HRMS migration

Migrate from Dover to Recruit CRM & ATS

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

Dover logo

Dover

Source

Recruit CRM & ATS

Destination

Recruit CRM & ATS logo

Compatibility

70%

7 of 10

objects map 1:1 between Dover and Recruit CRM & ATS.

Complexity

BStandard

Timeline

2-4 weeks

Rollback included Accuracy guarantee Field-level validation

Overview

What this migration involves

Dover and Recruit CRM serve different recruiting postures. Dover is a free-tier ATS built for early-stage startups hiring without a dedicated HR ops function, relying on template scorecards and Gmail integrations rather than a full CRM data model. Recruit CRM is an agency-focused dual ATS and CRM platform with client management, invoicing, and a configurable pipeline model that treats Candidates and Clients as separate record types. Migrating between them requires extracting Dover's flat CSV exports, resolving the candidate-primary model against Recruit CRM's candidate-client separation, and remapping Dover stage names to Recruit CRM pipeline stages. We do not migrate Dover's Gmail and Calendar OAuth-linked data, AI-generated scorecard values that exist only in Dover's proprietary format, or job board API credentials stored in Dover settings. Workflows, interview guides, and stage gates are documented for the customer's admin to rebuild in Recruit CRM post-migration.

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

Dover logo

Dover

What's pushing teams away

  • The absence of a documented public API means engineering teams cannot build custom integrations or automate workflows around the ATS, forcing reliance on Dover's native connectors only.
  • Occasional bugs and interface glitches cause friction when managing multiple concurrent pipelines, with users reporting dropped scores and lost stage changes.
  • As hiring volume scales past 20–30 open roles, the platform's simplicity becomes a constraint—basic reporting lacks the depth needed for hiring funnel analytics and recruiter performance metrics.
  • Teams that require advanced compliance features such as SOC 2 controls, role-based data residency, or audit logs find Dover's offering insufficient for enterprise procurement requirements.

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 Dover objects map to Recruit CRM & ATS

Each row shows how a Dover 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.

Dover

Candidate

maps to

Recruit CRM & ATS

Candidate

1:1
Fully supported

Dover Candidate records map directly to Recruit CRM Candidate records. The Dover candidate_id is preserved as an external reference field. Name, email, phone, LinkedIn URL, source attribution, current stage, and application date transfer as standard fields. We flag any Dover candidates with no email address or with duplicate email addresses for the customer's admin to resolve before final import.

Dover

Job

maps to

Recruit CRM & ATS

Job

1:1
Fully supported

Dover Job postings map to Recruit CRM Job records with title, department, location, employment type, and description preserved. Job status (open, paused, closed) transfers to Recruit CRM status. We preserve the job-to-candidate linkage by loading Jobs first and using Dover's job_id as an external key referenced on the Candidate import phase.

Dover

Scorecard

maps to

Recruit CRM & ATS

Custom Field (Evaluation)

lossy
Fully supported

Dover scorecard values export as custom fields on the candidate record in CSV. AI-generated scorecards on Dover's Premium tier store scores in a proprietary format that does not map to a standard Recruit CRM field type. We export them as free-text custom fields or numeric custom properties depending on the score format, and document any scorecards that cannot be parsed cleanly for the customer's admin to verify post-migration.

Dover

Pipeline Stage

maps to

Recruit CRM & ATS

Pipeline Stage

lossy
Fully supported

Dover stage names vary per job because teams create custom stage taxonomies. We extract the complete stage set across all Dover jobs during discovery, map each named stage to a corresponding Recruit CRM pipeline stage, and flag any Dover stages that have no clear Recruit CRM equivalent for admin decision. Stage-change timestamps migrate as activity history entries on the candidate record.

Dover

User

maps to

Recruit CRM & ATS

User

1:1
Fully supported

Dover user accounts export from team settings as name, email, and role. We map Dover owner assignments on candidate and job records to Recruit CRM user records by email match. Any Dover user with no corresponding Recruit CRM user goes to a reconciliation queue for the admin to provision before record import resumes.

