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Last Updated: 2026-10-02
Steps: Set Up Opportunity Marketplace in Career Hub

Steps: Set Up Opportunity Marketplace in Career Hub

You might need to take additional steps to enable this feature based on your organization's subscription service agreement. Your organization is either on the Main Service Agreement (MSA) or the Universal Main Service Agreement (UMSA). To determine your organization's subscription service agreement:
  1. Select your profile avatar on Workday Community.
  2. Select
    Profile
    .
  3. On your profile page, select your organization's name, which is beneath your name and next to your job title.
  4. View your
    Subscription Service Agreement
     value.
If the value is:
  • UMSA
    , the feature is automatically available. You can skip the
    Enable Innovation Services Feature and AI Data Contributions for MSA Customers
     step. For more information on Machine Learning data contributions, see Concept: Workday AI for Universal Main Subscription Agreement Customers.
  • MSA
    , you must enable this feature through Innovation Services using the
    Enable Innovation Services Feature and AI Data Contributions for MSA Customers
    step.
Note: UMSA customers don't have Innovation Services tasks and reports in their tenants as these are for MSA customers only. UMSA customers can ignore all information regarding Innovation Services.
Opportunity Marketplace is an optional feature in the
Career Hub
 that helps you promote internal mobility and talent agility through skills-based machine learning suggestions for work opportunities. You can enable 1 or more types of opportunities:
  • Flex team opportunities for employees and contingent workers, when you set up Flex Teams.
  • Internal jobs for employees and contingent workers, when you set up Workday Recruiting.
  • Project opportunities for employees, when you set up Workday Projects.
  1. Access the
    Maintain Functional Areas
     task.
    Select the
    Enabled
     check box for the
    Talent Marketplace
     functional area.
    Security:
    Security Configuration
     domain in the System functional area.
  2. You might need to take additional steps to enable this feature depending on your organization's subscription service agreement. For more information, see this Community article.
    On the
    Innovation Services Opt-In
     task, select the
    HCM Machine Learning GA Features
     on the
    Available Services
     tab in the
    HCM
     category.
    On the
    Maintain Innovation Services Data Selection Opt-In
     task in the
    HCM: HCM Machine Learning GA Features
     innovation service, select
    Talent Marketplace
     from the
    View Data Categories for Feature
     prompt. Select the opt-in check boxes for the categories for which you want to contribute data for Machine Learning.
    As you complete the task, consider:
    Option
    Description
    Worker Profile Data
    Required for Opportunity Marketplace in
    Career Hub
    . Enables Workday to extract explicit and inferred worker skills.
    The
    Opt In to Additional Data
     check box for this category isn’t required to enable product functionality. Workday uses the additional data for machine learning product development, including monitoring and testing for bias.
    Job Requisition Data
    (Optional) Select if your company wants to enable job recommendations in Opportunity Marketplace.
    To use Opportunity Marketplace, you must opt in to at least 1 of these categories:
    • Job Requisition Data
    • Projects Data
    • Talent Opportunity Marketplace Data
    Projects Data
    (Optional) Select if your company wants to enable project recommendations in Opportunity Marketplace.
    To use Opportunity Marketplace, you must opt in to at least 1 of these categories:
    • Job Requisition Data
    • Projects Data
    • Talent Opportunity Marketplace Data
    Talent Opportunity Marketplace Data
    (Optional) Select to include flex team suggestions and flex team match analysis.
    To use Opportunity Marketplace, you must opt in to at least 1 of these categories:
    • Job Requisition Data
    • Projects Data
    • Talent Opportunity Marketplace Data
    Skills Data
    (Optional) Select to contribute data about maintained skills in your tenant. To include maintained skills in machine learning matching, you also need to select
    Include Tenanted Skills in Matching
     on the
    Maintain Skills and Experience Setup
     task.
    Learning Data
    (Optional) Select if your company wants to enable learning recommendations.
    Demographics Data
    (Optional) Select if your company wants to contribute workforce demographic data. This data is not required to enable product functionality. Workday uses it for machine learning product development, including monitoring and testing for bias.
  3. Access the
    Edit Tenant Setup - Machine Learning
     task.
    Select the region in which Workday hosts data used for improvement and personalization of machine learning and analytics functionality.
    Security:
    Set Up: Tenant Setup - Machine Learning
     in the System functional area.
  4. Access the
    Maintain Skills and Experience Setup
     task.
    In the Skills section, select:
    • Enable Workday Skills Cloud
      .
    • Populate Suggested Skills for Workers
      .
    • (Optional)
      Include Tenanted Skills in Matching
      . To enable this setting, MSA customers must also select the
      Skills Data
       category for AI data contribution.
