HRMS migration
Field-level mapping, validation, and rollback between empeon and Recruit CRM & ATS. We move data and schema; workflows are rebuilt natively in Recruit CRM & ATS.
empeon
Source
Recruit CRM & ATS
Destination
Compatibility
8 of 11
objects map 1:1 between empeon and Recruit CRM & ATS.
Complexity
BStandard
Timeline
4-8 weeks
Overview
Migrating from empeon to Recruit CRM is a cross-domain move from a healthcare HCM platform to a recruitment ATS. The two systems share no native object equivalents: empeon organizes around Employees, Payroll Registers, Benefit Enrollments, and Accrual Balances; Recruit CRM organizes around Candidates, Jobs, Clients, and Placements. We map what is migratable (employee profiles to candidates, payroll summaries to candidate notes, benefit enrollments to custom fields) and document what requires manual re-entry (ESS Hub credentials, active direct deposit configurations, workflow-driven approval chains). We do not migrate empeon Workflows, Time and Attendance scheduling, or payroll tax configurations as code. We deliver a written inventory of every empeon workflow, accrual rule, and approval chain for your admin to rebuild inside Recruit CRM's automation builder post-migration. The timeline for a tier-2 migration with up to 5,000 employee records and two years of payroll history is four to eight weeks.
Every standard and custom field arrives verified.
AI proposes the map; you confirm before any record moves.
Parent–child, lookups, and ownership stay linked.
Calls, emails, meetings — with original timestamps.
Documents, uploads, and inline notes move with the record.
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Object mapping
Each row shows how a empeon 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.
empeon
Employee
Recruit CRM & ATS
Candidate
1:1Empeon Employee records map to Recruit CRM Candidate profiles. Standard fields (first name, last name, email, phone, department, job title, hire date, employment status) migrate directly. The candidate's current job title and department in Empeon become the Candidate's current position fields in Recruit CRM. Email address from Empeon becomes the primary contact email; phone becomes the mobile or office phone. Employment status (active, terminated, on leave) does not map to a Recruit CRM field and is stored as a custom field empeon_status__c for reference.
empeon
Payroll History
Recruit CRM & ATS
Candidate (as Note)
1:manyEmpeon Payroll Register exports (pay periods, gross pay, net pay, deduction line items, tax withholding amounts) cannot map to a native Recruit CRM object because Recruit CRM is an ATS, not a payroll system. We export the payroll register as structured rows and attach it as a Note on the corresponding Candidate record, preserving pay period, earnings, deductions, and net pay in a formatted text block. If the customer requires payroll data for compliance or re-hire verification, we recommend a separate payroll export delivered as a PDF package alongside the ATS migration.
empeon
Accrual Balances
Recruit CRM & ATS
Candidate (as Custom Fields)
1:1Empeon PTO, sick leave, and other accrual balances per employee migrate as Read-only custom fields on the Candidate record in Recruit CRM. We export current balance, accrual rate, and carryover rules as structured key-value pairs. Historical balance snapshots are not migratable as a timeline; a summary note with the most recent balance snapshot is attached instead. Accrual rules (accrual rates, carryover caps, usage thresholds) do not migrate as configuration and are documented for the customer's admin to rebuild in Recruit CRM's custom field formulas or as a separate reference document.
empeon
Benefit Enrollments
Recruit CRM & ATS
Candidate (as Custom Fields)
1:1Benefit plan name, carrier, coverage tier (employee, employee plus spouse, family), and enrollment effective date migrate as custom fields on the Candidate record. We flatten multi-tier benefit elections into individual checkboxes or picklist values. Plan names and carrier codes that differ between Empeon and any downstream benefits system are preserved as free-text strings with the original Empeon value noted. Benefit enrollment data is read-only post-migration in Recruit CRM since the ATS does not manage benefits administration.
empeon
Custom Fields (Input)
Recruit CRM & ATS
Custom Fields (Text)
1:1Empeon free-text Input custom fields map to Recruit CRM text custom fields. We enumerate all active Input fields during scoping and create matching text fields in Recruit CRM before migration. Because Empeon Input fields store unstructured free text, we cannot guarantee data quality in the destination and flag this in the mapping documentation. Checkbox fields map directly to Recruit CRM checkbox custom fields.