Dover

Candidate (Stage History)

maps to

Recruit CRM & ATS

Candidate Activity Timeline

1:1
Fully supported

Dover's stage history exports as a separate CSV table with candidate_id, stage_name, and timestamp. We reconstruct the stage progression timeline in Recruit CRM by inserting candidate activity records with type 'stage_change' and the original timestamp. This preserves hiring context without requiring Recruit CRM's native stage history feature.

Dover

Job Posting

maps to

Recruit CRM & ATS

Job (re-posting required)

lossy
Fully supported

Dover's job board integrations (LinkedIn, Indeed, Glassdoor, and 100+ others) are OAuth-linked credentials stored in Dover settings, not records in the candidate data model. We do not migrate job board API credentials. We document each active job board posting for the customer's admin to reconnect in Recruit CRM after migration.

Dover

Calendar Integration

maps to

Recruit CRM & ATS

Not Migrated

1:1
Fully supported

Dover's Gmail and Calendar OAuth integrations store scheduling and email history in Google, not in Dover's database. These records are not included in the CSV export. We document which candidate records had linked Google activity and flag them for the customer to reconnect the Recruit CRM Google Calendar integration post-migration to resume scheduling continuity.

Dover

Recruiting Marketplace

maps to

Recruit CRM & ATS

Not Migrated

1:1
Not supported

The Dover Recruiting Marketplace connects companies with external fractional recruiters and is a separate service from the core ATS data model. Candidate and job records in the marketplace context are not part of the standard export. We do not migrate marketplace relationships or hourly recruiter credentials.

Dover

Candidate Source

maps to

Recruit CRM & ATS

Candidate Custom Field

1:1
Fully supported

Dover's candidate source attribution (organic, referral, job board, agency) migrates to a Recruit CRM custom field on the Candidate record. Source is preserved as a string value so that the customer's admin can configure a source taxonomy in Recruit CRM to match their historical reporting categories.

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.

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Dover gotchas

High

No public API requires CSV-only export for migration

Medium

AI features gated behind Premium tier

Medium

Calendar and email threads not portable

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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

  • Dover CSV-only export limits migration flexibility

    Dover does not publish a REST API or webhook documentation, requiring all data extraction to run through the platform's CSV bulk export feature. We download Candidates, Jobs, Scorecards, Users, and Stage History as separate CSV files, then perform field mapping and transformation in our pipeline. Records that exceed CSV row limits or contain malformed data are flagged before loading. The absence of an API also means any delta migration during the cutover window requires a fresh CSV download, which may not capture records modified in the final days before cutover without a coordinated freeze.

  • AI scorecard scores require format verification

    AI applicant scoring and AI note-taking are Dover Premium ($199/month) features that store output in a proprietary format not guaranteed to export cleanly as structured data. We export AI scores as custom fields in the CSV but cannot validate whether the numeric or text score maps to a Recruit CRM equivalent. The customer's admin should verify all migrated scorecard values post-import and rebuild any scorecards that depend on Dover-specific AI scoring in Recruit CRM's evaluation forms.

  • Calendar and email history do not migrate

    Dover's Gmail and Calendar OAuth integrations store interview scheduling and email history in Google accounts, not in Dover's own database. These records are absent from the CSV export. We do not migrate them. Candidates who had interviews scheduled through Dover's calendar integration should have those meetings reconnected in Recruit CRM post-migration to avoid gaps in scheduling history. Recruit CRM's Google Calendar sync does not propagate deleted meetings bidirectionally, which is a known limitation documented in Recruit CRM community reviews.

  • Dover stage names require manual mapping per customer

    Dover allows teams to create custom pipeline stage names per job, meaning there is no universal stage taxonomy to map directly to Recruit CRM. We extract the complete stage set during discovery, present the mapping matrix to the customer, and apply the agreed mapping before import. Stages that have no clear Recruit CRM equivalent are flagged for admin decision. Skipping this step results in candidates landing in an incorrect pipeline stage, breaking reporting and workflow triggers.

