Crelate and Employdrive Partner to Connect Recruiting with Staffing-Only Payroll, Tax and HR

Staffing firms using Crelate can hand placements to Employdrive’s staffing-specific back office, supported by an onshore team based in Richmond, Virginia.

EAGLE, ID, UNITED STATES, September 22, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — Crelate, the AI Recruiting Platform used by more than 25,000 recruiting professionals since 2012, today announced a partnership with Employdrive, a back-office platform built exclusively for staffing firms, so a placed worker moves onto payroll, tax and compliance without anyone re-entering the recruiter’s work.

Crelate and Employdrive work from one record, so recruiting and payroll stay in step as a worker moves from placement to paycheck. Jobs created in Crelate map to orders, placements map to assignments, and contacts map to employees in Employdrive, so nobody re-keys a recruiter’s work into the payroll system. Employdrive treats the recruiting platform or ATS as the system of record, which keeps Crelate the single place a recruiting team works.

Employdrive serves more than 250 staffing organizations, which together run over $3 billion in payroll annually through the platform and process more than 120,000 W-2 and 1099 workers each year. Every Employdrive support representative is based in Richmond, Virginia and trained specifically on staffing payroll, tax, HR and integration questions.

“Recruiters should never have to re-key a placement to get someone paid. Employdrive runs payroll, tax and compliance for staffing firms with an onshore team that knows the work, and this partnership means a placement made in Crelate arrives there clean and ready to run,” said Aaron Elder, CEO and co-founder of Crelate.

Crelate runs the front and middle office for staffing firms and connects pay-and-bill to the back office each firm chooses. Employdrive joins Crelate’s back-office partner network, so firms keep sourcing, placement, redeployment and compliance on one Crelate record while choosing the payroll and billing provider that fits the work they place.

“We’re excited about the opportunity to more closely partner with Crelate and drive real day-to-day value for our shared customers! We’re 100% in on the Staffing Industry and this partnership is just another example of that commitment,” said Jeff Jefferson, Co-founder & CRO.

The partnership is available now to Crelate customers placing contract and contingent workers. Current customers can ask their Crelate account team to connect Employdrive and start paying placements from the same record they recruit in. Staffing firms evaluating recruiting and back-office software can request a Crelate demo for staffing firms at crelate.com.

Frequently asked questions

What does the Crelate and Employdrive partnership do?

It connects Crelate’s recruiting platform to Employdrive’s payroll, tax, HR and compliance operation, so a staffing firm can move a worker from placement to payroll 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 Employdrive handle full back office at scale.

What makes Employdrive different from a general payroll provider?

Employdrive works only with staffing firms, configures its platform around staffing workflows, keeps the ATS as the system of record, and staffs its support team onshore in Richmond, Virginia with people trained on staffing payroll and tax.

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, and corporate in-house teams.

Crelate’s AI agents source new candidates, keep your database 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 that only they have turn into their next placement.

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 about Crelate’s AI recruiting platform for staffing and search firms at crelate.com.

About Employdrive

Employdrive is a staffing-specific Payroll, Tax & HCM platform that effectively manages both your internal and external resources. Employdrive focuses solely on the staffing industry, giving its team deep vertical expertise most general payroll providers can’t match. 200+ staffing organizations run over $3.5 billion in payroll annually through Employdrive and process more than 120,000 W-2 and 1099 workers each year, supported by an onshore team based in Richmond, Virginia. Learn more at employdrive.com.

Danielle Walsh
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