empeon
Custom Fields (Checkbox)
Recruit CRM & ATS
Custom Fields (Checkbox)
1:1Empeon Checkbox custom fields map directly to Recruit CRM checkbox custom fields with no transformation required. We confirm the checkbox state (checked/unchecked/unset) and migrate the boolean value. Any Empeon Input field that was used to store yes/no data (free-text 'yes' or 'no' rather than a native checkbox) is parsed and coerced to a boolean during transformation before inserting into Recruit CRM.
empeon
Direct Deposit
Recruit CRM & ATS
Candidate (as encrypted Note)
lossyBank routing numbers and account numbers are sensitive fields that do not have a destination in Recruit CRM. We flag them as sensitive, encrypt them at rest during migration, and suppress them from any non-production export. We attach a masked summary (last four digits of account number only) as a private Note on the Candidate record for compliance record-keeping. The customer should re-collect direct deposit information through Recruit CRM's onboarding flow or a separate HRIS if they intend to run payroll through a new system.
empeon
Time and Attendance
Recruit CRM & ATS
Candidate (as Note or Activity)
1:1Empeon clock punches and scheduling data (Employee View and Daily View) have no native equivalent in Recruit CRM. We export attendance summaries by employee and attach them as Notes on the Candidate record. Advanced Scheduling assignments (shift patterns, rotation rules) are documented as a separate configuration inventory for the customer's admin. Recruit CRM's interview scheduling does not replace Empeon's time-and-attendance functionality; these are separate systems.
empeon
Documents
Recruit CRM & ATS
Candidate (as File Attachments)
1:1Documents attached to Empeon employee profiles (offer letters, performance reviews, certifications, I-9 forms) migrate as file attachments on the corresponding Candidate record in Recruit CRM. We export binary content and file metadata (filename, MIME type, upload date). Recruit CRM's file attachment limits apply; documents exceeding the platform limit are flagged during scoping and migrated to a customer-owned cloud storage bucket with links embedded in the Candidate record instead.
empeon
Company Settings
Recruit CRM & ATS
Client and Company records
1:1Empeon Company-level configuration (departments, cost centers, job titles, pay grades) can be migrated as reference data into Recruit CRM's Client or Company records if the customer uses Recruit CRM to track client organizations or staffing assignments. Department names become Recruit CRM Custom Fields on the Client object. Pay grades and cost centers are documented as a separate configuration sheet for the customer's admin to set up as lookup lists in Recruit CRM.
empeon
ESS Hub Access
Recruit CRM & ATS
Not migratable
lossyEmpeon ESS Hub credentials and self-service access are tied to the employee's email address in the Empeon Workforce profile. These credentials do not map to Recruit CRM's candidate portal authentication. We document all ESS Hub registrations during scoping and flag that candidates must re-register or be provisioned access separately in Recruit CRM. The ESS email-must-match requirement in Empeon is a known risk that we cross-reference during scoping to flag any domain mismatches.
| empeon | Recruit CRM & ATS | Compatibility | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employee | Candidate1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Payroll History | Candidate (as Note)1:many | Mapping required | |
| Accrual Balances | Candidate (as Custom Fields)1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Benefit Enrollments | Candidate (as Custom Fields)1:1 | Mapping required | |
| Custom Fields (Input) | Custom Fields (Text)1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Custom Fields (Checkbox) | Custom Fields (Checkbox)1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Direct Deposit | Candidate (as encrypted Note)lossy | Mapping required | |
| Time and Attendance | Candidate (as Note or Activity)1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Documents | Candidate (as File Attachments)1:1 | Mapping required | |
| Company Settings | Client and Company records1:1 | Mapping required | |
| ESS Hub Access | Not migratablelossy | Mapping required |
Gotchas + challenges
Platform-specific issues from each side, plus the pair-specific challenges that don't show up on either platform's page on its own.
