HRMS migration

Migrate from Deltek Talent Management to Recruit CRM & ATS

Field-level mapping, validation, and rollback between Deltek Talent Management and Recruit CRM & ATS. We move data and schema; workflows are rebuilt natively in Recruit CRM & ATS.

Deltek Talent Management logo

Deltek Talent Management

Source

Recruit CRM & ATS

Destination

Recruit CRM & ATS logo

Compatibility

64%

7 of 11

objects map 1:1 between Deltek Talent Management and Recruit CRM & ATS.

Complexity

BStandard

Timeline

3-5 weeks

Rollback included Accuracy guarantee Field-level validation

Overview

What this migration involves

Moving from Deltek Talent Management to Recruit CRM is a scope reduction, not a lateral move. Deltek Talent Management is a full talent-management suite covering recruiting, onboarding, performance reviews, compensation history, learning enrollments, and time tracking for project-based professional services and A&E firms. Recruit CRM is an ATS and recruiting CRM designed for recruitment agencies and executive search firms; it does not function as an HRMS or replace the performance management, compensation, learning, or time-tracking modules that Deltek customers rely on. We migrate the recruiting-related objects — Candidates, Job Requisitions, Onboarding records, and associated Documents — and we flag the HRMS objects that have no equivalent in Recruit CRM so the customer's HR team can plan accordingly. Where Deltek Talent Management synchronises with Vantagepoint for employee data, we identify cross-system dependencies and coordinate the export order to avoid orphaned references. Custom fields migrate into Recruit CRM's configurable field schema, and we use Recruit CRM's REST API with batch chunking and lookup resolution for parent records.

Field-level fidelity

Every standard and custom field arrives verified.

Schema-aware mapping

AI proposes the map; you confirm before any record moves.

Relationships preserved

Parent–child, lookups, and ownership stay linked.

Full activity history

Calls, emails, meetings — with original timestamps.

Attachments & notes

Documents, uploads, and inline notes move with the record.

Why teams make this switch

Two sides of the same decision

Leaving

Deltek Talent Management logo

Deltek Talent Management

What's pushing teams away

  • High total cost of ownership including implementation, annual licensing, and the requirement for dedicated internal resources to manage the platform effectively.
  • No native mobile application forces employees and managers to access the system through a desktop browser, creating friction for remote or field workers.
  • Performance can degrade with large datasets, and some users report sluggish page loads on Requisition screens that retrieve data twice per request.
  • Steep learning curve for non-technical users makes routine tasks like performance feedback retrieval and training information access frustrating for employees.
  • Duplicate data entry risks emerge when the Vantagepoint integration breaks or requires manual intervention, defeating the core value proposition of the connected suite.

Choosing

Recruit CRM & ATS logo

Recruit CRM & ATS

What's pulling them in

  • Agencies choose Recruit CRM for its full customizability — pipelines, stages, and fields can be tailored to any recruitment workflow without developer involvement.
  • Small teams value the built-in CRM and ATS combined in one subscription, eliminating the need to purchase and sync separate systems.
  • The Chrome extension for one-click LinkedIn profile collection streamlines candidate sourcing and reduces manual data entry for recruiters.
  • Responsive customer support with fast issue resolution is consistently cited as a reason teams stick with the platform long-term.
  • Automation options including email sequences and workflow triggers allow recruitment agencies to reduce repetitive manual outreach tasks.

Object mapping

How Deltek Talent Management objects map to Recruit CRM & ATS

Each row shows how a Deltek Talent Management object lands in Recruit CRM & ATS, including any object-level transformations, lookup resolution, or schema-design dependencies.

Typical mapping — final map is confirmed during the sample migration step.

Deltek Talent Management

Candidate

maps to

Recruit CRM & ATS

Candidate

1:1
Fully supported

Deltek Candidate records map directly to Recruit CRM Candidate. We preserve the full candidate status history, application source, and hiring-manager assignment. The Deltek hired_date and rejected_date timestamps map to Recruit CRM's custom date fields if configured, or are stored as notes on the candidate record. Known deactivated candidate status bugs in Deltek's bulk-change UI are bypassed by using the raw data export rather than UI-based operations.

Deltek Talent Management

Employee

maps to

Recruit CRM & ATS

Candidate (as Contact sub-type)

1:many
Fully supported

Deltek Employee records do not have a direct equivalent in Recruit CRM, which is a recruiting system not an HRMS. Active employees who have been sourced internally or who appear in Deltek's internal-candidate pipeline are migrated as Recruit CRM Candidates with an Employee Source tag. Former employees are migrated as inactive Candidates with a Terminated status and a separation_date field. The customer's HR team uses a separate HRMS post-migration for employee records, benefits, and payroll.

