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Your whole hiring history in Pickr. No downtime, no retyping.

We move your candidates, jobs, placements and interview notes from Bullhorn, Greenhouse, Ashby, Lever or any other ATS into Pickr. Your team keeps working in the old system until the day you switch.

Most teams stay on an ATS they have outgrown because the move looks worse than the tool. Weeks of exports, a spreadsheet nobody trusts, candidates lost between two systems and a pipeline frozen while it happens. We built the migration service so none of that is your problem. You brief us, we plan the switch with you, and your recruiters keep recruiting the whole time.

For Ashby, Greenhouse, Lever and Bullhorn, Pickr has a one-click importer. Jobs, candidates, applications and full stage history come across in minutes over a read-only connection, so nothing in your old system changes. For every other ATS, and for teams running on spreadsheets, we run an assisted import from your export files and map your pipeline stages together with you.

The history is the point. Every placement you have already made teaches Pickr what a good hire looks like for that client and that role, so your first shortlist is ranked against your own track record instead of a blank slate. Everything lands in Frankfurt, Germany, under GDPR, with a data processing agreement (AVV) included.

How it works

How the engagement runs

  1. 01

    A planning call, not a questionnaire

    We start with a call about what you actually use. Which pipelines are live, which fields matter, which old candidates you want to keep and which you would rather leave behind. You get a written plan with a switch date, a list of what comes across, and who does what on both sides. No surprises later.

  2. 02

    A test import you can click through

    Before anything is final, we load a copy of your data into your own Pickr account and you check it: a handful of candidates, a live job, a closed placement. Stages match, notes are where you expect them, nothing is missing. Your old system keeps running untouched while you look.

  3. 03

    The full import, while you keep working

    On the agreed day we bring everything across. One click from Ashby, Greenhouse, Lever or Bullhorn, from export files for everything else. We schedule the final import for the day you move, so the last candidate added in the old tool is already in Pickr when your recruiters log in. No frozen pipeline, no lost afternoon.

  4. 04

    Switch day and the first week

    Your team logs into Pickr and finds their own pipeline, not an empty demo. We set up users, free seats for interviewers and hiring managers, and your email and calendar connections. For the first week someone from our side is on hand for the questions that only show up once real work starts.

Included

What you get

Everything, not just a contact list

Jobs, candidates, applications, stage history, notes, placements, interview feedback and scorecards. What your old ATS lets us read, we bring across. You are not starting over with names and email addresses and rebuilding the rest by hand.

A read-only connection to your old ATS

For Ashby, Greenhouse, Lever and Bullhorn the importer only reads. Nothing in your current system is modified, moved or deleted. You can run the import, look at the result in Pickr and still go back to your old tool if you change your mind.

Your pipeline stages, mapped by a recruiter

Someone who has run an agency desk maps your stages, statuses and custom fields to Pickr with you, so 'Submitted to client' still means what it meant before. Your team does not relearn its own process on day one.

Matching that already knows your hires

Imported placements teach Pickr what a good hire looks like for each client and each role. Your first shortlist in Pickr is ranked against your own track record, and every hire you make from here on makes the next one smarter.

Insights from day one

With years of history loaded, the dashboard answers real questions immediately: which sources actually produced hires, where candidates drop out of your process, which roles take longest to fill. You do not wait a year to collect the data first.

Who it is for

A good fit if

  • Agencies leaving Bullhorn with years of placements to keep
  • In-house teams on Greenhouse, Ashby or Lever who want AI that does the work
  • Teams running on spreadsheets and email that have outgrown them
  • Anyone who has postponed switching because of the move itself
  • Companies that need candidate data hosted in the EU under GDPR

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

How long does an ATS migration to Pickr take?

With Ashby, Greenhouse, Lever or Bullhorn the import itself runs in minutes, and most teams are working in Pickr the same day. A planning call and a test import come first, so a typical switch is measured in days, not months. A spreadsheet import takes as long as it takes you to export the file. Your old system keeps running until the day you choose to move.

Can I migrate from Bullhorn to Pickr without losing my placement history?

Yes. The Bullhorn importer brings jobs, candidates, applications and stage history across, and your placements come with them. That history is what makes the switch worth it: Pickr learns from every placement you have already made, so your matching starts from your own track record rather than from zero.

Which ATS systems can Pickr migrate from?

Pickr has one-click importers for Ashby, Greenhouse, Lever and Bullhorn. For any other system, including Recruitee, Personio, Manatal or a home-grown spreadsheet, we run an assisted import from your CSV or Excel export and map your pipeline stages with you. If you can export it, we can bring it across.

Is there any downtime during an ATS migration?

No. Your team keeps working in the old system right up to the switch. The import runs alongside it, over a read-only connection or from export files, and we schedule the final import for the day you move. The last candidate added in the old tool is already in Pickr when your recruiters log in. Nothing is frozen and nobody stops recruiting.

Is migrating candidate data to Pickr GDPR compliant?

Yes. Your data is hosted in Frankfurt, Germany, and processed under GDPR and DSGVO with a data processing agreement (AVV) included. You choose what comes across, so candidates outside your retention period can be left behind. Names and emails are redacted from AI prompts by default, and your data is never used to train any AI model.

What does an ATS migration to Pickr cost?

It depends on the system you are leaving, how much history you want to keep and how much mapping your pipeline needs. Rather than quote a number that fits nobody, we look at your setup on a short call and agree a fixed scope before anything starts. Book a call and we will plan the migration with you.

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Written by Andreas Amann

Founder of Pickr. Former operator at startups in Berlin and Silicon Valley, where he helped scale companies from 40 to 200+ people. Built Pickr after years of using every major ATS as a recruitment agency owner at ScalingPPL.

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