Migrate from Dover to BambooHR

Dover Candidate records map to BambooHR's Applicant record (accessed via BambooHR's ATS module) and as a candidate person record. We extract candidate name, email, phone, source attribution, application date, and current stage from Dover's CSV. Stage history (Applied, Screening, Interview, Offer, Hired, Rejected per job) migrates as notes on the BambooHR applicant record with timestamps. Email and phone map directly to BambooHR's applicant standard fields.

Dover Job postings map to BambooHR Job Opening records. Job title, department, location, and job description migrate as standard BambooHR Job Opening fields. The Dover job status (Open, Paused, Closed) maps to BambooHR's job opening status. Job-to-candidate linkage is preserved by migrating applicants to the correct job opening using the Dover job ID embedded in the candidate CSV export.

Dover scorecards (both AI-generated and manually created templates) are Dover-specific evaluation instruments with no direct BambooHR equivalent. We export scorecard values as structured text from the Dover CSV and map them to a BambooHR custom field on the applicant record. If Dover used the Premium AI scoring feature, those scores export as numeric values in the CSV and we configure a BambooHR Number-type custom field to receive them. We flag any scorecard questions that cannot be represented as a flat field and recommend converting them to free-text custom fields.

Dover's pipeline stages are defined per job (Applied, Screening, Interview, Offer, Hired, Rejected are common defaults). We extract the stage taxonomy per job from Dover's CSV export and map each stage to a corresponding BambooHR job opening status. Stages with no direct BambooHR equivalent (for example, a Dover-specific 'Technical Assessment' stage) are mapped to the nearest BambooHR status and noted in the mapping document for customer review.

Dover User accounts (recruiters, hiring managers, admins) export from team settings. We map each Dover user to a BambooHR Employee record by email match, which also serves as the user account for BambooHR access. Inactive Dover users or pending invitations map to inactive BambooHR employee records. If the customer wants Dover users who are not employees (external recruiters) to have access, BambooHR's non-employee user capability must be configured separately.

Dover exports stage change history as a separate CSV table linked to candidate ID. We transform each stage change (stage name, timestamp, user who moved the candidate) into a BambooHR note attached to the applicant record, using the note creation timestamp to preserve chronological order. Stage history is the primary candidate context that survives the migration.

Dover's candidate source attribution (referral, job board, direct application, sourcing tool) exports in the candidate CSV. We map it to a BambooHR custom dropdown field on the applicant record labeled 'Candidate Source' so that hiring source analytics can be rebuilt in BambooHR reporting.

Dover interview schedule metadata (interview type, scheduled date, interviewer name if stored in Dover) exports where available in the candidate CSV. We migrate these as notes on the applicant record. Actual calendar events and Google Meet links are not data records in Dover and are not exported; they remain in the connected Gmail account.

Dover stores job board API credentials (LinkedIn, Indeed, Glassdoor, and 100+ other integrations) as platform settings, not as candidate or job records. These credentials cannot be exported and do not migrate to BambooHR. We document the connected job boards in the migration inventory so the customer's admin can re-enter credentials in BambooHR's job distribution settings post-migration.

Dover's Recruiting Marketplace is a separate service connecting companies with external fractional or contingency recruiters. This is not part of Dover's core ATS data model and has no equivalent in BambooHR's HRIS. The marketplace relationship and recruiter profiles do not migrate; the customer manages these relationships independently post-migration.

AI applicant scoring is a Dover Premium ($199/month) feature that evaluates candidates against job requirements. Scores export as numeric values in the candidate CSV when Dover Premium was used. We map these to a BambooHR Number-type custom field on the applicant record. If the customer used Dover Premium AI note-taking, those notes export as text fields and migrate to a free-text custom field on the applicant. BambooHR's own AI features (Ask BambooHR on Pro and Elite) do not receive Dover AI data directly; the customer can re-run AI scoring on migrated candidates if desired.