Deltek Talent Management

Job Requisition

maps to

Recruit CRM & ATS

Job

1:1
Fully supported

Deltek Job Requisitions map to Recruit CRM Jobs. We preserve the requisition number, department, location, status, and associated hiring manager. Deltek's dual-retrieval performance issue on Requisition screens is avoided by pulling directly from the export data rather than the UI layer. Remote job flag (country-only posting) from Deltek 18.2+ maps to a Recruit CRM remote-work custom field.

Deltek Talent Management

Onboarding Record

maps to

Recruit CRM & ATS

Candidate (as pipeline stage)

1:many
Fully supported

Deltek Onboarding records capture document completion status, assigned tasks, and the original Hiring Manager. Onboarding document metadata (file name, upload date, completion flag) migrates as attachments on the corresponding Recruit CRM Candidate record. The Hiring Manager assignment migrates as a Recruit CRM user assignment if the manager exists in Recruit CRM, or as a free-text field if the manager is a Deltek-only contact. Documents themselves migrate as binary attachments.

Deltek Talent Management

Performance Review

maps to

Recruit CRM & ATS

Custom Object

1:1
Fully supported

Deltek Performance Reviews including project-based appraisals, 9-Box ratings, and configurable goal-setting do not have a native equivalent in Recruit CRM. We export review metadata (review cycle, overall rating, reviewer comments) into a custom Candidate extension object in Recruit CRM. The customer's HR admin rebuilds review-cycle workflows in a dedicated performance management tool post-migration. Project-based appraisal data that references specific Deltek projects cannot map because Recruit CRM has no project object.

Deltek Talent Management

Compensation History

maps to

Recruit CRM & ATS

Not migrated

1:1
Mapping required

Deltek effective-dated compensation rows (salary, bonuses, equity) have no equivalent in Recruit CRM's recruiting schema. We export compensation history as a CSV for the customer's HR team to archive or import into a dedicated compensation management tool. Recruit CRM does not support compensation fields on Candidate or Job records. This object is explicitly out of scope for the migration.

Deltek Talent Management

Learning Enrollment

maps to

Recruit CRM & ATS

Not migrated

1:1
Fully supported

Deltek Learning Enrollments including course completion status and certification tracking do not map to Recruit CRM. We export certification and training history as a CSV. Recruit CRM has no learning management module. If the customer requires LMS capability, we recommend a dedicated learning platform post-migration.

Deltek Talent Management

Location

maps to

Recruit CRM & ATS

Location (on Job)

1:1
Fully supported

Deltek office and location data used in recruiting and org structure exports cleanly and maps to Recruit CRM's location field on the Job object. Locations without an associated active requisition are archived as inactive in Recruit CRM.

Deltek Talent Management

Custom Fields

maps to

Recruit CRM & ATS

Custom Fields

lossy
Mapping required

Deltek custom fields on Candidates, Requisitions, and Employees (Additional Information tab: text, radio button, multi-select) migrate to Recruit CRM's custom field schema. We export the field label, field type, and value for each record. Recruit CRM field types are matched by data type during scoping. Multi-select from Deltek maps to multi-select picklist in Recruit CRM where supported.

Deltek Talent Management

Document

maps to

Recruit CRM & ATS

Attachment

1:1
Fully supported

Deltek onboarding documents, employee files, and uploaded attachments export as binary files with metadata. We preserve the original file name, upload timestamp, and content type. Documents attach to the corresponding Candidate or Job record in Recruit CRM. Document version history and retention settings may differ; we flag any file that exceeds Recruit CRM's supported attachment size limit for customer review.

Deltek Talent Management

Group / Permission

maps to

Recruit CRM & ATS

Role / Team

lossy
Fully supported

Deltek group-based permissions controlling access to Talent Management functions map partially to Recruit CRM's role-based model. We export group memberships and document the mapping to Recruit CRM Roles and Teams. Deltek's group-based permission granularity may not map 1:1 to Recruit CRM's access controls; we flag any permission that requires manual reassignment in Recruit CRM post-migration.

Gotchas + challenges

What specifically takes care here

Platform-specific issues from each side, plus the pair-specific challenges that don't show up on either platform's page on its own.

