HRMS migration
Field-level mapping, validation, and rollback between UKG Ready and Recruit CRM & ATS. We move data and schema; workflows are rebuilt natively in Recruit CRM & ATS.
UKG Ready
Source
Recruit CRM & ATS
Destination
Compatibility
6 of 10
objects map 1:1 between UKG Ready and Recruit CRM & ATS.
Complexity
BStandard
Timeline
3-5 weeks
Overview
Moving from UKG Ready to Recruit CRM is a specialization migration: companies leave UKG Ready Recruiting for a dedicated applicant tracking and CRM platform built for recruitment agencies and executive search firms. UKG Ready Consolidates HR, payroll, time, and recruiting in a single HCM suite, but reviewers consistently cite interface complexity and pay calculation errors as ongoing pain points. Recruit CRM is purpose-built for the recruiting workflow with AI-powered resume parsing, candidate matching, and built-in GPT capabilities. We extract the recruiting module data from UKG Ready (Candidates, Job Postings, Interview Notes, Hiring Pipeline stages), transform it into Recruit CRM's candidate and job object schema, and import via Recruit CRM's standard import tools. Workflows, recruitment marketing forms, and the UKG Ready onboarding-to-HRIS handoff do not migrate; we deliver a written inventory of these for the customer's team to rebuild in Recruit CRM.
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 UKG Ready 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.
UKG Ready
Candidate (UKG Ready Recruiting)
Recruit CRM & ATS
Candidate
1:1UKG Ready Recruiting Candidate records map to Recruit CRM Candidate. We extract candidate name, contact information, application date, source, status, and resume attachment. The UKG Ready candidate status workflow maps to Recruit CRM's pipeline stage values. Resume files migrate as attachments linked to the candidate record. Note: UKG Ready stores some candidate data in nested HR tabs; we confirm during scoping which tabs are accessible via API for the recruiting module versus the broader HR module.
UKG Ready
Job Requisition / Job Posting
Recruit CRM & ATS
Job
1:1UKG Ready job requisitions map to Recruit CRM Job records. We preserve job title, job description, location, employment type (full-time, part-time, contract), department, and salary range fields. UKG Ready job status (Draft, Open, On Hold, Closed) maps directly to Recruit CRM job status. Active jobs are prioritized in migration sequencing so the recruiting pipeline is live at cutover.
UKG Ready
Application
Recruit CRM & ATS
Candidate-Job Association
1:1UKG Ready applications (candidate-to-job associations) map to Recruit CRM's candidate-to-job link. We preserve the application date, current stage in the hiring pipeline, and any rejection reason. If UKG Ready tracks multiple applications per candidate, we map these to Recruit CRM's multiple job associations on a single candidate record.
UKG Ready
Interview Schedule / Interview Feedback
Recruit CRM & ATS
Interview + Notes
1:1UKG Ready interview schedules and feedback forms map to Recruit CRM Interview records with attached notes. Interview date, interviewer name, interview type, and feedback score (if structured) migrate. Free-text interview notes map to Recruit CRM's notes attached to the interview record. Interview status (scheduled, completed, cancelled) is preserved.
UKG Ready
Client / Customer (UKG Ready Recruiting)
Recruit CRM & ATS
Client
1:1UKG Ready Recruiting may track client companies as part of the staffing or placement workflow. These map to Recruit CRM Client records with company name, contact person, contact details, and any client-specific notes. For organizations using UKG Ready primarily for internal recruiting (not staffing clients), this object may be empty or not used, and we skip the mapping.
UKG Ready
Employee (UKG Ready HR)
Recruit CRM & ATS
Candidate (for re-hire or internal mobility)
1:manyUKG Ready Employee records do not map directly to Recruit CRM Candidates because the data model is employee-centric versus candidate-centric. However, for organizations tracking internal mobility, former employees as candidates, or employee referrals, we extract Employee records matching specific criteria (status = terminated, flagged for internal mobility, or referral source) and map them to Recruit CRM Candidates with a source field indicating internal origin. Standard active employees are not migrated to Recruit CRM's candidate pool.
UKG Ready
Employee Assignment / Department (Cost Center)
Recruit CRM & ATS
Candidate: Department/Team field
lossyUKG Ready Cost Center assignments on employee records may indicate the hiring department for requisitions or the candidate's target team. We confirm during scoping which Cost Center field (UKG Ready supports multiple) holds the primary organizational unit and map it to Recruit CRM's department or team assignment on the Job or Candidate record. UKG Ready documentation confirms integrations map to specific numbered Cost Center fields regardless of label.
UKG Ready
Engagement: Email (UKG Ready Recruiting)
Recruit CRM & ATS
Candidate: Email Communication Log
1:1Recruit CRM logs email communications on the candidate record. UKG Ready Recruiting email engagements migrate as communication log entries with timestamp, direction (sent/received), subject, and body. We preserve email threading context where UKG Ready exposes it. Email attachments migrate as candidate attachments.
