HRMS migration
Field-level mapping, validation, and rollback between Talent Connects and Crelate. We move data and schema; workflows are rebuilt natively in Crelate.
Talent Connects
Source
Crelate
Destination
Compatibility
9 of 12
objects map 1:1 between Talent Connects and Crelate.
Complexity
BStandard
Timeline
2-3 weeks
Overview
Moving from Talent Connects to Crelate is an ATS-to-ATS migration constrained by Talent Connects' absence of a public REST API, which forces all data egress through CSV exports from the web UI. We script controlled batch exports, validate record counts against Talent Connects' internal counts, and transform the resulting flat files into Crelate's structured record model. The core migration maps Jobs to Crelate Jobs, Candidates to Crelate Contacts with resume attachments, Interview Schedules to Activity records, and User accounts to Crelate Users. Talent Connects' Talent Pool feature (Enterprise-only) migrates as tagged Contact records with a sourcing attribute; the passive sourcing workflow does not transfer. Mass email campaigns and AI-generated candidate scores do not migrate as structured records. Crelate's per-user pricing model (Business at $99/user/month, Business Plus at $144/user/month) replaces Talent Connects' flat-rate tiers, which affects total cost differently depending on team size. We deliver a written inventory of Talent Connects workflows and email sequences for the customer's admin to rebuild in Crelate.
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 Talent Connects object lands in Crelate, including any object-level transformations, lookup resolution, or schema-design dependencies.
Typical mapping — final map is confirmed during the sample migration step.
Talent Connects
Jobs
Crelate
Job
1:1Talent Connects Jobs map directly to Crelate Jobs with title, description, status, and pipeline configuration preserved. The export contains Job ID, title, description, status (active/archived), and pipeline stage names. We map Talent Connects' pipeline stages to Crelate Job Status values during transformation. Note that Talent Connects Growth tier caps at 10 active Jobs — we surface the active job count during scoping and flag whether a plan upgrade or job archival is needed before migration begins.
Talent Connects
Candidates
Crelate
Contact
1:1Talent Connects Candidates map to Crelate Contacts with name, email, phone, and resume attachment preserved. Resume files export from Talent Connects as separate file downloads; we attach them to the corresponding Contact record in Crelate during import. Application timestamps and stage history migrate as Crelate Activity records with a custom activity type 'Application Status Change'. The candidate's current status in Talent Connects maps to a Crelate Contact custom field tc_current_status__c for audit.
Talent Connects
Talent Pool (Enterprise)
Crelate
Contact with sourcing tag
1:1Talent Connects Talent Pool records (Enterprise-only at $399/month) migrate as Crelate Contacts with a custom field tc_talent_pool__c set to true. The passive sourcing metadata (date added to pool, source channel) migrates as custom fields on the Contact. The Talent Pool workflow — a discrete passive sourcing interface in Talent Connects — does not transfer; the pool records themselves land as standard Contact records in Crelate's database. Teams must recreate any Talent Pool-based outreach sequences in Crelate manually.
Talent Connects
Interview Schedules
Crelate
Activity records (Tasks/Events)
1:1Talent Connects Interview records (date, attendees, outcome notes) stored as activity records migrate to Crelate Activity entries linked to the Contact record. Interview outcome notes migrate as Crelate Activity detail text. Talent Connects' built-in video interview platform links (if any) do not transfer as they are third-party session URLs external to the Talent Connects data model. The customer's admin rebuilds calendar sync and video interview links in Crelate post-migration.
Talent Connects
User Accounts & Roles
Crelate
User
1:1Talent Connects User accounts (email, name, role assignment) map to Crelate Users. Enterprise tier multi-level role permissions in Talent Connects require manual review in Crelate because Crelate's permission model uses a different structure (profile and permission set assignments vs Talent Connects' role-based access). We map the functional role name to a Crelate User custom field tc_original_role__c for reference, but permission set assignment requires the customer's admin to configure in Crelate post-migration.
