HRMS migration
Field-level mapping, validation, and rollback between Sloneek and Zoho Recruit. We move data and schema; workflows are rebuilt natively in Zoho Recruit.
Sloneek
Source
Zoho Recruit
Destination
Compatibility
9 of 12
objects map 1:1 between Sloneek and Zoho Recruit.
Complexity
BStandard
Timeline
3-5 weeks
Overview
Moving from Sloneek to Zoho Recruit is primarily an ATS-module migration because Zoho Recruit is a dedicated talent acquisition platform whereas Sloneek is an all-in-one HRIS covering Core HR, payroll, attendance, and performance alongside its ATS. The ATS Candidates, job positions, recruitment pipelines, and interview records in Sloneek map cleanly to Zoho Recruit's equivalent objects, but every other Sloneek module (Core HR employee profiles, payroll, attendance, performance reviews, compensation history, assets) has no counterpart in Zoho Recruit and is excluded from the migration contract. Sloneek's undocumented API means we coordinate CSV export requests through their support channel, which adds three to seven business days to pre-migration scoping. Zoho Recruit's mandatory Last Name field on Candidate requires a null-handling strategy for candidates whose Sloneek records omit this value. Custom fields in Zoho Recruit are gated behind paid tiers, so we verify the customer's Zoho Recruit edition before committing to a custom-field migration scope. GDPR consent flags from Sloneek's ATS module transfer to Zoho Recruit's candidate records using a custom field to preserve regulatory compliance during the transition.
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.
Why teams make this switch
Leaving
What's pushing teams away
Choosing
What's pulling them in
Object mapping
Each row shows how a Sloneek object lands in Zoho Recruit, including any object-level transformations, lookup resolution, or schema-design dependencies.
Typical mapping — final map is confirmed during the sample migration step.
Sloneek
ATS Candidate
Zoho Recruit
Candidate
1:1Sloneek's ATS Candidate records map directly to Zoho Recruit Candidate. The mapping preserves first name, last name, email address, phone, location, current position, and source channel. GDPR consent flags from Sloneek transfer to a custom field consent_gdpr__c on the Zoho Recruit Candidate to maintain regulatory compliance during the transition. Candidates without a Last Name value in Sloneek receive 'not provided' as a placeholder per Zoho Recruit's mandatory-field requirement. Resume files attached to Sloneek candidate records transfer as file attachments on the Zoho Recruit Candidate.
Sloneek
Job Position
Zoho Recruit
Job Opening
1:1Sloneek job positions map to Zoho Recruit Job Opening records. The position title, department assignment, job description, employment type (full-time, part-time, contract), and location fields transfer directly. Active versus closed status in Sloneek maps to Zoho Recruit's Opening Status field. Job Openings must be present before candidate applications are imported so that the Candidates-to-Job Opening lookup relationship is satisfied at migration time.
Sloneek
Recruitment Pipeline
Zoho Recruit
Hiring Pipeline
lossySloneek's recruitment pipeline stages (application received, screening, interview, assessment, offer, hired, rejected) map to Zoho Recruit's Hiring Pipeline stages. We configure the pipeline stages in Zoho Recruit's Setup > Recruitment > Hiring Pipelines before migration begins, matching the stage names and reordering to match Sloneek's existing workflow. Stage probability percentages transfer as pipeline-level configuration if Sloneek stores them.
Sloneek
Interview Record
Zoho Recruit
Interview
1:1Interview records in Sloneek (interviewer name, date and time, interview type, feedback, rating, outcome) map to Zoho Recruit Interview records linked to the corresponding Candidate and Job Opening. Interviewer assignment resolves by matching the Sloneek interviewer email to a Zoho Recruit User record. Feedback and scoring fields map to Zoho Recruit's Interview Feedback form fields or custom fields if the scoring schema is non-standard.
Sloneek
Candidate Note
Zoho Recruit
Note
1:1Notes attached to Sloneek candidate records migrate to Zoho Recruit Note records linked to the corresponding Candidate via ContentDocumentLink. Rich text formatting in Sloneek notes is preserved where possible; complex embedded objects or non-text note content is flagged for manual review post-migration. Note timestamps preserve the original creation date for audit and reporting continuity.
