Migrate from Talent Clue to Bullhorn ATS & CRM

Talent Clue Job postings map directly to Bullhorn JobOrder records. We extract title, description, department, location, employment type, and publishing status from the dashboard export. Bullhorn JobOrder supports additional fields (businessSector, salary, benefits, feeArrangement) that Talent Clue does not have; we leave those blank or flag them for manual completion. Active and archived vacancies migrate with their status preserved; draft vacancies migrate as Draft status in Bullhorn unless the customer requests otherwise.

Talent Clue Candidate records map to Bullhorn Candidate. Contact details, source channel, current stage, and scorecard data transfer directly. Custom candidate properties require field-level mapping; we request the full custom field list during discovery and either match to equivalent Bullhorn standard fields or create custom fields in the destination org. We use email address as the primary dedupe key for candidates appearing in multiple applications.

Talent Clue Applications (candidate-to-job associations with submission date and pipeline stage) map to Bullhorn JobSubmission. The association links the Candidate and JobOrder entities. Stage history from Talent Clue migrates as a log entry or custom field in Bullhorn because JobSubmission does not natively store a full stage-change audit log. We flag stage transition timestamps for the customer to review during validation.

Talent Clue's persistent talent pool is a candidate database independent of vacancies. We export all pool records and create Bullhorn Candidate entries with a custom boolean field pool_candidate__c set to true. The customer can then use Bullhorn's list and search functionality to replicate pool-based outreach. If the destination Bullhorn org has Talent Platform, we may map pool records to a Talent Platform candidate community or list depending on the customer's licensing tier.

Talent Clue recruiter accounts own vacancies and candidates. We map Talent Clue users to Bullhorn Users by email address. Bullhorn role and permission structures (Front Office, Back Office, Standard) do not have direct Talent Clue equivalents, so we set the Bullhorn role to Standard by default and flag for the customer's Bullhorn admin to configure permissions post-migration. Inactive Talent Clue users map to inactive Bullhorn users unless explicitly requested.

Talent Clue defines configurable pipeline stages per job or globally. We extract the full stage label and sequence list during discovery and translate them to Bullhorn Opportunity stages (for recruitment pipeline tracking) or Placement statuses (for placed candidate tracking). Bullhorn supports custom stage values per Sales Process or Record Type. We note that custom stage names with industry jargon may not map cleanly and require a label-mapping table agreed upon during scoping.

Talent Clue evaluation forms capture interviewer ratings and free-text feedback against candidates. Structured scorecard fields map to Bullhorn custom fields on the Candidate entity (up to 55 fields per custom object depending on Bullhorn edition). Free-text feedback migrates as Note records linked to the Candidate. If the destination Bullhorn org includes Talent Platform, evaluation responses may map to onboarding form fields for newly placed candidates.

Talent Clue interview records include scheduled time, interviewer, duration, and outcome. We export scheduling data and outcome flags. Bullhorn Event records store start time, end time, location, and attendees; outcome flags map to custom fields on Event. If the destination tracks interviews as Tasks rather than Events, we use Task with TaskSubtype = Meeting. Interview records without an outcome map as scheduled Events awaiting completion update.

Talent Clue candidate-level notes migrate as Bullhorn Note records linked via ContentDocumentLink to the parent Candidate. Note body transfers as plain text or rich text depending on the export format. We preserve the original creation date and author where available in the export. Bullhorn Note has a 131,072 character body limit; notes exceeding this truncate with a flag in the validation report.

Talent Clue file attachments on candidates and applications download as files and re-upload to Bullhorn as ContentDocument records with ContentDocumentLink to the parent Candidate or JobSubmission. Large attachment volumes (over 1,000 files) require chunked download and upload batches with checksum validation to ensure completeness. The customer's Bullhorn storage allocation should be reviewed before migration begins.

Talent Clue custom fields on Candidate and Application objects require a field-by-field mapping exercise during discovery. We request a complete list of active custom fields, their data types, and picklist values from the customer. Bullhorn standard fields cover most common cases (text, number, date, picklist, checkbox). For complex custom fields beyond standard type coverage, we create Bullhorn custom fields (field limit varies by edition: ATS Growth none, ATS 2, Front Office Growth/Enterprise 10 custom objects with 55 fields each). We use Bullhorn's REST API /meta endpoint to discover existing custom object schemas before creating new ones.

Talent Clue career page branding assets and job ad templates export as downloadable files. Bullhorn does not have a native employer branding asset library comparable to Talent Clue's career site builder. We deliver the assets as a structured file export (logos, banner images, template documents) with a filename convention that identifies their original use. The customer's Bullhorn admin uses these files to rebuild career site branding or uploads them to a connected CMS.

Talent Clue recruitment reports and funnel analytics are computed within the platform and are not independently exportable as structured data. We flag this limitation upfront and recommend that the customer exports any required reports as static screenshots or PDFs before migration begins. Bullhorn Analytics provides a rebuilt reporting environment post-migration; we do not replicate Talent Clue's specific report definitions.