk Experience
This episode of The Full Desk Experience, Kortney Harmon and Christy Harst discuss the challenges faced by women in leadership.
Blog Post, Full Desk Experience
[Podcast] Workshop | The Not-So-Scary World of Staffing: Creative Solutions for Your Talent Business
This episode of The Full Desk Experience explores how to diversify your portfolio for sustainable growth through any market cycle by adding staffing to your recruiting firm.
Blog Post, Full Desk Experience
[Podcast] FDE Express | Why Tech Alone Can’t Solve Your Talent Business’s Problems
In this episode of The Full Desk Experience, Kortney Harmon talks about how technology should not be seen as a silver bullet solution for all problems in the staffing and recruiting industry;…
Blog Post, Full Desk Experience
In this episode, we chat with Holly Cohoon, Founder and Managing Partner of Regents Consulting, about digital transformation and technology integration in the staffing and recruiting industry.
Blog Post, Full Desk Experience
[Podcast] FDE Express | Why Sourcing is Slowing Down Your Teams
In this episode of The Full Desk Experience, Kortney Harmon explores what is keeping your sources from going faster.
Blog Post, Full Desk Experience
This episode of The Full Desk Experience explores the love-hate relationship between talent industry leaders and KPIs. You'll learn how to evaluate your workflows, track the right metrics, and implement processes to…
Blog Post, Business Development, Recruiting Tips
How to Move Beyond the Transactional Mindset and Build Trust with Executive Search Clients
Learn how executive search firms can build trust with clients by prioritizing relationships, active listening, constant communication, and using executive search software to cater to client needs.
Blog Post, Applicant Tracking, Relationship Management Software
The Benefits of Choosing a Flexible ATS/CRM
Having a flexible ATS/CRM can benefit you and your teams - and not just with how easy the software is to use. Using an ATS/CRM that forms to your processes instead of…
Blog Post, Full Desk Experience
[Podcast] Bonus Episode | Executive Forum Insights, Tech Bloat, and AI
In this episode of The Full Desk Experience, the topic is innovation in the talent industry. Along with Tom Hunley, Sr. Product Marketing Manager, and Sarah Gossin, Director of Product, Kortney Harmon…
Blog Post, Full Desk Experience
In this episode, we chat with Holly Cohoon, Founder and Managing Partner of Regents Consulting, about digital transformation and technology integration in the staffing and recruiting industry.
Blog Post, Relationship Management Software, Staffing Agency Management
Managing Change: Strategies for Overcoming Resistance to New Recruiting Technology
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]If there's one lesson the world has learned from the past three years, it's that change is inevitable. The staffing and recruiting industry is constantly evolving, and those who don't adapt and...
Blog Post, Business Development
Stop Making These 4 Mistakes with Redeployment
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Redeployment (the process of reassigning employees to new roles within your organization when their current assignment ends) is an essential strategy for staffing firms that want to maintain a competitive edge. But...
Blog Post, Relationship Management Software, Staffing Agency Management
Maximizing Staffing Onboarding Efficiency: How to Improve Your Process
By maximizing your staffing onboarding process, you can increase retention and revenues for your staffing agency. Read on to learn how.
Blog Post, Full Desk Experience
Join Kortney Harmon, Staffing and Recruiting Industry Principal at Crelate, as she talks to Joel Lalgee, Business Development Consultant at Hirewell, about branding and social media best practices for talent organizations.
Blog Post, Full Desk Experience
This episode of The Full Desk Experience's Industry Spotlight features Lauren Jones, CEO and Founder of Leap Consulting and Co-host of You Own the Experience. In this episode, Kortney Harmon and Lauren…
Blog Post, Full Desk Experience
This episode of The Full Desk Experience's Industry Spotlight features Lauren Jones, CEO and Founder of Leap Consulting and Co-host of You Own the Experience. In this episode, Kortney Harmon and Lauren…
Blog Post, Full Desk Experience
[Podcast] Workshop | Tips for Successful Change Management in Your Talent Business
This episode of The Full Desk Experience's Industry Spotlight features Jennifer Meyer, Senior Vice President and General Manager at Govig & Associates. In this episode, Kortney Harmon and Jen discuss the operational…
Blog Post, Relationship Management Software, Staffing Agency Management
Best Practices for Implementing a New ATS or CRM in Your Staffing and Recruiting Business
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Table of Contents Jump to a section: Why do so many ATS and CRM implementations fail? Technology and strategy are not aligned. Leaders don't have...
Blog Post, Full Desk Experience
This episode of The Full Desk Experience's Industry Spotlight features Jennifer Meyer, Senior Vice President and General Manager at Govig & Associates. In this episode, Kortney Harmon and Jen discuss the operational…
Blog Post, Full Desk Experience
Gaining new clients is the key to growing and scaling your talent business. Do you have a written process for your sales team to follow? Listen in on best practices of a…
Blog Post, Full Desk Experience
Gaining new clients is the key to growing and scaling your talent business. Do you have a written process for your sales team to follow? Listen in on best practices of a…
Blog Post, Full Desk Experience
[Podcast] Build Trust and Open Doors: The Multi-Channel Touch Plan Strategy for Your Sales Team
Gaining new clients is the key to growing and scaling your talent business. Do you have a written process for your sales team to follow? Listen in on best practices of a…
Blog Post, Full Desk Experience
[Podcast] Key Accounts Drive 33% of Sales Revenue: Developing your KA Strategy
Key accounts are an important piece to growing and scaling your business. But, if you don’t know who they are, or don’t have an established definition and process for these accounts, you’re…
Blog Post, Business Development
What is MPC’ing? How merchandizing your talent can increase sales in your staffing firm
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]MPC'ing, or actively promoting your Most Placeable Candidates, is the #1 sales tool your team should have in their arsenal. This proactive technique of selling goes beyond the transactional approach of, "need...
Blog Post, Full Desk Experience
[Podcast] Mail Bag: The Importance of the Human Element in Staffing and Recruiting
In this episode of The Full Desk Experience, Kortney Harmon answers questions from our mail bag. Kortney answers questions about attracting talent, employee retention, and AI.
Blog Post, Full Desk Experience
Artificial Intelligence for talent businesses is a hot trend right now. Everyone seems to be looking for that silver bullet. But what is AI, how can it help or hinder talent businesses,…
Blog Post, Full Desk Experience
[Podcast] Don’t Put The Used Mini Vans Up Front – How to Use Passive Talent to Increase Sales
Keeping a healthy pool of passive talent engaged is great for your recruiters to come back to when that talent turns active. However, if used correctly, your sales team can also use…
Blog Post, Full Desk Experience
[Podcast] Nurturing Your Passive Talent Pool for the Future
Do you have the talent in your pipeline today that adds value to your business and clients beyond what they can find themselves? In this episode of The Full Desk Experience, Kortney…
Blog Post, Recruiting Tips, Social Media Recruiting Strategies
Pulse Check: Social Media Best Practices for the Talent Industry
Social media for recruiting and staffing firms is important. And not just for job posting. Create a brand for your company AND for yourself using social media.
Blog Post, Full Desk Experience
[Podcast] Capitalizing on a Shifting Market with Chris Hesson
In this episode of The Full Desk Experience, Kortney Harmon speaks with Chriss Hesson, Senior Product Consultant in Crelate’s Professional Services Department about how to proactively switch gears in a shifting market…
Blog Post, Full Desk Experience
[Podcast] Quiet Quitting vs Intentional Leadership – Pulse Check
Quiet quitting is the latest trend - or is it? Work-life balance has been a hot topic for many years under varying names. In this episode of The Full Desk Experience ,…
Blog Post, Full Desk Experience
[Podcast] Is it training or is it process? The secret to your team’s success.
Listen in on this episode of The Full Desk Experience as Kortney Harmon talks about the importance of using a process-driven training program to drive best practices and increase success within your…
Blog Post, Applicant Tracking, Relationship Management Software
Market slowdown? Now’s Your Chance to Get Ahead
The last couple years have been busy for your staffing or recruiting firm. Between a global pandemic, the Great Resignation, and now quiet quitting, the industry has been through a lot.
Blog Post, Business Development
Quiet Quitting in the Talent Industry
Quiet quitting isn't a new trend. As a leader in a staffing or recruiting organization, you can get ahead of it with intentional leadership.