Sloneek
Candidate Task
Zoho Recruit
Task
1:1Tasks associated with Sloneek candidate records (scheduling reminders, follow-up actions, screening tasks) map to Zoho Recruit Task records linked to the Candidate. Task status, priority, due date, and assigned user transfer directly. Task assignments resolve by matching the Sloneek user email to a Zoho Recruit User record. Recurring tasks in Sloneek migrate as individual Task records with the recurrence pattern documented for manual rebuild in Zoho Recruit if needed.
Sloneek
Candidate Attachment
Zoho Recruit
Attachment
1:1File attachments on Sloneek candidate records (resumes, cover letters, portfolios, certifications) transfer to Zoho Recruit Attachments on the corresponding Candidate record. PDF files migrate without transformation. Non-PDF files (Word documents, spreadsheets, images) are flagged during the export audit and the customer is advised to convert these before migration or upload manually post-migration, because Sloneek restricts uploads to PDF format, meaning non-PDF files in Sloneek were already converted or are absent.
Sloneek
Candidate Custom Field
Zoho Recruit
Custom Field
lossySloneek's custom fields on Candidate records (assessment scores, source detail, salary expectation, notice period, referral source) map to Zoho Recruit custom fields of equivalent type (picklist, text, number, date, lookup). Custom fields are only available in Zoho Recruit Standard ($25/recruiter/month) and above; they are not available in the Free tier. We verify the customer's Zoho Recruit edition during scoping and exclude custom field migration from the contract if the destination is on a Free plan. Lookup fields in Zoho Recruit Standard are also unavailable, so lookup-type custom fields from Sloneek map to picklist or multi-select picklist as a fallback.
Sloneek
Client
Zoho Recruit
Client
1:1For staffing agency use cases where Sloneek tracks clients alongside candidates, Sloneek Client records map to Zoho Recruit Client. Client name, contact information, industry, and address fields transfer directly. The Client-Candidate relationship (submissions, placements) is preserved as Zoho Recruit Job Submission records linked to both Client and Candidate.
Sloneek
Contact
Zoho Recruit
Contact
1:1Sloneek HR contact records (hiring managers, team leads, department heads) map to Zoho Recruit Contacts where they exist in the ATS module rather than Core HR. The mapping preserves name, email, phone, title, and department. Contacts without a Last Name value are assigned 'not provided' per Zoho Recruit's mandatory-field requirement. Contacts that are purely Core HR employee records (not involved in the recruitment process) are excluded from the ATS migration scope.
Sloneek
Organizational Structure
Zoho Recruit
Department
lossySloneek departments and cost centers used within the ATS module map to Zoho Recruit Departments via Setup > Recruitment > Departments. The org chart hierarchy is reconstructed as a flat department list in Zoho Recruit because Zoho Recruit's ATS does not natively support multi-level org chart visualization. For customers who need org structure in Zoho beyond ATS, we recommend a separate Zoho People or Zoho CRM implementation as a parallel scope.
Sloneek
Source Channel
Zoho Recruit
Candidate Source
1:1Sloneek's candidate sourcing channels (direct application, referral, LinkedIn, job board, agency) map to Zoho Recruit's Candidate Source picklist values. Custom source channels in Sloneek are created as new picklist values in Zoho Recruit during the pre-migration schema configuration step. Source tracking is preserved on the Candidate record for pipeline analytics and reporting continuity.
| Sloneek | Zoho Recruit | Compatibility | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATS Candidate | Candidate1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Job Position | Job Opening1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Recruitment Pipeline | Hiring Pipelinelossy | Fully supported | |
| Interview Record | Interview1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Candidate Note | Note1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Candidate Task | Task1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Candidate Attachment | Attachment1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Candidate Custom Field | Custom Fieldlossy | Fully supported | |
| Client | Client1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Contact | Contact1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Organizational Structure | Departmentlossy | Fully supported | |
| Source Channel | Candidate Source1:1 | Fully supported |
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.
