# How Excelity uses Gem

**40%**: “The switch to Gem resulted in immediate time and cost savings of 40%.”

As published on [gem.com](https://www.gem.com/case-study/excelityats), June 2026. Captured by usedby on 2026-10-06.

- Company: [Excelity](https://www.usedby.ai/companies/excelity.md)
- Tool: [Gem](https://www.usedby.ai/tools/gem.md)
- Teams: Recruiting

## What the story says

Excelity, a small federal-government IT contractor, moved from SmartRecruiters to Gem's ATS, which combines sourcing, CRM and applicant tracking in one system. The switch gave its recruiting team a single place to manage candidates and run full-funnel reporting.

Summary written by usedby from the source page, in English. The figures are those of Gem and Excelity, not ours.

> The switch to Gem resulted in immediate time and cost savings of 40%. Processes became more efficient, with essential functions requiring fewer steps.

> When we switched to Gem ATS, it was user-friendly and concise. It felt like switching from Windows to Apple.
>
> Sean Edsall, Talent Manager/Business Development

## What usedby checked

We compared the story with its live page on 2026-10-06.

- Checked: the figure 40% is printed word for word on the page, near the name of Excelity.
- Checked: the passage quoted above is copied word for word from the page, near the name of Excelity.
- Checked: the publication date is read from the page’s own metadata, never guessed.
- Checked: Excelity uses Gem. Confirmed line. Latest check across sources: 2026-10-06.
- Not checked: the result itself. We quote it; we did not measure it.

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