Migration approach

Six steps for a successful Dover to Recruit CRM & ATS data migration

  1. Discovery and CSV extraction design

    We audit the Dover instance across candidates, jobs, scorecards, stage taxonomies, and users. Because Dover has no API, we design the CSV extraction sequence: we download Candidates as the primary export, Jobs as the secondary export, Scorecards and Stage History as supplemental exports, and Users from team settings. We identify any custom scorecard fields, non-standard stage names, and candidates with missing email addresses. The discovery output is a written extraction plan and field mapping matrix for the customer to review before we begin export.

  2. CSV extraction and data validation

    We guide the customer's Dover admin through the CSV bulk export process for each data type. We validate each CSV file against expected row counts, check for encoding issues, empty required fields, and malformed dates. We flag duplicate candidate email addresses, candidates with no associated job, and jobs with no associated candidates. This validation step prevents import errors in Recruit CRM that would require rework.

  3. Transformation and stage mapping

    We transform the Dover CSV data into Recruit CRM API-compatible JSON payloads. This includes mapping Dover field names to Recruit CRM field names, parsing date formats, encoding HTML entities in job descriptions, and splitting compound fields. We apply the customer-approved stage mapping matrix to assign each Dover stage name to a Recruit CRM pipeline stage. AI scorecard values are written to free-text or numeric custom fields with a note flagging verification required.

  4. Recruit CRM sandbox import and reconciliation

    We run a full import into a Recruit CRM sandbox or test environment using the transformed payloads. We reconcile record counts: candidates in, jobs in, stage history entries in, and users mapped. We spot-check 25-50 candidate records against the Dover source data for field-level accuracy and verify that job-to-candidate linkages are intact. Any mapping corrections are documented and applied to the production import scripts before cutover.

  5. User provisioning and owner reconciliation

    We match Dover users to Recruit CRM users by email. Any Dover owner who does not have a corresponding Recruit CRM user account is added to a reconciliation list. The customer's Recruit CRM admin provisions missing users (active or inactive based on whether the original Dover user is still employed) before we proceed to production import. Owner references on candidate and job records cannot resolve without confirmed user provisioning.

  6. Production migration and cutover

    We run production import in dependency order: Jobs first, then Candidates with job_id lookups resolved, then stage history as activity entries, then custom scorecard fields. We freeze Dover write access during the cutover window, run a final delta extraction of any records modified since the initial export, apply the delta, and validate final record counts in Recruit CRM. We deliver a written inventory of Dover workflows, interview guides, and stage gates for the customer's admin to rebuild in Recruit CRM post-migration.

Platform deep dives

Context on both ends of the pair

Dover logo

Dover

Source

Strengths

  • Free tier includes unlimited users, jobs, and 100+ job board integrations with no time limit
  • Template-based scorecards and interview guides get teams live in under two hours
  • Native Gmail and Calendar sync keeps recruiting activity in existing tools
  • AI applicant scoring and auto-generated interview notes reduce manual screening overhead
  • Responsive Premium support provides onboarding guidance for teams without HR ops staff

Weaknesses

  • No documented public API limits programmatic access to candidate and job data
  • Free tier lacks AI features, custom reporting, and premium support found in paid alternatives
  • Occasional UI bugs and stability issues reported in G2 reviews
  • Limited advanced analytics and hiring funnel reporting compared to enterprise ATS platforms
  • No SOC 2 compliance certification disclosed, creating procurement friction for regulated industries
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 Dover 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

    Dover: Not publicly documented.

  • Data volume sensitivity

    B

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

Estimator

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Rule-based pricing — no per-record fees, no manual quotes. Migrations over 2M records are scoped individually.

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Most migrations land between two and four weeks for accounts under 5,000 candidates and 200 jobs with a straightforward stage taxonomy. Migrations with custom scorecard fields, multiple stage sets across jobs, large user rosters, or significant data quality issues (duplicate records, missing emails) move to four to eight weeks because of validation and reconciliation time. The CSV-only export constraint from Dover does not add significant time but requires manual export coordination with the customer's Dover admin.

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