Talent Connects
Mass Emailing
Crelate
Email records linked to Contacts
1:1Talent Connects bulk email campaigns (templates, send history, engagement tracking) map to Crelate as Email Activity records linked to the respective Contact records. Email template bodies and subject lines migrate as Crelate Activity notes. Engagement tracking data (open rates, click rates) does not transfer as structured metrics — these are Talent Connects-internal analytics that are not exposed for export. We flag which Contacts had email activity so the customer's admin can identify historically engaged candidates.
Talent Connects
AI-Assistant Add-on
Crelate
Contact custom fields
1:1Talent Connects' optional AI-Assistant add-on ($49/month on Growth) provides AI-generated job descriptions and candidate ranking scores. These AI-derived scores do not persist as structured exportable fields — they are computed on-demand and not stored in candidate records. We do not migrate AI scores. We flag which Candidates were AI-ranked in a custom Crelate Contact field tc_ai_ranked__c as a reference indicator, but the ranking values themselves are not available for transfer.
Talent Connects
Career Pages
Crelate
Crelate Branded Job Portal
lossyTalent Connects generates hosted career pages from Job data. The career page template, branding settings, URL structure, and styling do not export as structured data — they are system-generated and tied to Talent Connects' hosting environment. We do not migrate career page configuration. We deliver a written inventory of each active career page URL, job listings on each page, and branding theme settings (logo, colors, copy) for the customer's admin to rebuild manually in Crelate's Branded Job Portal at configuration time.
Talent Connects
Reports & Analytics
Crelate
None — export screenshots before migration
1:1Talent Connects analytics dashboards (funnel metrics, time-to-hire, source performance) are rendered from internal data stores and do not export as raw datasets. We do not attempt to migrate analytics. We instruct the customer to export screenshots of all dashboards before migration day if historical funnel reporting must be preserved. Post-migration, the customer rebuilds reports using Crelate's Advanced Reports and Analytics on Business Plus or Enterprise tier.
Talent Connects
Application history
Crelate
Activity records on Contact
1:1Candidate application history — every Job a Candidate applied to, the application date, and the status at time of application — migrates as Crelate Activity records linked to the Contact. The activity type is set to 'Application' with the Job name and status as detail fields. This preserves the candidate's pipeline journey across multiple applications even when they applied to several roles.
Talent Connects
Pipeline stages
Crelate
Job Status configuration
lossyTalent Connects pipeline stage names and probabilities map to Crelate Job Status values. We design the Crelate Job Status configuration during the schema design phase, matching stage names from Talent Connects to equivalent statuses in Crelate. Stage probability percentages transfer as Crelate Job custom fields if the customer tracks placement probability by stage.
Talent Connects
Custom career page questions
Crelate
Crelate Application Forms
lossyTalent Connects custom application form questions (beyond standard name/email/phone) are stored as form configuration data, not as candidate record fields. We extract the question text and answer format from Talent Connects' form builder and deliver a written inventory of every custom application question for the customer's admin to recreate in Crelate's Application Forms builder post-migration. The answers to those questions that exist in candidate records transfer as Crelate custom field values.
| Talent Connects | Crelate | Compatibility | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jobs | Job1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Candidates | Contact1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Talent Pool (Enterprise) | Contact with sourcing tag1:1 | Mapping required | |
| Interview Schedules | Activity records (Tasks/Events)1:1 | Mapping required | |
| User Accounts & Roles | User1:1 | Mapping required | |
| Mass Emailing | Email records linked to Contacts1:1 | Mapping required | |
| AI-Assistant Add-on | Contact custom fields1:1 | Mapping required | |
| Career Pages | Crelate Branded Job Portallossy | Mapping required | |
| Reports & Analytics | None — export screenshots before migration1:1 | Not supported | |
| Application history | Activity records on Contact1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Pipeline stages | Job Status configurationlossy | Fully supported | |
| Custom career page questions | Crelate Application Formslossy | 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.