Deltek Talent Management logo

Deltek Talent Management gotchas

High

Vantagepoint integration creates cross-system employee dependencies

Medium

Master token API authentication is site-wide and non-revocable per integration

Medium

Onboarding document status ties to terminated Hiring Manager records

Low

Export runs extract all records with no incremental option

Low

Known issue with deactivated candidate status appearing in bulk operations

Recruit CRM & ATS logo

Recruit CRM & ATS gotchas

High

API rate limits are license-scaled and can throttle bulk migration

Medium

Custom field schemas vary per organization and require field-level mapping

Medium

Files and email attachments require separate extraction and re-upload

Low

Email sequences and automation logic do not transfer between platforms

Pair-specific challenges

  • Vantagepoint employee sync creates orphaned record risk

    Deltek Talent Management is designed to synchronise new hire data, org structure, and time entries with Vantagepoint. If Vantagepoint is being retired in parallel with Talent Management, we must first reconcile which Employee records originated in Vantagepoint versus those created natively in Talent Management. Failing to do this produces duplicate Employee records, orphaned Hiring Manager references, and broken onboarding routing. We sequence the migration so that Vantagepoint-sourced employee records are mapped first, then Talent Management references are updated to point to the correct migrated employee ID before Candidate migration begins.

  • Recruit CRM is not an HRMS — employee lifecycle data has no home

    Recruit CRM is a recruiting-focused ATS and CRM. Performance reviews, compensation history, learning enrollments, and time entries do not have equivalent objects in Recruit CRM. Migrating candidates does not migrate the HRMS. We clearly scope these objects as CSV export only, not import. The customer's HR team must implement a separate HRMS or adopt a unified platform for the employee lifecycle post-migration. FlitStack AI does not recommend Recruit CRM as a full Deltek Talent Management replacement without explicit customer acknowledgement that the HRMS scope is out of scope.

  • Master token API rotation mid-migration breaks active integrations

    Deltek Talent Management uses a single master token per client site for all API usage. If the customer rotates the token during migration scoping, all active integrations — Workato, Unionpoint, custom iPaaS — go dark simultaneously. We request a dedicated migration token or coordinate token rotation with a maintenance window. We identify all active integrations using the token before requesting access to avoid triggering an integration outage during the migration window.

  • Full export only — no incremental delta export available

    Deltek Talent Management exports extract all records for selected objects with no option to export only changed or new records. For large Candidate populations, this produces large datasets that require off-peak scheduling and chunking into manageable batches. We recommend a data freeze on active Candidate and Requisition changes during the final export window to capture a consistent snapshot. Any records modified after the final export are reconciled as a manual delta post-migration.

  • Deactivated candidate status displays incorrectly in Deltek bulk operations

    A known Deltek Talent Management bug allows deactivated candidate statuses to still appear in the Change Candidate Status dropdown during bulk operations. We bypass this by using the raw database export rather than UI-based bulk exports when retrieving candidate status history. The original status value and any status-change timestamps are preserved directly from the candidate record.

Migration approach

Six steps for a successful Deltek Talent Management to Recruit CRM & ATS data migration

  1. Discovery and scoping workshop

    We audit Deltek Talent Management across cloud tier (Basic, Flex, Enterprise), active modules, API token usage, and Vantagepoint integration status. We inventory Candidate volume, Requisition count, onboarding record count, document attachment volume, and any active custom fields. We confirm whether Vantagepoint is being retired in parallel, which determines the employee record reconciliation sequence. The discovery output is a written migration scope document specifying what migrates, what exports as CSV, and what is explicitly out of scope.

  2. Data hygiene and export scheduling

    We deduplicate Candidate records, resolve duplicate Employee entries between Talent Management and Vantagepoint, and flag any Hiring Manager assignments on terminated accounts. We schedule the full data export during off-peak hours to avoid impacting production performance on Requisition pages. Custom field definitions are exported as a schema manifest alongside the data rows so that Recruit CRM field creation can proceed in parallel.

  3. Recruit CRM schema configuration

    We create custom fields in Recruit CRM to receive migrated Deltek data, including date fields for onboarding completion, status history fields, and multi-select picklists for any Deltek multi-select custom fields. Roles and Teams are configured to partially replicate the Deltek group permission structure. Jobs are provisioned in Recruit CRM before Candidates to satisfy the job assignment lookup during import.