Blog Post, Full Desk Experience, Press Releases
KIRKLAND, WASH., September 20, 2022 – Crelate, creators of the leading, flexible recruitment platform for modern talent-focused businesses, today announced a new bi-weekly live events series “The Full Desk Experience.” The event...
Blog Post, Recruiting Tips
How Candidate Experience Affects Revenue Per Recruiter
How can a good, or bad, candidate experience have a financial impact on your agency? Discover how this experience affects your firm.
Blog Post, Recruiting Tips
Shifting Market? Passive Talent Engagement is Still a Critical Part of Your Strategy
In today’s market, with layoffs happening in many industries, you may be tempted to take your foot off the gas in pursuit of passive talent to build your pipeline. US based companies…
Blog Post, Crelate Updates, Press Releases
E-Verify’s employment verification integration is now available in Crelate Hire
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Save time in the employee verification process with E-Verify Crelate is excited to announce a new employment verification integration with E-Verify. E-Verify is a government system that allows you to check...
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Master Guide – Crelate’s Weekly Live Training Sessions
A full overview of all of Crelate's live and recurring training sessions to help both new and existing customers.
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Blog Post, Crelate Updates
I hope everyone had a prosperous 2021. Last year we saw people getting back to work — and our customers rising to the occasion. Hiring surged across almost every industry, with our...
Blog Post, Crelate Updates
Contact Data Enrichment for your Crelate ATS
It’s all who you know… as long as you still have their number. As a recruiter, meeting people and building professional relationships is fundamental to the success of your agency. Your clients...
Blog Post, Press Releases
Crelate Launches New Mobile App Experience For Recruiting, Staffing And Talent Businesses
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Blog Post, Press Releases
Read this article at PRNewsWire.com
Blog Post, Press Releases
Crelate Expands Omni Platform with Advanced Vendor Management System Integration
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Blog Post, Crelate Updates
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]As we wrap up 2021, we want to ensure our customers are empowered to streamline and accelerate their businesses headed into the new year, with the best recruiting and staffing software out...
Blog Post, Staffing Agency Management
Video: Tech Trends & Keys to Successfully Digitally Transform Your Staffing Firm – Webinar Replay
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Special guest Maurice Fuller and our own Chris Hesson dive into staffing technology trends and best practices as well as insights into embracing disruption and acquiring higher margins in 2021 and beyond....
Blog Post, Crelate Updates, Relationship Management Software
Mobile Time Keeping for Your Employees, Mobile Access to Candidate and Client Records, Integrated Text and Email, and Much More, All from Your Smart Device. (Looking to download the latest version of...
Blog Post, Crelate Updates
New: Crelate Deliver – Assign Tasks, Track Time, and Get Paid
With the launch of Crelate Omni™, our full suite of products – Recruit, Hire, and Deliver – combine our fast and flexible front-office recruiting platform with our new, intuitive, middle- and back-office offerings. Taken as...
Blog Post, Crelate Updates
New: Crelate Hire – Seamlessly Manage Credentials, Compliance and Onboarding Processes
The launch of Crelate Omni™ pairs our fast and flexible front-office recruiting platform with our new, intuitive, middle- and back-office offering. Combined, our full suite of products – Recruit, Hire, and Deliver – comprise an...
Blog Post, Applicant Tracking, Crelate Updates, Relationship Management Software
Crelate Recruit – Now Better Than ever
You know it. You love it. And now, it’s better than ever. Crelate Recruit has been strengthening client relationships, managing applicant lifecycles, driving recruiting processes, and continually measuring recruiting success for nearly...
Blog Post, Crelate Updates, Relationship Management Software
Crelate Omni™ – It’s here: The End-to-End Solution for the Modern Staffing Agency
Crelate Adds All-in-One Recruiting and Staffing Functionality in Our Biggest Product Update Ever Since Crelate’s founding in 2012, we’ve been proud to listen to our customers, and to follow our values of...
Blog Post, Staffing Agency Management
How to Manage Staffer Credentialing
One of the most tedious and time-consuming responsibilities faced by staffing agencies is keeping track of all your staffers’ credentials and making sure they’re up to date. Yes, it can be painful....
Blog Post, Staffing Agency Management
It’s a great feeling when a staffer on assignment receives rave reviews from your client. On the other hand, nothing can put a knot in your stomach faster than receiving a client...
Blog Post, Business Development
How to Explain Recruitment Fees to New Clients
Finding, evaluating, and placing the best candidate for a job is an art that professional recruiters hone through years of interaction with candidates and feedback from clients. Most recruiting agencies, or independent…
Blog Post, Crelate Updates
Stay Tuned for Summer of Love Winners!
In mid-June, we mentioned we’re doubling down on our commitment to our front-office products and recruiter productivity by announcing the Crelate “Summer of Love.” This summer, we’ve been soliciting productivity and usability...
Blog Post, Staffing Agency Management
How to Transition Your Staffing Agency Employee to a Permanent Position
If you love something, let it go. And when one of your staffing agency’s employees is offered a permanent position with a client, it’s 100% appropriate to celebrate with a fist-pump. If...
Blog Post, Crelate Updates
Crelate Recruit – Everything You Need to Close New Business and Recruit Great Candidates
In the coming weeks, we’re launching our most significant product update ever: Crelate Omni™, the end-to-end solution for the modern staffing agency. Omni pairs our award-winning front-office recruiting platform with a fully...
Blog Post, Crelate Updates, Relationship Management Software, Staffing Agency Management
Seamlessly Manage Hiring and Onboarding with Crelate Hire
We’re about to launch our most significant product update ever: Crelate Omni™, the end-to-end solution for the modern staffing agency. Omni pairs our award-winning front-office recruiting platform with a fully integrated middle and...
Blog Post, Applicant Tracking, Crelate Updates, Relationship Management Software, Staffing Agency Management
Intuitive Back-Office Functionality with Crelate Deliver
We’re about to launch our most significant product update ever: Crelate Omni™, the end-to-end solution for the modern staffing agency. Omni pairs our award-winning front-office recruiting platform with a fully integrated middle and...
Blog Post, Staffing Agency Management
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In this roundtable discussion, Crelate's staffing and recruiting industry experts explored the most important metrics for staffing and recruiting agencies in 2021, and how insights garnered from this information can lead to...
Blog Post, Business Development
The Advantages of Working with a Third-Party Recruiting/Staffing Agency
When many companies consider their options for hiring new staff, many avoid recruiting and staffing firms. Maybe they think it is too expensive, or maybe they aren't sure if they can find the...
Blog Post, Applicant Tracking, Crelate Updates, Relationship Management Software, Staffing Agency Management
A Letter from Our CEO – Omni Release and Crelate’s Summer of Love
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] A Letter from Our CEO Dear Crelate Customers, “Let’s just create an end-to-end enterprise-quality recruiting and talent management platform that’s really fast, flexible, beautiful and easy to use. But let’s build, price, and offer it in...
Blog Post, Staffing Agency Management
Remote Onboarding for Staffing Agencies – Best Practices
Last year, virtually onboarding new hires went from a rarity to an absolute necessity for businesses all around the world. How can staffing agencies get remote onboarding right? In 2020, the COVID...
Blog Post, Staffing Agency Management
Staffing Agency Onboarding Best Practices to Increase Loyalty and Retention
“Staffing Is a People-Driven Business.” If you’ve worked in the staffing industry for any amount of time, you’ve certainly heard this adage. And it’s true. But the sheer number of people with...
Blog Post, Business Development, Recruiting Tips
Executive Search in a Post-COVID World
What’s Changed? What Will Stay the Same? And How You Can Get It Right. As we cautiously emerge from the pandemic, it’s clear that COVID has changed the way we work, probably...
Blog Post, Recruiting & Staffing Events
Best 2021 Staffing and Recruiting Trade Shows and Conferences for H2
Maybe you can't wait to get back to in-person staffing and recruiting summits under the bright lights of Vegas. Or maybe you'd rather continue to attend virtual HR and talent professionals' expos...
Blog Post, Applicant Tracking, Relationship Management Software, Staffing Agency Management
ATS Data Migration – Behind the Curtain: An Interview with Crelate Product Consultant Melody Spraw
Moving to a new applicant tracking system (ATS) can be a scary proposition for any staffing or recruiting agency. All your candidate records – the hard-earned life-blood of your agency – are stored within...
Blog Post, Business Development, Recruiting Tips, Staffing Agency Management
The Importance of Employee Referrals for Staffing Agencies, and How to Get Them Right
As the cliché goes, good people know good people. For staffing agencies, the adage is used to promote employee referrals, the hiring strategy “in which employers encourage current employees to refer qualified candidates for jobs in their organizations.” ...