Talent Connects gotchas
No public API means migration is export-file only
Job posting limits constrain mid-migration headcount
Talent Pool is Enterprise-only and cannot be replicated
Analytics data cannot be exported from Talent Connects
Crelate gotchas
120 req/min API rate limit throttles bulk migrations
20 custom field per-entity cap forces data model decisions
15,000-record export ceiling on single operations
Sequences and automation workflows do not migrate
API key is a querystring parameter, not a header
Pair-specific challenges
Migration approach
Discovery and export strategy
We audit the source Talent Connects account across tier (Growth or Enterprise), active job count, candidate volume, interview record count, Talent Pool size (if Enterprise), user count, and mass email campaign count. Because Talent Connects has no public API, we design a batch export strategy: we script controlled UI-based exports in cycles of 500-1,000 records per CSV, validate record counts against Talent Connects' internal counts after each cycle, and identify any fields that require multi-file joins (e.g., joining candidates to their application history across separate exports). The discovery output is a written migration scope document and a batch export schedule.
CSV extraction and data validation
We execute the batch CSV export cycles against Talent Connects' web UI using a scripted export process. Each cycle produces a validated CSV file with record counts, field counts, and a checksum against the source system's displayed totals. We extract: Jobs CSV, Candidates CSV (with resume file references), Interview records CSV, User accounts CSV, Talent Pool records CSV (Enterprise only), and mass email campaign metadata CSV. We flag any records that exceed the export file size limit and schedule additional cycles for those record sets. All exports complete and validate before transformation begins.
Schema design in Crelate
We design the destination schema in Crelate based on the validated export data. This includes creating any custom fields on Contact (tc_current_status__c, tc_talent_pool__c, tc_ai_ranked__c, tc_original_role__c, application history Activity detail), configuring Job Status values to match Talent Connects' pipeline stages, and mapping Interview outcome notes to Crelate Activity record types. We do not configure Crelate workflows or automations during schema design — those are documented for manual rebuild. Schema design is validated in Crelate's sandbox equivalent (test environment) before production migration begins.
Transformation and test migration
We transform the validated CSV files into Crelate's record structure: Jobs import first, then Candidates (with resume attachments), then Interview records as Activity entries linked to the respective Contacts. Talent Pool records (if present) import as Contacts with tc_talent_pool__c = true. User accounts map to Crelate Users with tc_original_role__c populated for reference. We run a full test migration into Crelate's test environment. The customer's admin spot-checks 25-50 randomly selected records against the Talent Connects source and verifies that Job associations, Contact resumes, and Interview activity links are intact. Any mapping corrections happen here before production migration.
Production migration in dependency order
We run production migration in record-dependency order: Jobs (no dependencies), Users (validated), Contacts (with resume attachments), Job-Contact application history as Activity records, Interview records as Activity entries, Talent Pool Contacts as tagged records (Enterprise only), and mass email metadata as Activity notes. Each phase emits a row-count reconciliation report showing records imported, records skipped (duplicates), and records rejected (with reason). The customer freezes writes in Talent Connects during the final migration window to capture any delta records modified during the test migration review period.
Cutover, validation, and rebuild handoff
We freeze Talent Connects writes, run a final delta migration of any records modified during the window, then enable Crelate as the system of record. We deliver the written inventory of Talent Pool records (tagged for manual workflow rebuild), career page configuration (URL list and branding notes for rebuild in Crelate's Job Portal), application form questions (for Crelate Application Forms builder), and mass email templates (for manual Crelate email sequence rebuild). We support a one-week hypercare window where we resolve any reconciliation issues. We do not rebuild Talent Connects workflows, sequences, or automations as part of the migration scope.
Platform deep dives
Talent Connects
Source
Strengths
Weaknesses
Crelate
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 Talent Connects and Crelate.
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
Talent Connects: Not publicly documented.
Data volume sensitivity
Talent Connects 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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