Sloneek gotchas
Sloneek API is not publicly documented
Attendance 2.0 schema migration in progress
Document uploads restricted to PDF format only
Plan-tier feature gating affects module availability
Zoho Recruit gotchas
Daily API rate limits are tier-gated and per-user capped
User import hard cap of 2,000 records
Attachment folder hierarchy must be preserved exactly
Resume parsing quota varies by plan and resets daily
Custom fields unavailable in Free and Standard editions
Pair-specific challenges
Migration approach
Discovery and export coordination with Sloneek
We audit the customer's Sloneek account to identify which ATS modules are active, the total candidate record count, active job opening count, pipeline stage names, and custom field schema on the Candidate object. We confirm the Sloneek plan tier to verify ATS module availability and request a CSV export through Sloneek's support channel. The support coordination typically requires three to seven business days. We simultaneously audit the destination Zoho Recruit account for edition (Free, Standard, Professional, Enterprise), existing modules, custom field availability, and recruiter user count. The discovery output is a written migration scope document signed off by the customer before migration begins.
Schema design and pre-configuration in Zoho Recruit
We configure the destination Zoho Recruit account before any data is imported. This includes creating custom picklist values for candidate source channels, configuring the Hiring Pipeline with stages matching Sloneek's pipeline names and order, creating custom fields on the Candidate object (only if the destination is on Standard or above), creating Departments matching Sloneek's organizational structure, and setting up any required Client or Contact records that will have relationships to Candidates. We verify the Zoho Recruit edition during this step because Free tier cannot support custom fields and Standard tier cannot support Lookup field types on custom fields.
Data audit and Last Name null-handling strategy
We review the Sloneek export files for data quality issues before any transformation. Specifically, we identify Candidate records missing a Last Name value and flag them for the 'not provided' substitution strategy. We identify candidates with duplicate email addresses and flag them for the customer to resolve before import (Zoho Recruit deduplicates by email by default). We identify any non-PDF attachments and flag them for manual post-migration re-upload. We produce a data quality report that the customer reviews and approves before the import scripts are written.
Sandbox migration and reconciliation
We run a full migration into the customer's Zoho Recruit sandbox environment (or a trial account if no sandbox exists) using a representative sample of records. The customer's HR or recruiting lead reconciles record counts (Candidates in, Job Openings in, Interviews in, Notes in), spot-checks twenty-five to fifty random candidate records against the Sloneek source, and verifies that pipeline stage assignments and custom field values are correct. Any mapping corrections are documented and applied to the production migration scripts before the sandbox is signed off. This step prevents correction cycles in production where they are more costly.
Production migration in dependency order
We run production migration in record-dependency order: Departments (configured, not migrated), Job Openings (must exist before Candidates), Candidates (with Last Name substitution applied and GDPR consent flags mapped to custom field), Interviews (with Candidate and Job Opening lookups resolved), Notes and Tasks (linked to Candidate by candidate ID), Attachments (linked to Candidate), and Custom Fields (final pass to populate any remaining custom fields on Candidates). Each phase emits a row-count reconciliation report before the next phase begins. The Sloneek account is placed in read-only mode during the production cutover window to prevent new writes that would be missed by the final delta export.
Cutover, validation, and handoff
We run a final delta migration for any records created or modified in Sloneek during the cutover window, then enable Zoho Recruit as the system of record for recruitment. We deliver a migration summary report showing record counts per object, any unmapped or skipped records with reasons, and the Last Name substitution log. We do not rebuild Sloneek ATS workflows or approval chains as Zoho Recruit Blueprints or workflow rules; we deliver a written inventory of every active workflow in Sloneek with its trigger conditions, actions, and a recommended Zoho Recruit equivalent. The customer's admin or a Zoho partner rebuilds these as a post-migration task. We offer a one-week hypercare window for reconciliation issues raised during the first week of live operation.
Platform deep dives
Sloneek
Source
Strengths
Weaknesses
Zoho Recruit
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 Sloneek and Zoho Recruit.
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
Sloneek: Not publicly documented.
Data volume sensitivity
Sloneek 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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