Blog Post, Crelate Updates
Recruiting 101: Why Use An Applicant Tracking System & Recruiting CRM
What follows is a cautionary tale for recruiters still not using an Applicant Tracking System. If instead you're considering whether you've made the right choice with an ATS and recruiting CRM that seems...
Blog Post, Recruiting Tips, Staffing Agency Management
What the Heck is Programmatic Recruitment Advertising?
It’s ok if you’re not sure, or even if you’re not sure it’s right for you. But harnessing the power of programmatic can help recruiting and staffing agencies save time, save money, and find the...
Blog Post, Applicant Tracking, Crelate Updates, Relationship Management Software
Crelate Increases Client Portal Features and Limits for All Business Customers
Keep Clients in the Loop with Crelate’s Client Portal Now included in business-level subscriptions or higher, Crelate’s bundled Client Portal represents industry-leading value. [embed]https://vimeo.com/525209025[/embed] As a recruiter, you know that in every...
Blog Post, Applicant Tracking, Crelate Updates, Relationship Management Software
Crelate Takes Home Nine G2 Awards Based on User Feedback
We love our customers. And it’s nice to know you love us back. In a testament to our popularity with our customers, Crelate took home nine – count ‘em: NINE – G2...
Blog Post, Applicant Tracking, Staffing Agency Management
Blueprint – How to Start a Recruiting Agency in 2021, Part Three
This post is the third in a three-part series: Part one - Developing a plan for starting your recruiting agency Part two - Your recruiting agency’s operations and financial plan ... This...
Blog Post, Applicant Tracking, Staffing Agency Management
Blueprint – How to Start a Recruiting Agency in 2021, Part Two
This post is the second in a three-part series: Part one - Developing a plan for starting your recruiting agency Part three - A list of everything you’ll need, or nearly everything you’ll need, to consider for your...
Blog Post, Applicant Tracking, Crelate Updates, Relationship Management Software
Crelate's March 2021 Release introduces even more amazing functionality for recruiters and salespeople, with features that will significantly improve your efficiency and productivity. You can use these powerful tools to immediately streamline...
eBook, Crelate Updates
10 Solutions to the Top Executive Search Challenges
Download this recruiting eBook and learn 10 solutions to the top Executive Search challenges that headhunters and recruiters are facing in the modern age. Explore new methods to overcome the biggest challenges…
eBook, Crelate Updates
The Recruiter’s Guide to ATS Data Migrations
Metrics are essential to understanding the effectiveness of your recruitment efforts. Every recruiter wants to know how they can maximize success and make more placements. Download this ebook and learn how to…
eBook, Crelate Updates
How to Build an Effective Recruiting Metrics Program
Metrics are essential to understanding the effectiveness of your recruitment efforts. Every recruiter wants to know how they can maximize success and make more placements. Download this ebook and learn how to…
eBook, Crelate Updates
How to Build a Proactive Recruiting Strategy
Proactive recruitment is the process of identifying and engaging top talent long before a position is open. Building relationships with future and potential candidates until the perfect opportunity presents itself. Download our…
template, Crelate Updates
Your formal offer letter is one of—if not your last—touch with a candidate before they’re hired. You’ve worked incredibly hard to find the perfect person for the job, and you want it…
template, Crelate Updates
Job Description Template for Full-Time Employee
The job description is your first chance to present your brand and opportunity to candidates. It’s a way to find qualified candidates who are also passionate about the work you’re doing.
template, Crelate Updates
Interview Invitation Email Template
You’ve completed the phone screen and/or resume review of a chosen candidate which means you’re ready to begin the interview stage of the hiring process. Now you need to schedule the interview…
template, Crelate Updates
Internship Job Description Template
An internship job description is a bit different from your standard full-time job description because there’s more flexibility required for the employer and intern. An internship is the start of someone’s career…
Blog Post, Applicant Tracking, Staffing Agency Management
Blueprint – How to Start a Recruiting Agency in 2021, Part One
This post is part one of a three-part series: Part two - Your recruiting agency’s operations and financial plan Part three - A list of everything you’ll need, or nearly everything you’ll need, to consider for your agency...
guide, Crelate Updates
What is an ATS Data Migration?
When you’re considering a new ATS software solution, you know that you’ll need to migrate your existing recruiting data. Contrary to popular belief, this doesn’t have to be a complicated process. Use…
Blog Post, Press Releases
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Blog Post, Press Releases
Monster and Crelate Deliver Advanced Integrated Recruiting Systems
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Blog Post, Relationship Management Software
LinkedIn Recruiting Tools Explained
How to Use LinkedIn to Find the Ideal Candidate. It’s no secret that social media is an incredibly powerful tool for the staffing and recruiting industry. Social media makes it easier to connect with prospective talent...
Blog Post, Relationship Management Software
Why combining a CRM and ATS benefits your staffing or recruiting agency
How candidate relationship management software helps you build a strong network of candidates and clients. What did recruiters do before applicant tracking systems? Actually, don’t tell us. We remember. File cabinets overflowing...
Blog Post, Recruiting Tips, Social Media Recruiting Strategies
Social Media Recruiting Strategies
The right hire for your company, or the right candidate for your client, will exemplify the skills needed to execute the job and match the core values of their team. But where...
Blog Post, Business Development, Recruiting Tips, Staffing Agency Management
What Is “Redeployment Rate,” and Why Is It a Crucial Staffing Agency Metric?
What Does It Cost Your Agency to Onboard New Talent? Though it can differ by agency and industry, the cost to your agency to onboard new talent is certainly not nothing. More...
Blog Post, Crelate Updates
Hello, 2021! – Crelate’s Year in Review
As we all welcome in a New Year, the Crelate team is looking forward with optimism. 2020 has been a challenging year for our customers, employees, families, and friends. Through it all,...
Blog Post, Applicant Tracking, Recruiting Tips
Recruiting Metrics: 37 Ways Teams Create and Measure Recruiting Success
The right recruiting metrics and analytics will help you optimize your talent acquisition workflow, drive budgeting, and inform hiring decisions. And if you're an agency recruiter reading this article, speaking the same...
Blog Post, Applicant Tracking, Business Development, Relationship Management Software
Candidate Relationship Management vs. Customer Relationship Management vs. Applicant Tracking System
The recruiting industry suffers from a bit of an acronym problem. There's the term "CRM," which means one thing to recruiters, and something else to the rest of the business world. Then...
Blog Post, Recruiting Tips
Infographic: Do’s & Don’ts of Texting Candidates – Crelate & Rectxt
Recruiters and staffing firms are choosing to text candidates more than any other time in history, and this trend will continue as more Millennials and Gen Z workers make up the majority...
Blog Post, Recruiting Tips
Video Interview Tips and Best Practices for Recruiters and Hiring Managers
COVID-19 has transformed every facet of talent management. Nowhere is this more true than the interview process. Interviewing is now a virtual experience -- whether or not you were ready to recruit...
Blog Post, Staffing Agency Management
How to Calculate Your Staffing Agency’s Burden Rate & Bill Rate
For all businesses, success depends on finding the sweet spot between your costs and what you charge. If you're moving into a leadership role at a staffing agency, or thinking about starting...
Blog Post, Crelate Updates
What’s New – Crelate Release 2.24
Parse, Brand, and Submit the Best Candidates, Faster Than Ever With our August 2020 release, the Crelate team is excited to unveil a series of tools and upgrades for recruiters that make...
Blog Post, Applicant Tracking
Farewell Google Hire – Alternatives to G-Hire and Lessons Learned
With the September 1st sunset date for Google Hire now only days away, it's fair to say we're actually past the last minute to find the right ATS if you're still hanging on....
Blog Post, Crelate Updates
What’s New – Crelate Release 2.23
Better customer support, a more robust platform, and client portal pricing changes With our July 2020 release, Crelate is pleased to announce the launch of an entirely new approach to Customer Service,...
Blog Post, Staffing Agency Management
Staffing Tools to Help Firms Optimize Current Business Operations and Maximize Profit
Modern staffing tools and software can make you more efficient and more profitable - earning more money from existing clients by streamlining operations. Learn how.
Blog Post, Crelate Updates
Crelate June 2020 Product Updates – Improving efficiency, stability, and performance
Crelate's June 2020 update is here, and it's all about making the recruiting process more efficient, stable, and intuitive. Read on for the details.
