Migration Guide
Switch from Manatal to Laureo
Bring your organisations, your candidates and your jobs across as spreadsheets, then connect your inbox and get an AI that works on all of it. Resumes and the record of who was put forward for what stay behind, and this page says so before you start.
After the move
Your records land in one database, and the AI can act on all of them. A sample prompt once you are in:
“Hey Laureo, list every job we brought across that has had no activity in two weeks, then draft a short update to the client owner for my approval.”
Good to know
- One file can hold up to 10,000 rows.
- One file can be up to 10 megabytes.
- You can undo a move for 30 days after it finishes.
- You can undo a single file import for 24 hours after it finishes.
Why teams switch from Manatal
On Manatal
The download writes only what is on screen and stops where the page stops, so half a list is an easy thing to take by accident.
With Laureo
Your records are yours on every plan. Download them whenever you want, in a file you can open, with nothing to request and nobody to ask.
On Manatal
Matches between a candidate and a job are their own kind of record over there, and there is nowhere for them to land on the other side of any move.
With Laureo
We say what does not come across before you start, on this page and again on the review screen, so nothing goes missing quietly.
On Manatal
Every time and date in the file is written in one shared time zone rather than in yours, so a date can read a day out before anybody notices.
With Laureo
Everything lands in one connected database, and the AI drafts the reply, updates the record and queues the work for your approval across all of it.
Migration steps
Set the list to show everything
The number of rows you get follows the page size you picked. Set your list to show the whole thing before you download, or you will take a page and think you took a list.
Show every column you want
Only what is on screen is written to the file. Turn on the columns you care about first, because a hidden one is missing from the file rather than merely unread.
Download your organisations, candidates and jobs
Run all three lists and save them as they come out. Keep the client name column in the jobs file, because that is what joins a job to the client it belongs to.
Count what you got
Compare the rows in each file against the number your own list shows. That one check is what catches a page masquerading as a list.
Create your Laureo account
Sign up, name your organization, invite your team and set who can see what. This takes about five minutes.
Send the organisations, then the candidates, then the jobs
In Laureo, open Admin, then Import. Pick Manatal from the list and send the files in that order, so every candidate and every job finds the organisation it belongs to.
Connect your inbox
Link Gmail or Outlook from your Laureo settings. Mail and calendar sync live and attach themselves to records by address, so past correspondence is not part of the spreadsheet work at all.
Check it, then go live
Spot check what landed, send a test email and check a handful of dates against the originals. If something is wrong you can undo the move inside the undo window listed in Good to know above, and the undo screen names anything it cannot take back out before you confirm.
What comes across
This list is generated from what Laureo actually reads out of a Manatal export, so it cannot promise you more than the product delivers.
| What you send | Where it goes |
|---|---|
| Clients | Companies |
| Candidates and contacts | People |
| Placements | Deals |
What is not coming across.
- Resumes and attachments do not come across. Every file stays on the profile you exported it from, so keep that account open until you have downloaded what you need.
- Notes and activity history do not come across. Calls, emails and the running commentary on a candidate stay where they are.
- The interview and submission history does not come across. Submissions, interview stages and send outs have nowhere to land here, so a candidate arrives with the stage you gave them and nothing behind it.
- Your download does not carry the files themselves. Bring them over in a second step: send us a zip of the files and a list saying which record each one belongs to.
- There is no separate place for candidates in Laureo. A candidate arrives as a person, with the stage they had and their labels as tags, and that is deliberate rather than a gap we are filling next.
- Matches between a candidate and a job are their own kind of record there and they have no home here, so who was put forward for what does not come across.
- A client keeps its name, how to reach it and who owns it. Agreements, rate cards and the paperwork attached to the client do not come across.
- A placement keeps its title, its client, its money and its dates. Splits between recruiters, time cards and invoices do not come across.
- The export writes only what is on screen, and the number of rows follows the page size you picked. Set the page to show the whole list before you export, then check the count in the file against the count in the list.
- Times and dates in the export are all written in UTC rather than in your own time zone.
- Photos and files come over on their own. One move brings over 2 GB and 500 files.
Manatal migration questions
Related Resources
- Migration GuideAll migration guidesEvery product we have written a move for, and how each one gets out.
- Help CenterImport helpThe columns Laureo reads, the order to send files in, and how to undo a move.
- PricingAI is included on every plan as a share of your budget, and using the assistant needs a Power seat. Cancel any plan before your cycle ends.
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