Switching from Bullhorn, planned around your renewal date.
Enter your contract end date and notice period. The planner lays out when to give notice, which backup to ask Bullhorn for, and what to agree with our team before you do.
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When should you give Bullhorn notice?
Count back from the end of your contract by the notice period in your order form, then line up the backup and the move around that date.
- Jan 9, 20273 weeks before notice
Start Spectacled freeYou
Import up to 500 candidates from a CSV and score your open roles next to your current shortlist. - Jan 16, 20272 weeks before notice
Agree the move with our teamSpectacled
On the Agency plan we do the move. Scope, field mapping and the go-live date are agreed with you in writing. - Jan 30, 202760 days before the end
Last day to give noticeYou
As your contract states. Give it in writing and keep the confirmation. - Mar 31, 2027Contract end
Ask for your final backupBullhorn
Offered when the contract ends: records, notes and every attachment. Two of your account contacts sign the request. - Date agreed with youAfter the backup arrives
Check your records, then go liveSpectacled
Our team loads the backup and your team checks the records before anyone switches over. - May 30, 202760 days after the end
Bullhorn may not keep your data after thisBullhorn
Keep the backup file somewhere you control.
Dates count calendar days. Your contract's own wording on notice wins over this plan.
Walk through this plan with us (opens Google Calendar in a new tab)How do you get your data out of Bullhorn?
Bullhorn runs two kinds of backup and lets admins export list views to CSV. Only the final, or full, backup includes every résumé and file.
| Option | Cost | What's in it |
|---|---|---|
| Standard backup | Free, once a month | All records and notes. Attachments such as résumés only if they were added since the first day of the previous month. |
| Final (full) backup | Offered when your contract ends; for a fee while you're under contract | All records and notes, plus every attachment in its original format. |
| CSV export | Included; admins only by default | Records from a list view, 5,000 to 20,000 at a time depending on the record type. |
| API | Front Office Growth or Enterprise editions | Programmatic access to your records. |
- One backup of any kind every 30 days.
- At least two of your Account or Support contacts sign each request.
- It arrives as a Microsoft SQL Server backup on Bullhorn's secure FTP server; restoring it needs SQL Server 2022 or newer.
- Bullhorn says it "may not retain your data past 60 days of your contract ending."
Bullhorn support can help you reach the backup but "cannot help map restored data", so agree who maps it before you give notice. On the Agency plan, that's our team.
What should you agree before you give notice?
Settle the move in writing first, so notice day is a formality.
What the Agency plan includes- Which records moveRecord types, notes and files, and anything that stays in the backup.
- How your fields mapBullhorn fields, custom fields and pipeline stages to Spectacled's.
- Who checks, and when you go liveA named person on your side and a go-live date.
- Your team's accessUsers, roles and teams set up before day one.
- Where the backup lives afterwardsSomewhere you control, before the 60 days run out.
Switching questions
Which Bullhorn backup should we ask for?
What file does Bullhorn send?
Who moves our data into Spectacled?
Can we keep working in Bullhorn during the move?
Can we try Spectacled before we give notice?
Sources
- Bullhorn Knowledge Base, Requesting a Data Backup, checked October 17, 2026.
- Bullhorn Knowledge Base, Downloading Your Bullhorn Backup, checked October 17, 2026.
- Bullhorn Knowledge Base, Viewing Your Data Backup, checked October 17, 2026.
- Bullhorn Knowledge Base, Exporting Data from Bullhorn, checked October 17, 2026.
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