  4. Sandbox migration and reconciliation

    We run a full migration into Recruit CRM's sandbox or a staging environment using production data volume. Candidate record counts, Requisition mappings, and document attachment counts are reconciled against the Deltek source. The customer's recruiting lead spot-checks 25-50 random candidate records for data accuracy. Any field mapping corrections are made before production migration begins.

  5. Production migration in dependency order

    We run production migration in record-dependency order: Locations (referenced by Jobs), Jobs (referenced by Candidates), Candidates with onboarding document attachments, and then custom field data. The Employee-to-Candidate split is applied at migration time, with active employees tagged as Employee Source and former employees marked as inactive. Documents attach to the parent Candidate record after the Candidate insert completes to satisfy Recruit CRM's attachment parent-record requirement.

  6. Cutover, validation, and handoff

    We freeze writes in Deltek Talent Management during the cutover window, run a final delta migration of any records modified during the window, and mark Recruit CRM as the system of record for recruiting and candidate management. We deliver a CSV export of Performance Review, Compensation History, and Learning Enrollment data to the customer's HR team with a reference mapping document. We provide a written inventory of Deltek Workflows and Recruiting Automations that require manual rebuild in Recruit CRM's Workflow Automation module. A one-week hypercare window covers reconciliation issues raised by the recruiting team.

Platform deep dives

Context on both ends of the pair

Deltek Talent Management logo

Deltek Talent Management

Source

Strengths

  • Project-based performance management ties reviews directly to utilisation and project outcomes rather than generic goals.
  • Deep ERP integration with Vantagepoint and Vision eliminates manual re-entry of employee and project data across the financial stack.
  • Configurable 9-Box talent grid and career-pathing tools support succession planning and talent development workflows.
  • Comprehensive talent suite from requisition through termination in a single platform reduces tool sprawl for mid-size firms.
  • Custom fields and group-based permissions allow firm-specific customisation without relying on developer resources.

Weaknesses

  • No native mobile application limits access for field workers and remote employees who need to complete approvals or view training on the go.
  • Pricing is opaque and enterprise-only, requiring sales conversations to understand total cost including implementation.
  • Performance degrades on larger datasets, particularly on Requisition pages that retrieve forms twice per load.
  • User interface can feel dated and unintuitive compared to modern SaaS alternatives, with some navigation requiring excessive clicks.
  • Steep learning curve for non-technical HR staff and managers who need to complete routine tasks like performance feedback and training access.
Recruit CRM & ATS logo

Recruit CRM & ATS

Destination

Strengths

  • Fully customizable pipelines, stages, and fields without requiring developer involvement
  • Combines recruitment CRM and ATS in one subscription for staffing agencies and small teams
  • Built-in email sequences and automation reduce manual outreach work
  • Chrome extension enables one-click LinkedIn profile collection directly into the CRM
  • Responsive customer support cited across multiple reviews with fast resolution times

Weaknesses

  • Several features are gated as paid add-ons rather than included in the base subscription
  • Email functionality has been reported as unreliable by multiple users
  • Interface occasionally lags during high-activity periods in large pipelines
  • Pricing is considered higher than comparable recruitment CRMs by some customers
  • Limited native reporting — users request pre-made report exports rather than manual data pulls

Complexity grading

How hard is this migration?

Standard HRMS migration. 1 of 7 objects need a mapping; the rest are 1:1.

B

Overall complexity

Standard migration

Derived from compatibility, mapping clarity, API constraints, and data volume across Deltek Talent Management and Recruit CRM & ATS.

  • Object compatibility

    B

    1 of 7 objects need a mapping; the rest are 1:1.

  • Field mapping clarity

    C

    Field mapping is derived from defaults — final spec confirmed during the sample migration.

  • Timeline complexity

    B

    7-object category — typical timelines run 2–7 days end-to-end.

  • API constraints

    B

    Deltek Talent Management: Not publicly documented in available documentation.

  • Data volume sensitivity

    B

    Deltek Talent Management doesn't expose a bulk API — REST + parallelization used for high-volume runs.

Estimator

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FAQ

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Most migrations land between three and five weeks for straightforward recruiting-data scopes under 5,000 Candidates and 500 Requisitions. Migrations with active Vantagepoint cross-dependencies, large document attachment volumes (over 10 GB of files), or a complex custom field schema move to six to ten weeks because of the employee record reconciliation phase and the sandbox-to-production validation cycle. HRMS objects (performance reviews, compensation, learning) are CSV exports only and do not add migration time.

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