Blog Post, Business Development, Recruiting Tips
How Recruiting Agencies Can Navigate the “New Normal”
While experts and politicians debate when and how the economy should re-open, our customers are forced to deal with very real business questions today. I write this post as an optimist; I...
Blog Post, Recruiting Tips
How to Get Relocation Assistance for Your Candidates
Successful hiring is all about aligning a company's needs with the needs of a candidate. Relocation assistance is sometimes the final nudge that creates perfect alignment and another great placement. Smart recruiters...
Blog Post, Crelate Updates
Why Crelate is “Folding @ Home” To Fight COVID-19
As the national conversation cautiously begins to shift from short-term survival to things like the potential shape of a long-term recovery, we wanted to revisit what it looks like to proactively contribute...
Blog Post, Recruiting Tips
7 Recruiting Strategies to Consider in a Candidate-Centric Market
The Recruiting Process Creative recruitment strategies set successful recruiters apart. Whether you're building a recruiting strategic plan, or simply looking for something new you can use today, these modern recruiting strategies can...
Blog Post, Crelate Updates
What’s New in Crelate? March 2020 Product Updates
The March 2020 Crelate release includes the launch of improved client engagement capabilities with enhanced submittals and our new Client Portal! These improvements make it easier to securely share candidate information with...
Blog Post, Crelate Updates
COVID-19 | A Message from Crelate CEO Aaron Elder
On behalf of everyone at Crelate, we hope you and your families safe and well. Our sympathies go out to everyone that is impacted by COVID-19. I want to update our customers...
Blog Post, Crelate Updates
12 Reasons You Need a Modern Applicant Tracking System
12 Reasons You Need a Modern Applicant Tracking System This is a new era for talent management tech. In the old world of applicant tracking systems (ATS), recruiters faced a lack of...
Blog Post, Crelate Updates
What You Should Look for in a Recruiting CRM
Choosing a recruiting Candidate Relationship Management system (CRM) is one of the biggest decisions a recruiter will make. What Does CRM Stand for in Recruitment? For recruiting agencies, CRM can...
Blog Post, Crelate Updates
How the New Crelate Client Portal Makes Recruitment Communication Better
What is a Client Portal? As part of a larger engagement experience, the Crelate Client Portal specifically provides a way for recruiters to communicate with their clients and have an audit trail...
Blog Post, Recruiting Tips
ATS Data Migration Best Practices
The heart of any modern business is data. That's why there's such a strong emphasis on data integration and data migration across the business. Here are our 4 best practices to apply…
Blog Post, Crelate Updates
Best 2020 Recruiting Conferences to Attend
Industry conferences are a unique environment especially for recruiters. A collection of like-minded people gather to learn from industry leaders and their peers with an opportunity to network and build business relationships....
Blog Post, Crelate Updates, Press Releases
New Integration Enables Calling and Texting for Recruiters
New communication tools in Crelate Talent for recruitment calls and text messages without leaving the application. Seattle, WASH., November 19, 2019 - Crelate, a leading provider of recruiting software solutions for talent...
Blog Post, Recruiting Tips
If You Build It They Will Come: Are You Creating a Good Candidate Experience?
As an agency recruiter, you've worked as a middleman between your clients and the candidates they need. You've experienced firsthand the rigor and demands that any search brings. Your clients are concerned...
Blog Post, Crelate Updates
See You at the 2019 TechServe Alliance Conference
Visit the Crelate booth #214 at the TechServe Alliance Conference Crelate is attending and exhibiting at the 2019 TechServe Alliance conference from November 5 - 7. The conference is the only event...
Blog Post, Crelate Updates
Key Takeaways from the 2019 Staffing World Conference
Crelate was pleased to participate as a Select Sponsor of ASA's Staffing World conference Staffing World was a successful 3-day conference full of innovation and learning hosted by the American Staffing Association...
Blog Post, Recruiting Tips
3 Ways to Streamline Your Talent Pipeline
Do Your Clients Have a Need for Speed? 3 Ways to Streamline Your Talent Pipeline Even a strong talent pipeline can fall short if it isn't efficient enough. Optimizing your talent pipeline...
Blog Post, Business Development, Candidate Advice, Recruiting Tips
Preparation is Key: What to do When You Can’t Predict the Future
You can't predict the future, but your company must have a talent acquisition plan to attract qualified candidates and prepare for the future. Outside of a crystal ball, there really aren't any...
Blog Post, Crelate Updates
Crelate is a Select Sponsor of the 2019 Staffing World Conference
Sourcing, recruiting and staffing professionals at Staffing World can visit booth 660 to learn how the Crelate Talent Recruiting CRM and ATS can accelerate the end-to-end hiring process. Crelate is proud to...
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Takeaways from NAPS 2019 Conference
What we learned and shared during the NAPS conference in San Antonio We had another successful event sponsoring the NAPS annual conference. Hundreds of recruiters and recruiting firm owners join each year...
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Discover how employers can build a network of high-performers by targeting passive candidates. Build a Network of Candidates Your Competitors Can't Reach: Passive Candidates Reaching passive candidates is the golden ticket for...
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What’s New with Crelate: September 2019
It's all about streamlining communication in our September release! We've renamed Bulk Email to Email Campaigns and added several exciting new capabilities. Use Crelate Email Campaigns, to send hundreds or thousands of...
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How to Get the Most Out of Resume Search for Sourcing
Efficiently Sourcing Candidate with Resume Search How proactive are you with your sourcing efforts? Sure, advertising your jobs is one way to get the word out there, but what else are you...
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Crelate Talent Recruiting Software Company Sponsors 2019 NAPS Conference in San Antonio
Recruiting professionals at the NAPS 2019 conference will learn how to use one system to accelerate the hiring process from job opening to candidate placement. Crelate is looking forward to connecting...
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How Are the Best Recruiting Teams Tracking Important Metrics?
How To Track Important Recruiting Metrics From The Ground Up First, a disclaimer: reporting and analytics initiatives are not one size fits all. Your unique business goals will be a major driver...
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Recruiting Metrics ROI: Leveraging Metrics for More Than Budgeting
I don't need to tell you, measuring ROI is the original purpose for collecting metrics. Making sure you're investing time and money in the right places in your company is key to...
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What’s New with Crelate: August 2019
What's New with Crelate: August 2019 Our August release focuses on expanding functionality which can connect your Crelate Talent database with other systems. From "zapping" data to places like Constant Contact or...
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How to Interview as a Candidate: The Top Skills You Need to Get Hired Today
Using a combination of technical and social skills to get hired at your dream job or any job. When we see a job listing that we're excited about, obviously WE know we...
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Put Your Best Foot Forward: Shine in Any Type of Job Interview
We all get nervous for interviews, right? It's inevitable. I've had it happen even when I don't really want the job! Perhaps nothing can unite us more than job interview nerves. It's...
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Connect Crelate Recruiting Software to Over 1,000 Apps with Zapier
Crelate announces new integration with Zapier, empowering recruiters to automate more of their recruiting workflow and spend more time with candidates. Kirkland, Wash., August 7, 2019/PR Web/ - Crelate, a leading provider...
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Crelate Reaches 1,000 Customer Milestone
Crelate, a leading provider of recruiting software solutions for professional recruiting, announces that it has surpassed 1,000 customers as it continues to accelerate growth Kirkland, Wash., August 1, 2019 /PR Web/ -...
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Is it Worth it? Measuring the ROI of Your Recruiting Metrics Program
Are you so busy recruiting that it's hard to measure success? For many of us in the recruiting and staffing industry, measuring the ROI for new campaigns, programs, and technology is critical...
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3 Ways to Knock Your First Day on the New Job Out of the Park
It's your first day at the new job. Here are 3 ways to make a good lasting impression when you're the new employee. Regardless of where you're at in your career -...
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Recruiting Metrics You Should Be Tracking: Candidate Engagement
Are you engaging the right candidates? How are you measuring engagement? Making sure your job postings and communications reach the right audience of qualified candidates is a constant challenge in the recruiting...
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Prepare Your Team for Success: 3 Ways to Improve Talent Sourcing
Even with a large body of clients, the key to filling openings for those clients a good talent acquisition team and successful talent sourcing practices. Once you have a team assembled, building...
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Service Update: How We’re Improving Crelate
Over the past three weeks, a few of our customers may have experienced challenges accessing Crelate services. As our impressive 99.95%+ up-time's demonstrate, these incidents are rare. However when several small incidents...