UKG Ready
Offer Letter
Recruit CRM & ATS
Candidate: Offer Details (custom fields)
lossyUKG Ready offer letter records (if part of the recruiting module) map to Recruit CRM candidate custom fields for offer status, offer amount, start date, and offer response. We confirm during scoping which offer fields are exposed via API. Offer letter documents migrate as attachments on the candidate record.
UKG Ready
HR Custom Fields (Employee)
Recruit CRM & ATS
Candidate: Custom Fields
lossyUKG Ready HR Custom Fields on the Employee object (up to 10 via the Put HR Custom Fields API) do not map directly to Recruit CRM's candidate schema. However, if custom fields on candidates were configured in UKG Ready Recruiting, we map these to Recruit CRM custom candidate fields. Field type mapping (text, date, picklist) must be validated during scoping. Any HR-only custom fields (pay rate, benefits tier) are excluded from ATS migration scope.
| UKG Ready | Recruit CRM & ATS | Compatibility | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate (UKG Ready Recruiting) | Candidate1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Job Requisition / Job Posting | Job1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Application | Candidate-Job Association1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Interview Schedule / Interview Feedback | Interview + Notes1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Client / Customer (UKG Ready Recruiting) | Client1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Employee (UKG Ready HR) | Candidate (for re-hire or internal mobility)1:many | Fully supported | |
| Employee Assignment / Department (Cost Center) | Candidate: Department/Team fieldlossy | Fully supported | |
| Engagement: Email (UKG Ready Recruiting) | Candidate: Email Communication Log1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Offer Letter | Candidate: Offer Details (custom fields)lossy | Fully supported | |
| HR Custom Fields (Employee) | Candidate: Custom Fieldslossy | 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.
UKG Ready gotchas
Recurring pay calculation errors trace to pay rule and timesheet profile configuration
Security profile API permissions require granular configuration across five tabs
Initial employee roster import may take up to 24 hours to complete in batches
UKG API follows a lifecycle and deprecation policy with 6-12 month advance notice
Cost Center field mapping requires explicit confirmation of which field holds department data
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 accessibility audit
We audit the source UKG Ready environment across the recruiting module (Candidate records, Job Requisitions, Applications, Interview data, Client records if applicable), confirm API access for each recruiting object, and review the configured security profile tabs. We also extract candidate volume, job posting count, active requisitions, and engagement history (interview notes, email logs) to size the migration. The discovery output is a written migration scope confirming which UKG Ready records and fields are accessible for export and a Recruit CRM target schema design.
Data mapping and field-level design
We design the field-level mapping between UKG Ready recruiting objects and Recruit CRM's candidate, job, and client object schema. This includes confirming Cost Center field mapping for department assignments, mapping UKG Ready pipeline stages to Recruit CRM pipeline stages, and designing custom fields in Recruit CRM for any UKG Ready candidate fields without a direct equivalent. If the organization uses UKG Ready HR data to populate internal mobility or re-hire candidates, we define the employee-to-candidate transform rules. Schema design is validated in Recruit CRM's sandbox or trial environment before production migration begins.
Data export from UKG Ready
We export recruiting data from UKG Ready via the configured Service Account with appropriate security profile permissions. For large candidate databases, we chunk the export by job requisition or application date range to manage API pagination. We extract candidate records first (as the primary object), then job requisitions (as the parent of applications), then applications (as the join records), then interview schedules and notes, then email engagement logs, and finally client records if applicable. Each export produces a reconciliation count validated against the UKG Ready UI record counts.
Data transformation and validation
We transform the exported UKG Ready data to match Recruit CRM's object schema. This includes mapping UKG Ready candidate status values to Recruit CRM pipeline stages, converting application timestamps to Recruit CRM date fields, and resolving Cost Center field references to the confirmed department field. We validate the transformed dataset for completeness (no blank required fields), uniqueness (no duplicate candidate records by email), and referential integrity (all applications reference valid candidate and job records). We generate a validation report before import into Recruit CRM.
Import into Recruit CRM and reconciliation
We import data into Recruit CRM in dependency order: Jobs first (as parent records), then Candidates, then Applications (linking candidates to jobs), then Interviews, then Email Logs, then Client records. Recruit CRM's standard import tools handle the CSV load with field mapping validated against the schema design. We reconcile imported record counts against the UKG Ready export counts and spot-check 25-50 random records for field-level accuracy. Any mapping corrections happen at this stage before final cutover.
Cutover, validation, and workflow handoff
We freeze UKG Ready recruiting writes during the cutover window, run a final delta migration of any records modified since the initial export, then mark Recruit CRM as the system of record for recruiting. We deliver a written inventory of UKG Ready recruiting workflows, onboarding sequences, and any HR-to-recruiting handoff workflows that require rebuild in Recruit CRM's automation engine. We support a one-week hypercare window for reconciliation issues. Workflow rebuild, Recruit CRM admin training, and ongoing ATS optimization are outside standard migration scope and are separate engagements.
Platform deep dives
UKG Ready
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 UKG Ready 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
UKG Ready: Not publicly documented; depends on customer tier and agreement.
Data volume sensitivity
UKG Ready 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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