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Before proceeding, note that Lever's bulk import feature allows you to easily generate candidate profiles and opportunities in your Lever environment. This feature is the most efficient method for importing candidates that do not require a resume to be attached to their opportunity. We advise using the bulk import feature as a first step when migrating data into Lever. To learn more about this method, refer to our bulk candidate import help article. If circumstances require you to migrate candidate information that cannot be imported using the bulk import feature, proceed with the process described below. |
You're done with configuration and your career site is live! Now you want to bring over your historical data and you're probably wondering what are next steps. Migrating candidate data into Lever doesn’t have to be tricky. We’ve built a template to help simplify this process.
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Self-service overview
Once your jobs are created, you can download at the bottom of this article, fill it out, then send it to Lever for upload. When filling out the template, here are a few columns to highlight:
- Full-Name: Candidate’s full name (Required).
- Email: Candidate’s email address.
- Date-Added: The date the candidate was created in the system. If left blank, it will default to the date of upload (Required).
- Stage: The active Lever stage the candidate belongs in (Required).
- Archive-Reason: If the candidate was dispositioned or hired, the archive reason the candidate belongs in. This can be left blank if the candidate is still active.
- Archive-Date: The date the candidate was dispositioned or hired. This can be left blank if the candidate is still active. If an archive reason is present, but the archive date is left blank, the archive date will default to the date of upload.
- Sources: The source the candidate was brought in from.
- Origin: This is a fixed list - Applied, Sourced, Referred, University, Internal, Agency (Required).
- Tags: You can separate multiple tags by comma (no spaces).
- Phone: You can separate multiple phone numbers by comma (no spaces).
- Links: You can separate multiple links by comma (no spaces).
- Referrer: If referred, you can place the referrer name here.
- Resume-Filename: The matching resume filename if applicable.
- Lever-Posting-URL: You can grab the external link to the job and place it here. If left blank, the candidate will be associated with a general opportunity.
- Owner: If no owner is set, it will default to the owner of the job posting.
- Note-0: If you have notes/feedback on the candidate, you can add the note here. You can also specify the creator, date, and privacy of the note in the respective column.
Watch the video below for instructions on how to fill out the csv:
Frequently Asked Questions
Once you have filled out the CSV, you can send it to Lever's Support team for upload. If you have resumes, please include them in a ZIP folder on the same request. It will typically take our support team 3-4 business days to complete the upload. Please make sure to audit your data prior to sending to Lever to ensure a smooth transition.
- Each row will create a new candidate opportunity in Lever.
- Preserve all column headings.
- Ensure correct spelling. For example:
- “New Lead” for Stage, not “Lead”
- “JohnSmith_Resume.pdf” not “John Smith resume”
- Lever will catch duplicate profiles. If the candidate has multiple applications, please make sure the email addresses are the same to ensure a proper merge.
You can send Lever's Support team a ZIP folder of all the resumes and we can upload the resumes en masse. Each resume will create a candidate profile and will be associated with a general opportunity. All candidates will be uploaded into the “New Applicant” stage unless another status is specified.
We know from our customers that many users organize their sources into higher-level categories. We call these broader categories origins (applied, sourced, referred, internal, agency, university). Origins allow you to group your sources together and build reports on these sources in bulk.