empeon gotchas
API Connector is a paid add-on required for programmatic migration
Frequent session timeouts disrupt migration scoping activities
ESS Hub email-must-match requirement can break self-service after migration
Custom Field types are limited to Input and Checkbox
Live Report exports require manual column selection
Recruit CRM & ATS gotchas
API rate limits are license-scaled and can throttle bulk migration
Custom field schemas vary per organization and require field-level mapping
Files and email attachments require separate extraction and re-upload
Email sequences and automation logic do not transfer between platforms
Pair-specific challenges
Migration approach
Discovery and API Connector confirmation
We audit the Empeon portal to enumerate Employee records, Custom Fields (Input and Checkbox types), benefit enrollment records, accrual types, payroll register structure, document attachments, and ESS Hub registrations. We confirm API Connector licensing status during this call; if the connector is not active, the customer must purchase or activate it before we can begin programmatic extraction. The discovery output is a written data inventory specifying which objects are migratable via API, which require Live Report exports, and which require manual CSV preparation.
Schema design and custom field creation in Recruit CRM
We design the destination schema in Recruit CRM. This includes creating all necessary custom fields on the Candidate object to receive migrated data: text fields for Input custom fields, checkbox fields for Checkbox custom fields, read-only fields for accrual balances, and picklist fields for benefit enrollment types. We configure file attachment limits and document migration settings. Schema is validated in Recruit CRM's sandbox or trial environment before any data extraction begins.
Data extraction and transformation
We extract data from Empeon using the API Connector where available, falling back to Live Report exports for fields not accessible via API. Payroll register exports are chunked by pay period to preserve historical context. We parse free-text Custom Field values and apply type coercion for destination fields. Direct deposit routing and account numbers are encrypted in transit and flagged as sensitive. Document binaries are exported and associated with the correct Employee record for attachment to the corresponding Candidate.
Staging validation and reconciliation
We load all extracted data into a staging environment and run reconciliation checks: record count by object (Employees in, Candidates out), custom field value presence, document attachment count, and accrual balance summary totals. We cross-reference ESS Hub email addresses against the candidate email addresses planned for Recruit CRM to flag any domain mismatches. The customer's HR lead reviews a sample of 25-50 migrated Candidate records against the Empeon source and signs off before production migration begins.
Production migration and cutover
We run production migration into the live Recruit CRM environment in dependency order: Candidate profiles (with custom fields populated), document attachments, accrual summaries as Notes, payroll summaries as encrypted Notes, and benefit enrollment records. Direct deposit data is migrated as masked Notes only. We freeze Empeon writes during the cutover window and run a final delta migration for any records modified during the window. We enable Recruit CRM as the system of record for recruiting operations after cutover.
Automation inventory handoff and post-migration support
We deliver a written inventory of every empeon workflow, accrual rule, and approval chain that cannot migrate as code. The inventory documents each automation's trigger, conditions, and actions with a recommended Recruit CRM equivalent (candidate workflow, email automation, task automation). The customer's admin rebuilds these in Recruit CRM post-migration. We support a one-week hypercare window to resolve any data reconciliation issues raised during the first recruiting cycle in Recruit CRM. We do not rebuild empeon workflows as Recruit CRM automations inside the migration scope; that is a separate engagement.
Platform deep dives
empeon
Source
Strengths
Weaknesses
Recruit CRM & ATS
Destination
Strengths
Weaknesses
Complexity grading
Standard HRMS migration. 1 of 7 objects need a mapping; the rest are 1:1.
Overall complexity
Standard migration
Derived from compatibility, mapping clarity, API constraints, and data volume across empeon and Recruit CRM & ATS.
Object compatibility
1 of 7 objects need a mapping; the rest are 1:1.
Field mapping clarity
Field mapping is derived from defaults — final spec confirmed during the sample migration.
Timeline complexity
7-object category — typical timelines run 2–7 days end-to-end.
API constraints
empeon: Not publicly documented.
Data volume sensitivity
empeon doesn't expose a bulk API — REST + parallelization used for high-volume runs.
Estimator
Rule-based pricing — no per-record fees, no manual quotes. Migrations over 2M records are scoped individually.
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