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Administrator Guide
Last Updated: 2023-06-23
Steps: Set Up Recruiting

Steps: Set Up Recruiting

Workday Recruiting enables your hiring teams to find, engage, and select candidates for your job openings.
You can also use Recruiting on the Workday mobile app for:
  • Android.
  • iPad.
  • iPhone.
  1. Access the
    Maintain Functional Areas
    task.
    Select the
    Enabled
    check box for the Recruiting functional area.
    Security:
    Security Configuration
    domain in the System functional area.
  2. Access the
    Edit Tenant Setup - Recruiting
    task.
    Configure tenant-level settings for Recruiting features.
  3. (Optional) Access the
    Edit Tenant Setup - System
    task.
    Enable activity streams for prospects and job applications so your workers can post comments to collaborate. These changes take effect after you sign out of Workday and sign-in again.
  4. Configure the Workday-delivered
    Recruiting
    dashboard.
    Security:
    Management Dashboard: Recruiting
    domain in the System functional area.
  5. Configure these profiles and their profile groups:
    • Candidate Pool
    • Candidate Profile
    • Job Requisition Composite View
    • Prospect Profile
    • Referral Activity Composite View
  6. Set Up Assignable Roles.
    Create a Recruiter role and assign it to your organizations.
  7. Set up and create 1 or more external career sites.
    External career sites enable candidates to find and apply to job openings. Workers can share job postings to their social networks or use them to refer candidates.
  8. Create internal career sites.
    You can create:
    • A site that enables workers to apply to internal job openings.
    • Multiple sites that enable nonworkers with a Workday account, such as students and contingent workers, to apply to internal job openings.
  9. Set up Recruiting-specific job requisition features.
  10. Set up evergreen requisitions.
    Use evergreen requisitions to source and track candidates continuously for seasonal or high-volume positions.
  11. Set up job postings.
    You can post jobs to these types of career sites:
    • Internal
    • External
    • Recruiting agency
  12. Set up recruiting agencies.
    Manage your relationship with third-party recruiting agencies through Workday. Recruiting agents can submit candidates to your job postings directly. You can see agency performance metrics, such as:
    • Number of candidates submitted.
    • Time to the first candidate interview.
  13. Set up job applications to configure the data you collect from candidates who apply to jobs.
  14. Configure how a candidate moves through the recruiting process.
  15. Configure prospects and candidates.
    Specify the:
    • Candidate information that Workday collects and stores, as well as how Workday processes that information.
    • Security permissions for internal and external candidates.
  16. Configure referrals.
    Referrals enable your workers to refer their connections to job postings. Candidates can also specify a worker they know at your company as a self-identified referrer. You can configure Workday to process payments for successful referrals and approved endorsements based on condition rules.
  17. Enable users involved in the hiring process to collaborate, communicate, and track recruiting activity by adding and viewing notes on job requisitions and candidate job applications.
  18. Use the
    Maintain Custom Labels
    task to rename Workday terms such as prospect, contingent worker, or evergreen requisition. These values display in object names and search results.
  19. Create custom objects to track additional fields that Workday-delivered objects don't include. Example: Create a custom object to track recruiting agency payments from a specific cost center.