Converting candidates to contacts

Converting candidates to contacts

Hi!  I am about to move into a new recruiting season for our program for the first time using Recruit.  If I convert my current candidates to contacts as a copy (so that they still also still stay in the candidate modules) if I make changes to their candidate record, will that automatically update in their contact record as well?  Also, will I be able to transfer attachments from the candidate module to the contact module?  Thank you!