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Recruiting Metrics You Should Be Tracking: Retention
Employee retention and why it matters to agency recruiters. Ideally, every candidate you place for a client would be the perfect fit. Staying with the client's company for a decade, driving growth,...
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Recruiting Metrics You Should Be Tracking: Offer Acceptance Rate
Communicating all aspects of the job with potential candidates helps to boost your offer acceptance rates. How many times have you recommended a candidate to your client and they extended an offer...
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Recruiting Metrics You Should Be Tracking: Time to Fill
Successful growth requires the right methods and right implementation. When your firm starts new initiatives, measuring the right metrics can allow you to tweak your efforts in many ways to maximize results. We're...
Blog Post, Candidate Advice
Extra Extra! It’s a Job Seeker’s Market! 5 Reasons it’s the Right Time to Change Jobs
People are changing jobs at a historic pace and for good reason - it's a candidate-driven labor market! What does this mean? With unemployment so low, businesses are having a difficult time filling open positions. This puts...
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How to Build Your Brand to Land Your Dream Job
Have you ever looked at yourself as a professional enterprise - one fully equipped with a marketing team, administrative assistant, sales team, IT dept (someone has to do it), CEO, all wrapped...
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Lights! Camera!…Hello? How to Capitalize on Your Next Video Interview
This is it! This is your chance! The first step in a process that might change your life forever. Some people get nervous about video interviews, and it can be a little...
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Using HubSpot to Kick-Start Your Marketing Automation
Marketing automation is blowing up right now. Growing at a rate of 30%+ annually, businesses are beginning to see the potential of what marketing automation can do for them. Marketing automation is the process in which software tracks the...
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Crelate to Launch Next Generation Mobile Recruiting Capabilities Throughout 2019
New mobile recruiting app and advanced texting functionality will empower recruiters to connect candidates with opportunities on the go with Crelate technology. KIRKLAND, Washington, April 30, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Crelate, a leading...
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Quality over Quantity: Make Sure Your Emails Get Read
How to make sure your emails are read the first time? There's no denying the importance emails serve in the workplace. Everyone uses email. The effectiveness and ease at which information is...
Blog Post, Candidate Advice, Recruiting Tips
Onboarding for Recruiters: Focus on the Candidate
It's true that the candidate experience has become a major priority for staffing and recruiting professionals. The key to gaining referrals and building a talent pool depends on delivering a strong candidate experience. But what creates a great candidate experience? Many of the same things that...
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Are You Preparing Your Candidates for Success? 3 Tips for Long-Term Development
What are you doing to develop and prepare your candidates for success during and beyond their job hunt? Many recruiting professionals take the time to sit down with candidates they are placing and prep...
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Resistance is Futile: How to Get Employees On board with New Technology
Is there such a thing as too much innovation? When your employees are slow, or outright resistant to new technology, you may have hit the limit. But what if it isn't the tech's...
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Prepare Your Team for Success: 3 Ways to Improve Your Talent Sourcing
Even with a large body of clients, the key to filling openings for those clients a good talent acquisition team and successful talent sourcing practices. Once you have a team assembled, building...
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Crelate Brings Innovative Recruiting Solutions to SourceCon Seattle 2019
Attendees of SourceCon will learn how simple it is to collaboratively engage potential candidates using an all-in-one recruiting software solution. Crelate, a leading provider of modern recruiting software, announced today that it...
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Crelate Adds Two Customer Success Specialists
Customer success is our main priority at Crelate. That's why our Customer Success team keeps growing. We're excited to welcome Bryanna Garza and Ryan Fonda, who've joined the team as Customer Success…
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The Advantages of Looking to Other Verticals to Fill Your Talent Pipeline
For many positions, there are no substitutes for industry experience. The skills and knowledge gained cannot be replaced or taught easily. However, with talent shortages making hiring difficult in many sectors, companies are...
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How To Build an Industry Leading Talent Acquisition Team
When assembling a talent acquisition team, many companies focus strictly on the tools and technology they are using. While it's true you'll need to provide your team with the latest tools; making sure...
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A Look Into the ASA Q3 Recruitment and Staffing Data Survey
The American Staffing Association (ASA) recently released their data survey for the third quarter of 2018. In the ASA Q3 survey they detail the growth of the labor markets as well as...
Blog Post, Crelate Updates
Our February release focuses on many engineering improvements aimed at providing better performance (behind the scenes) of our application. A couple of changes that we want to highlight below are the "Invite...
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4 Top Recruiting Strategies for 2019
In 2018, we saw a lot of changes take effect in the recruiting industry. What also came out of 2018, was the beginnings of many trends for recruiting strategies in 2019. Let's...
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How to Develop a Talent Pipeline Strategy That Works
Whether the hiring market is tight or not, possessing a strong talent pipeline is vital. Any executive search firm knows that maintaining a network of active and passive candidates makes or breaks...
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Crelate Partners with MKSSA for the Second Consecutive Year
For the second year in a row, Crelate renewed as an industry partner of the Missouri and Kansas Search and Staffing Association (MKSSA). With this partnership, Crelate's network of nonprofit connections now spans...
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3 Onboarding Tactics to Boost Employee Retention and Productivity
Hiring new employees, while necessary, can be an expensive and time-consuming process. When you are recruiting to fill an open position, you may need the new hires to hit the ground running...
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Crelate January 2019 Release Notes
The new year is underway and we're back with a new release! This release is small, but contains a couple of highly requested features that prioritize customization and efficiency to give you...
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Why Recruiters Should Use Text Messaging to Reach Candidates
Why Recruiters Should Use Text Messaging to Reach Candidates Text messaging is arguably the future of business communication. A study conducted by Nielsen predicts that over 96 percent of Americans under 44...
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Wrapping up 2018, and Looking Forward to 2019
2018 was a successful year for Crelate and our customers. We launched many exciting new features to the Crelate recruiting platform, we partnered with some new organizations in the recruiting industry, and the...
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Why Recruiting Firms Need to Take Advantage of Record Low Unemployment
Unemployment in the US has been at a record low rate, resulting in a hefty workload of talent searches for recruiters. While the job hunt may be harder with a large pool...
Blog Post, Candidate Advice
Recruiting in the STEM Skills Shortage
Many people are talking about the impending talent and labor shortages. The rise of technology is rapidly changing a lot of traditional industries. With some manual labor positions being filled by machines,...
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Ambassador Search Group is a Coeur D'Alene, Idaho based recruitment firm which manages hiring efforts for high-end construction companies and telemedicine device makers nationwide. The firm specializes in the placement of management…
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The Best Way to Engage Candidates with Video Interviews
Recruiters can save money and time engaging the remote candidate with video interview capabilities that integrate with their recruiting software. Video interviews are a great way to reach more candidates-especially candidates who...
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Crelate, a modern recruiting software company, adds corporate initiatives that support nonprofits and charitable causes through work empowerment. KIRKLAND, WASH., Dec. 12, 2018 /PR Newswire/ -- Crelate, a leading recruiting ATS and CRM...
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Swag - noun - Promotional goods or items. Conference swag are those rare spoils or little treasures that are sought by tired conference attendees that more often than not, end up in…
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Crelate Welcomes Two New Marketing Professionals to the Team
Two more desks in the Kirkland office and a busy marketing team. We're preparing for a successful 2019 here at Crelate with two new marketing professionals joining the team in our Kirkland...
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4 Ways a Recruiting CRM can Improve Productivity
With more and more jobs created, recruiters are busier than ever scouring the market for talent and providing companies with great candidates. Recruiters need to maximize their productivity if they want to...
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Source New Contacts from the Web and Add Candidates to Email Campaigns with Interseller
Sourcing and outreach efforts that store in your Crelate Recruiting ATS and CRM. What's Interseller? Interseller is an outreach automation platform that sources new contacts from the web and sends personalized email...
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Crelate Adds New Functionality in November Product Release
New features available in Crelate's web-based recruiting software solution. Find product release details in the bulleted list below. The best times at Crelate happen in the weeks leading up to a product...
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4 Tips on How to Recruit in Low Unemployment
The last time the national unemployment rate was this low, Neil Armstrong and his Apollo 11 team were prepping for the first lunar mission. While it's great to see so many people...
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NEWS – Crelate Brings Intelligent Hiring Solutions to NAPS Members
Attendees at the NAPS 2018 conference will learn how easy and powerful it is to align talent and demand pipelines in a unified recruiting solution and be able to help raise money...
