Concept: External Candidate References

Administrator Guide

Workday supports the collection of external candidate references. Candidates can submit referees directly to Workday without having to go through a third-party vendor using the

Add References

button on external career sites. Recruiters can then manage those referees from the candidate profile.

Workday enables you to:

Assign custom reference templates to job requisitions using conditional rules or an override task.

Create different referee relationship types to collect.

Create multiple reference templates.

Create questionnaires for referees to complete and include attachments on the questionnaire.

Override the default questionnaire and assign different questionnaires for each referee relationship type.

Purge a candidate, their referees, and their references.

Report on references after they’re submitted.

Workday sends the referee request though email. The referee can:

Accept to write this reference.

Decline to write this reference.

Decline to write this reference and would like Workday to remove their contact information.

You can use these reports to manage reference checks:

Report	Description
Reference Check Results	Reference check results for job applications with completed reference check events.
Reference Request Status	Referees that haven't submitted a reference for a job application.