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Crelate

HR
Velocity5.0

Recruiting CRM and applicant tracking system for staffing agencies.

www.crelate.com ↗

Crelate's public feed is a recruiting podcast plus search-craft essays; the changelog lives elsewhere.

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◆Current state
Crelate is an applicant tracking and recruiting CRM, but what it publishes is The Full Desk Experience podcast on a weekly cadence, interspersed with written pieces on recruiting technique. The exception in this batch is a pair of essays on Boolean versus semantic search, arguing that AI search should generate Boolean logic rather than replace it — a position on where AI belongs in candidate search, not an announcement that Crelate has shipped it.
◆Where it's heading
The written content is drifting from general recruiting advice toward search architecture specifically, and the argument it makes — deterministic filters first, then dual search, then re-ranking, with the query visible and logged — reads like a design philosophy rather than a marketing angle. That makes it worth watching as a signal of intent, but the feed has never carried release notes and there is no reason to expect it to start.
◆Prediction
The podcast will continue weekly; whether the auditable-AI-search position described in these essays appears in the product cannot be determined from this feed and would have to be confirmed from Crelate's release notes directly.

◆Recent moves

  1. 4d ago

    Boolean vs Semantic Search Redux

    An essay arguing that Boolean and semantic search fail differently and should be layered, with AI writing the Boolean rather than replacing it. A clear statement of design philosophy, but nothing here says Crelate has shipped this architecture.

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  2. 5d ago

    [Podcast] FDE+ | From Promise to Proof: Moving Beyond Resumes in the Age of AI with Maya Huber, PhD – Co-founder, Tatio

    A podcast episode on moving beyond resumes in AI-era hiring. Part of the weekly Full Desk Experience series.

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  3. 12d ago

    Boolean operators for Recruiting

    A primer on Boolean operators for recruiters, laying the groundwork for the later Boolean-versus-semantic essay. Educational content.

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  4. 12d ago

    [Podcast] Flipping the Script: Recruiting Strategies That Break the Rules with Tricia Tamkin & Jason Thibeault

    A podcast episode on unconventional recruiting strategies. Weekly series content.

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  5. 19d ago

    [Podcast] FDE+ | Beyond the Placement: Building Client Loyalty That Lasts with Kim Henderson, Founder – Cobalt Compass Solutions

    A podcast episode on building lasting client loyalty in staffing. Weekly series content.

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  6. 26d ago

    [Podcast] FDE+ | Turn Routine Recruiter Calls into a Revenue Engine with Jamie Lupo, Founder – Lupo Advisory LLC

    A podcast episode on converting routine recruiter calls into revenue. Weekly series content.

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