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See You at NAPS 2018 Conference in Florida for the Latest Recruiting Industry Trends and Topics
Crelate is excited to be a Silver Sponsor of the NAPS 2018 Conference, hosted by the National Association of Personnel Services, to be held November 4 - 6 in Bonita Springs, Florida.…
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Crelate Deepens Integration with Microsoft Office Online
Crelate improves recruiter productivity by integrating with Office Online applications giving customers the ability to manage resumes, offer letters, and many other compatible documents directly from a Crelate account. KIRKLAND, Wash., Oct....
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Will On-Demand Staffing Pose a Threat to the Recruiting Industry
Today's workforce is changing at a rapid pace. The traditional workforce consisted of people who arrived at a defined job site, worked a set schedule, and earned a fixed salary. Now, the...
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What is a Recruiting CRM & Why Do I Need One?
There's a lot of confusion out there amongst recruiters about recruiting CRMs. The confusion likely stems from the lack of consensus surrounding the age-old ATS vs. CRM debate recruiters have waged for...
Blog Post, Crelate Updates
Crelate's fast and flexible recruiting solution has been identified as one of the best Applicant Tracking Systems, based on its high levels of customer satisfaction and likeliness to recommend ratings from real...
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Crelate September 2018 Release Notes
Fall has arrived and with it comes our September 2018 release! Hot on the heels of our SMS integration, we're proud to announce the beta release of our Crelate Connector mobile app...
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What’s New at Crelate | September 2018 Product Release
We had a productive summer at Crelate and we're happy to share what will be included in the September product release. Crelate's Recruiting CRM and Applicant Tracking System will receive a refreshed...
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Content Roundup: 3 Recruiting Articles to Read in September 2018
Content Roundup: 3 Recruiting Articles to Read in September 2018 Sigh, summer is drawing to a close and soon winter will be here. Students are back in the classrooms, work is beginning...
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Legal Recruiting: Creative Sourcing Strategies to Find Top Law Talent
In today's labor market, waiting for candidates to find your law firm or job posting organically isn't going to produce a deep enough hiring pool. The tight market is putting the pressure on...
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How To Reduce Unconscious Bias During the Hiring Process
While we'd all like to think the hiring process has become less biased over the last few decades, the data reveals we still have a long way to go in establishing a...
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Talent Software Features Your Applicant Tracking Systems Must Have
Success in the recruiting industry requires delivering results in a timely manner. Applicant tracking systems (ATS) are designed to enable recruiters to work smarter, faster, and more efficiently. But as the industry...
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4 Recruiting and Retention Metrics To Measure Success
In any business, to measure success through hard numbers is one of the most important muscles you can build, and recruiting is no different. Data is unbiased, unemotional, and provides a baseline...
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Crelate’s What’s New July 2018
Your Crelate subscription just got a little bit better. Summer is in full swing, and our July 2018 release is ready to roll. The name of the game this month is integrations!...
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How Recruiters Can Optimize The Candidate Experience
Recruiting in a candidate-driven market requires recruiters to take a different approach to talent acquisition. When you're discussing opportunities with a candidate in today's job market, chances are a few of your...
Blog Post, Business Development, Relationship Management Software
Taking the Stress Out of Your ATS Data Migration
Few things will send recruiting firms into a fearful panic quite like the idea of embarking on an ATS data migration. But the truth is, data migrations, when executed by an experienced...
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How are millennials feeling about the current business environment? Deloitte recently published the results of their annual millennial survey and the results are alarming for businesses. Specifically, there has been a significant...
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Use Text Messaging in Recruiting To Better Engage Candidates
Kirkland, WA - Crelate, the recruiting software company that empowers staffing and recruiting agencies to manage talent and opportunity in a single solution, today announces the addition of a complete suite of...
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Crelate’s Summer Reading Roundup: How Technology is Being Used in Recruiting
The summer heat has arrived! There are few better ways to spend a hot, summer afternoon than getting comfy in a lawn chair, hammock, or blanket as you catch up on some...
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GDPR and Crelate: Feature Walkthrough
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]May 25th, 2018 sees the beginning of the paradigm shifting EU legislation, GDPR. The General Data Protection Regulation will revolutionize how companies use and store user data by giving control of the...
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Crelate’s What’s New in May 2018
It's May so change is in the air, spring is giving way to summer, the days are growing longer, and Crelate is just getting better. This release focuses primarily on compliance, specifically...
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5 Steps To Managing Your Company’s Reputation In The Digital Age
Employer brand management is crucial to attracting and retaining both active and passive candidates to your company. Whether you're currently looking to hire a new employee or will need to down the...
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Recruiting Agency in the Automotive Industry Turns to Crelate’s Talent Management Solution. Crelate has dramatically reduced the amount of time that Tire Talent is spending on administrative functions, allowing them to focus…
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Crelate Ranks Among Top 10 Easiest To Use Applicant Tracking Systems
Crelate was rated #10 among all applicant tracking systems in the G2Crowd Top 20 Easiest to Use Applicant Tracking System (ATS) Softwares Spring 2018. This rating is based on targeted questions that...
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5 Ways Small Recruiting Firms Can Compete With The Big Guys
For smaller recruiting firms, it can sometimes feel like a war of David vs. Goliath when it comes to competing with larger-sized firms for talent. While different candidates and clients may have...
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3 Steps U.S. Companies Need To Take To Comply With GDPR
May 25th will be a critical day across the globe as the General Data Protection Regulation or GDPR officially goes into effect. As we touched on in our previous article, the GDPR...
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Crelate’s What’s New in April 2018
We're back with our April 2018 release with a couple of new features and a plethora of fine-tuning to help super charge Crelate for your business needs! This time around we're bringing...
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5 Creative Sourcing Strategies To Attract Passive Candidates
Sourcing candidates as a recruiter isn't always easy. It can be frustrating to try the same methods over and over (cold calling and emails anyone?) and feel like you're not seeing any...
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Top 5 Articles To Prepare You For Tax Season
Tax season is in full swing and for companies and individuals alike this time of year can present plenty of stress. Plus, with the addition of new tax laws, many people are...
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What Recruiting Agencies Need To Know About GDPR
If you haven't heard of GDPR yet, you soon will. The General Data Protection Regulation or GDPR is new European Union legislation that aims to enforce stricter rules on how businesses collect,...
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Crelate Invests in Local Tech Community With Two Spring Interns
This month, we're temporarily expanding our development team with the addition of two interns for the spring of 2018! Working with interns gives Crelate a great opportunity to support the growth of...
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How The Right ATS Can Deliver Long-Term ROI
These days, it's not enough to buy new software for your company solely because of its capabilities. You also have to provide a measurable ROI to back up your decision. When you're...
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Crelate Named a High Performer Applicant Tracking Software by Real Users on G2 Crowd
Crelate Talent has been identified as one of the best applicant tracking software platforms, based on its high levels of customer satisfaction and "likeliness to recommend" ratings from real users reviewing Crelate...
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Crelate at the 2018 Bellevue Tech Expo
The second annual Bellevue Tech Expo is coming up in March, and Crelate will be there to support our local community, share the solutions we have to offer and exchange information with emerging technologies...
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How Creating A Healthy Workplace Pays For Itself-And 4 Simple Ways To Get Started
Whether you're looking to attract or retain your best employees, it's important that your company makes it a priority to cultivate a healthy workplace. More and more people expect their company to...
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How the 2018 Tax Changes Might Affect Recruiting Agencies
The gig economy has been expanding over the last handful of years, and the newly implemented tax plan may escalate that trend. The 2018 tax law offers benefits for businesses classified as...
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Crelate’s What’s New in February 2018
NEW - Reports 3.0 We're pumped to bring you the completely revamped reports feature. Crelate is all about flexibility, working how you want to. That's why our old reports section got a...
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How Recruiting Firms Can Navigate The New Gig Economy
The gig economy isn't just a buzzword or anticipated trend anymore: it's here. From companies like Uber and Postmates to Upwork and Fiverr, people now have more options than ever when it...
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6 Questions to Ask Before You Upgrade an ATS
An applicant tracking system (ATS) helps you manage and track applicants throughout the recruiting process-it can be your best ally in making recruiting easier and more organized for both your company and...
