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Last Updated: 2026-03-13
Steps: Set Up Candidate Home Accounts

Steps: Set Up Candidate Home Accounts

Set up external career sites.
When you set up Candidate Home accounts, candidates can register an account on your external career site. You can also require Candidate Home accounts for all job applications.
You can send candidates with a Candidate Home account requests to:
  • Complete questionnaires.
  • Provide additional information.
  • Schedule, reschedule, or cancel an event.
  • Sign electronic documents.
  • Upload government or national IDs.
  • Take assessment tests.
Workday uses the most recent language that the candidate selects in the
Language
 field on their account settings to determine their preferred language for communications.
  1. Configure password rules for external accounts
  2. Access the
    Edit Tenant Setup - Recruiting
     task.
    To prevent email delivery issues, Workday recommends selecting the
    Require Candidate Home Account
     check box. If you don’t select this check box, Workday selects the
    Enable Candidate Verification Email
     check box to restrict application data to the candidate.
    1. (Optional) Select the
      Require Candidate Home Account
       check box and enter an
      Account Creation Consent Message
      .
    2. Select the
      Enable Candidate Verification Email
       check box.
  3. Edit Domain Security Policies.
    Configure the security policy for the
    Manage: Candidate Account
     domain in the Recruiting functional area.
    1. In the
      Apply - Terms and Agreement
       section, enter an
      Apply Confirmation Message
      .
    2. Complete the
      Candidate Home
       section.
Workday automatically assigns candidates who create a Candidate Home account to the
Candidate as Self
 security group.
Use the
Manage External Accounts
 task to perform these actions on external accounts in bulk:
  • Lock accounts.
  • Reset passwords.
Merge 2 candidates who have separate Candidate Home accounts, as long as neither candidate has a complete
Job Application
 event. Workday sets the email address of the most recent candidate record as their Candidate Home username.