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Five Things We Learned From the G2 Crowd Implementability Index
Not long ago, Crelate was named the "Most Implementable" applicant tracking system (ATS) in the G2 Crowd Implementability Index. This is great for businesses that want to get up and running quickly...
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5 Ways To Better Manage Your Time As A Recruiter
A day in the life of a recruiter is anything but boring. You're holding intake meetings, juggling applicants, candidates, and hiring managers, and answering a barrage of emails from all three. While...
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Crelate partners with the Missouri and Kansas Search and Staffing Association
To start the year off right, Crelate took another step in helping improve the recruiting and staffing industry by partnering with the Missouri and Kansas Search and Staffing Association (MKSSA). With this...
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Crelate is One of the Best Software Companies of 2018
On Tuesday, G2 Crowd released their Best Software Companies 2018 index. Crelate was ranked #30 out of the Top 50 for software companies with fewer than 50 employees. The ranking was based...
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Wrapping up 2017, and Looking Forward to 2018
2017 was a big year for Crelate. Exciting new features were added to the platform, Crelate partnered with some great organizations, and the Crelate applicant tracking system received awards for excellence in...
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Crelate Partners with the Ohio Recruiters Association
Crelate is pleased to announce that we are now Associate Business Partners of the Ohio Recruiters association (ORA). We are always excited to support non-profit organizations within the staffing and recruiting industry....
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Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas from the Crelate team
On behalf of the entire Crelate family, we offer our thanks and best wishes for a wonderful holiday season filled with peace, love, health, and happiness. May this holiday season and the...
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Crelate named “Most Implementable” ATS by G2 Crowd
Kirkland, WA - Crelate, the recruiting software company that enables business to collaboratively manage hiring and opportunity pipelines, today announced that it has been named the "Most Implementable" Applicant Tracking System by...
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Crelate Wins Key Recognition in Recruiting Software from Capterra
Crelate is very pleased to announce three key award wins from Capterra. Crelate Talent has been awarded Capterra's Best Value for the Money Badge, Best Customer Support and Most Recommended awards in the Applicant Tracking System category....
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Crelate: The Easiest Applicant Tracking Solution to Implement
Late last month, G2 Crowd, a company dedicated to reviewing and rating business solutions, named Crelate the "Most Implementable" recruiting software! G2 Crowd rated applicant tracking systems based on several factors such...
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Announcing Sponsorship of the Georgia Association of Personnel Services
Today we announced that Crelate is now a Silver Sponsor Affiliate Member of the Georgia Association of Personnel Services (GAPS). Crelate is proud to be a Silver Sponsor of GAPS. Associations such...
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“It’s good to be back” – Crelate is moving the West Coast office back to Kirkland, Washington
We've come a very long way from moving out of our CEO's basement. After spending what felt like two short years in Bothell, I am happy to say the team has finally...
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A New Recruiting CRM and ATS for Staffing and Recruiting Agencies
New recruiting CRM software combines opportunity and talent management into a single solution to help staffing and recruiting agencies meet the talent needs of their customers. KIRKLAND, WASH., OCTOBER 31, 2017 -- Crelate,...
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Manage Candidate and Talent Pipelines With a Unified Software Solution
Crelate's October 2017 Release Our biggest release of the year is here and it's ready to help your team manage leads and opportunities right alongside your existing candidate and talent pipelines! Our...
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An ATS and CRM for Recruiting Agencies
Crelate's Recruiting CRM / Opportunity Management Tool Crelate Talent is excited for our October release where Recruiting Opportunity Management (CRM) will go live. This is our biggest release of the year and...
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Crelate: A Bronze Sponsor for NAPS 2017 Conference
Crelate, providers of fast, modern and unified candidate management and recruiting CRM solution that empower recruiting and talent-focused businesses, is the newest Bronze sponsor of the 2017 Conference from the National Association...
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Crelate’s Top 10 Recruiting Articles from August 2017
Curated Recruiting Blogs for August 2017 Fall is here and soon the leaves will be turning and cooler temperatures will finally be here. Our thoughts are with all of those affected by...
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Gartner Names Crelate Talent an ATS Leader
Crelate Talent ATS added as a Leader in Gartner FrontRunners Quadrant Crelate is excited to announce that we have been chosen as an ATS Leader by Software Advice. To create this quadrant,...
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Crelate’s Opportunity Management Tool is Coming
Recruiters Are Searching for an All-in-One Solution Have you ever dreamed of being able to manage ongoing candidate searches alongside your clients and sales pipeline? Ever wish your sales and recruiting efforts...
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Crelate Ranked #1 ATS for Small Business on G2Crowd
Crelate Talent Ranked #1 for Small Businesses One of the hardest things for a business to obtain, is reviews. We asked our clients to take the time to tell us what they...
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Staying Calm in Stressful Situations
How To Stay Calm when You Know You'll Be Stressed For your Monday morning inspiration this week check out a TED talk by neuroscience expert Daniel Levitin titled: How To Stay Calm...
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Crelate’s Top 10 Recruiting Articles from July 2017
Curated Recruiting Blogs for July 2017 In the Midwest kids are already 'back to school' next week! So, summer is coming to a close soon and fall is right around the corner....
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Expert Advice for Sourcers in Training – Getting the Full Picture of the Role
Working through the Career Problem In article three of our on-going "Sourcing Tips" series we tackle step two of the process: figuring out the 'what' for your candidates and clients. To put it...
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Crelate’s Top 10 Recruiting Articles from May 2017
Curated Recruiting Blogs for May 2017 Summer is finally here! May offered several interesting, useful, and amazing sourcing/recruiting blog fodder in the HR and Recruiting world. There are a plethora of...
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Crelate’s What’s New in June 2017
Crelate's June 2017 Release We hope everyone is having a great start to their spring! As the Crelate team gears up for a large release later this summer, we are pleased to...
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Crelate Sprints to #7 on GetApp
Crelate #7 Applicant Tracking Software According to GetApp Crelate is happy to announce that our ATS app has surged ahead two spots on GetApp for Q2 of 2017. This time Crelate was...
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GetApp Report Identifies Crelate as Industry Leader
GetApp Lab's Report on Most Popular HR Software Recently GetApp provided an interesting report highlighting the most popular HR Software solutions and how they are disrupting the market. GetApp surveyed 647 users...
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Crelate’s Top 10 Sourcing Articles from March 2017
Curated HR & Sourcing Blogs for March 2017 Happy Spring everyone! Here's hoping that it actually feels like spring wherever you may be. March offered several interesting, useful, and amazing sourcing/recruiting blog fodder...
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Office Culture Often Correlates With Productivity
Brittanie Sanders Talks Office Culture & Productivity I've always been a passionate and driven individual with a strong work ethic, but I didn't realize I had been running on autopilot until I...
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When Sizing up an Alternative ATS Data Migration is Key Concern
When Moving to a New ATS Disruptions and unexpected events can often provide small business owners with an incredible amount of stress and sleepless nights. One particularly difficult situation is when your...
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AESC Report: Executive Search Continues to Thrive
AESC Report on the Future of Executive Search Recently the Association of Executive and Leadership Consultants (AESC) produced a report titled, "What's Next for Executive Search and Leadership Consulting 2020?" The research...
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Crelate’s Top 10 Recruiting Articles from February 2017
Curated HR & Recruiting Blogs for February 2017 As I write this post the Northeastern seaboard, in the U.S., is facing a foot to two feet of snow, so spring doesn't seem 'upon...
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Crelate’s What’s New in March 2017
Crelate's March 2017 Product Release We hope everyone is having a fantastic start to 2017! We are back with another update of Crelate. We are excited to launch a number of...
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Crelate Development – Adding “Bulk Editing” for 5 Fields
Bulk Editing For Up up to 5 Fields Crelate is constantly looking for ways to help sourcers, recruiters, and hiring managers manage their time more efficiently and have more space to connect...
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Crelate in Development – Chrome Extension 3.0
Getting the Right Talent into your ATS is Key One of the most difficult tasks for Sourcers, Recruiters, and HR Professionals is getting qualified talent into their Rolodex of contacts (i.e., their...
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Crelate’s Servers Get Another Upgrade
Crelate is Continuously Upgrading Hardware as We Grow In today's fast-paced business world it's absolutely critical to have applications that are fast and reliable. This is especially true in the Recruiting world...
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Reducing Friction Points For Executive Recruiters!
Trains and High Speed Rail - The Way to Go Trains have always been fascinating to me since I was a little kid. I used to commute from south of Seattle to...
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GetApp Names Crelate as a Category Leader in Q4 of 2016
Crelate is excited to announce that GetApp has ranked us as a Category Leader for the 4th Quarter of 2016. GetApp does their homework in putting together these rankings (as described below) and...
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Ending the year without a release of Crelate Talent just doesn't seem right, so we're back with a new release! This year has been full of major feature releases and improvements throughout...
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Crelate in Development – Application Auto-Approval
Welcome back to our third and final installment of Crelate in Development for the Winter 2016 release! Today I'm going to jump into the much anticipated Application Auto-Approval! Application Auto-Approval The Application...
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Crelate in Development – Timeline Changes
Hi again! Wilson here with another quick post about upcoming changes to Crelate. This time I'm going to talk about our Timeline Auto Date Feature. Timeline Auto-Date Our goal with any feature...
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Crelate in Development – New Version Banner
Hello everyone, Wilson here from the Dev Team at Crelate. Winter has certainly set in across the country and it's almost time to enjoy family and friends for the Holidays. As you...
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Security in Data Migration is a Top Priority
A Risky Way to Send Data A couple of weeks ago I was working in the office when the mailman arrived with a small package. Dan Mattwig indicated it was for him....
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Custom Snooze and Custom Hyperlinks Added
Hi all, Wilson from the Dev team here at Crelate. We recently did an update to Crelate over the weekend and with a large number of stability fixes, but there's two new features that...
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Learn to Love Not Loath the Technical Interview
The Potential Stress of Technical Interviews Technical recruiters should take heed, it's really important to help ease the nerves of developers as they prepare for their technical interviews for programming positions. Going in with...
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Just three months after our last release, we have a another great release of Crelate Talent for you! In this release, we have made major investments in our underlying email features. The...
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5 Signs it’s Time to Upgrade Your Candidate Management System
An Effective Recruiting Solution is a Must for Professional Recruiters Recent studies show that professional recruiters continue to be in high demand in the U.S. and abroad. Businesses routinely list "recruiting and...
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Capterra Names Crelate in Top 20 for ‘Most Affordable’ ATS
Crelate Ranked in Top 20 for Affordability Bethesda, MD, August 10, 2016 - Crelate is pleased to announce that Capterra has conducted an independent study of the best applicant tracking software, based...
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Deloitte’s “Global Human Capital Trends 2016 Report” for Recruiters
Deloitte's Global Human Capital Trends 2016 Over the past few years major disruptions have occurred in HR and corporate structures and organizations. Recently, Deloitte conducted a comprehensive global study of human capital...
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Crelate Announces June 2016 Release
Bethesda, MD, July 15, 2016: Crelate is pleased to announce our June 2016 release. This release includes several new features and upgrades for recruiters and hiring managers. Crelate updates their applicant tracking...
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Capterra Review: Most User-Friendly Applicant Tracking Solution
Crelate Ranked in Top 5 for Usability Bethesda, MD, June 30, 2016 - Crelate is pleased to announce that Capterra has completed an independent study of the Most User-Friendly Applicant Tracking Solutions based...
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We've updated Crelate Talent again! Crelate is constantly responding to the needs of our customers and thinking of innovative ways that our system can improve recruiting. So, we are excited to offer...
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Gotta Get the Resume Right – 6 Resume Miscues to Avoid
Gotta Get the Resume Right Over the years of building and leading development teams, I have had a hand in hiring hundreds of developers, PMs, BAs and consultants. As such, I have...
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Crelate Uptime Report – Q1 – 2016
It's been far too long since we have provided an update on our service uptime. Before I get into the numbers, let's talk about what uptime is and how we maximize it....
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Paying Attention to Your Job Candidate Experience
Candidate Experience is Primary Interested in attracting top talent to your recruiting firm? If so, it's crucial that you put the "Candidate Experience" toward the top of your to-do-lists. Providing meaningful candidate...
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What’s New at Crelate | Winter 2016 Release
We've updated Crelate Talent again! This release includes the addition of a new premium job board integration (Monster.com), a new mobile app for Android, improved iPhone app, custom fields for contacts, and...
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Our approach to user experience and product design
Crelate was founded by seasoned product designers, graphic artists, developers and enterprise quality consultants. I myself am actually a visual arts major, turned software developer, and entrepreneur. Through my years of experience in...
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Data Migrations – It’s time to clean things up
After you have decided to make a move and you are ready for a data migration, let's start to think about some of the advantages of a migration. Switching your talent and...
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Don’t Let the Fear of a Data Migration Hold you Back
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Data migrations are often viewed by business professionals as a major obstacle that is simply too difficult and too costly to take on. One of the most common reasons people give for not...
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Sourcing Candidates Made Easy: Chrome Extension 2.1
Need a way to easily source candidates and quickly update information to their profile page? Crelate's Chrome Extension is a great solution and now available via the Chrome web store. Our 2.0...
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What’s New – November 2015 Fall Release
Hey there! It is has been a couple of months since our last release and we are happy to announce our fall 2015 release. For this release we focused on improvements in...
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Got a Minute? Check Out an Overview of Crelate Talent.
Check out an overview of Crelate Talent to see what Crelate Talent is? How can Crelate help with your recruiting and hiring process? Check out this short video that highlights just some...
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The Origin of The Name Crelate And How It Shapes Us.
We are often asked about the origin and meaning of our name. As the story goes Co-Founder Mark Barrett was doing dishes when he had an epiphany about the kind of ATS...
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Hey there! It has been just two short months since our last release and we are delighted to bring you some exciting new improvements! What's new for July 2015? For this release...
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Hey there! It has been two months since our last big release and we are delighted to bring you some exciting new improvements! This release brings numerous productivity tweaks and improvements; all...
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What’s New at Crelate | February 2015 Product Release
Hello and welcome to another exciting update of Crelate Talent. This release, we are focusing on new features and extensions, including an Outlook client, Chrome extension and more. As always, appreciate your...
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New Premium Job Board Integration with Crelate Talent
Premium Job Board Integration - Dice & Career-Builder Crelate Talent is constantly evolving, with new features being added in every release. In an effort to improve our customers' job posting visibility, we...
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Recruiters Need Good ATS Software
Software Helps in Recruiter Productivity But according to a new report from Software Advice, a talent management technology research firm, you already knew that. Their report analyzed the value and benefits of...
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Five Reasons Software Doesn’t Get Used – And What We Do About It
I've visited many companies over the years as a software consultant and been introduced to many different solutions. Often, my job was to replace a system because of "poor user adoption" -...
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About the Crelate “Early Adopter” Program
I wanted to take a moment and explain what our Early Adopter Program is and how it is different than our previous Beta Program. Crelate Talent, our modern applicant tracking and candidate management...
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Last week, we did a post about our service availability and uptime. This week I am pleased to announce the availability of status.crelate.com. This tool is a simple and easy way to...
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Crelate Talent has been in "private beta" for almost a year now and I wanted to provide a quick update on our "uptime" statistics. Before I get into the numbers, let's talk...
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"Well we're movin' on up. On the east side. To a "deluxe" office on Market!" It finally happened, our team has finally out grown the founders basement and we are moving our development...
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Current customers in our Beta Program enjoy our "unlimited technical support" offer. This is pretty impressive white glove support, unlimited training, proactive monitoring of issues and extremely fast response times. I am happy to...
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Recruiting Strategies of High Performers – Part 3
This post is the final in a series illustrating recruiting strategies we've learned from watching high performing recruiters in action. The following strategies apply to any recruiter, whether you are an...
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Recruiting Strategies of High Performers – Part 2
This post is the second in a series illustrating recruiting strategies we've learned from watching high performing recruiters in action. The following strategies apply to any recruiter, whether you are an...
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Recruiting Strategies of High Performers – Part 1
At Crelate we have been working closely with a number of excellent executive search firms, recruiting firms, staffing agencies and internal recruiting departments to develop the applicant tracking module of our talent...
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The iPad Client is almost ready!
Private Beta 9 is upon us and we expect to release late Friday night. Private Beta 9 brings many new features, which you can read all about in the What's New section...
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MOOCs – A Good Model for Training in SMBs?
Forbes ran an article earlier this month that is getting some attention regarding the use Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) to reduce training costs and make training more effective. Training is critical...
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What is Talent Relationship Management?
What is Talent Relationship Management? What makes it different from traditional Applicant Tracking? How does it drive and inspire us? [This post originally published in 2013. And though it remains largely unchanged,...