    Security:
    Set Up: Skills and Experience
     domain in the Worker Profile and Skills functional area.
  5. Access the
    Domain Security Policies for Functional Area
     report.
    Select
    Domain Security Policy
    Enable
     from the related actions menu of these domain security policies:
    • Opportunity Marketplace in Career Hub
       in the Talent Marketplace functional area.
    • Set Up: Career Hub
       in the Talent Marketplace functional area.
    • (Optional)
      Self-Service: Resource Management
       in the Projects functional area.
  6. Configure these domains:
    Domain
    Recommended Security Groups
    Permission
    Opportunity Marketplace in Career Hub
     in the Talent Marketplace functional area
    All Contingent Workers
    All Employees
    Modify
    Set Up: Career Hub
     in the Talent Marketplace functional area
    HR Administrator
    Talent Administrator
    Modify
  7. Configure the default definition for the
    Project Express Interest
     business process. This business process enables workers to express interest in project opportunities.
  8. Access the
    Edit Tenant Setup - HCM
     task.
    Complete the
    Talent
     section:
    Option
    Description
    Enabled Opportunities within Opportunity Marketplace
    Select the types of work opportunities that you want to enable.
    Workday surfaces ML suggestions on the
    Suggestions for You
     page and enables workers to browse for opportunities too. Enable at least 1 opportunity type:
    • Flex Teams
      : Enables suggested simple flex teams and flex team roles in the
      Experiences
       section:
      • Flex Teams Your Company Needs Help With
      • Flex Teams to Help You Develop
    • Jobs
      : Enables internal job opening suggestions in the
      Job Openings For You
      Based on Your Current Job Skills
       section.
    • Projects
      : Enables suggested resource plan lines from your organization’s projects in the
      Experiences
      Projects to Work On
       section.
    Enable Learning within the Opportunity Marketplace
    Select this check box to suggest learning courses to workers viewing an opportunity.
    Restrict Suggested Jobs to User's Primary Location
    Select this check box to hide suggested jobs located outside the worker’s country. We determine the worker’s country by their primary location.
    For example, if a worker's primary location is San Francisco, the worker only sees suggested jobs with a location in the United States.
    When you enable this option, Workday overrides workers’ settings for suggested job locations on the
    Opportunity Preferences
     task, and we hide the
    Suggested Jobs
     section on this task.
    If you don’t restrict jobs to workers’ primary location, workers can view suggested jobs from all locations by default. Encourage workers to set their location preferences on the
    Opportunity Preferences
     task to increase the relevance of their job suggestions.
    Security:
    Set Up: Tenant Setup - HCM
     domain in the System functional area.
  9. Access the
    Maintain Career Hub and Opportunity Marketplace
     task.
    Complete the task:
    Option
    Description
    Edit Browse Filters
    Select
    Customized Configuration
     to configure filters for enabled opportunity types. You can add any of the filters supported for the opportunity type, and apply custom label overrides.
    Label Override
     doesn't impact reporting. Modified labels display only on the
    Browse
     page for the applicable opportunity type. Custom labels aren't translatable.
    If you change from customized filters to the default configuration, Workday saves the previous custom configuration for later use.
    Edit ML Preferences
    For the
    Hierarchy
     option, select how to determine the seniority level of suggested jobs in the
    Based on Your Current Job Skills
     section.
    If you use job levels, management levels, or both, Workday recommends the
    Default (ML - Generated)
     setting. With this setting, we infer the relevant seniority levels for your workers from the names of your job levels, management levels, and job profiles.
    Select the
    Enable ML Suggestion Dismissal
     check box to allow workers to dismiss flex team suggestions on the
    Suggestions for You
     page.
    Workers can search for removed flex team suggestions on the
    Browse All Opportunities
     page.
    Security:
    Set Up: Career Hub
     in the Career and Development Planning, Career Hub, and Talent Marketplace functional areas.
  10. (Optional) Create Projects.
    On the
    Edit Project Summary
     task, select
    Display Project in Opportunity Marketplace
     for each project that you want to surface in the
    Career Hub
    .
  11. If you enable projects as an opportunity type, complete the
    Resource Plan Line
     section for each project opportunity that you want to display in the
    Career Hub
    :
    Option
    Description
    Start Date
    Less than 1 year ahead of the current date.
    End Date
    Later than the current date.
    Allocation Type
    Select
    Assign a Worker
    .
    Worker
    Either no worker assignments on the resource plan line, at least 1 unnamed resource, or both.
    Project Role Requirements
    Add skills as project role requirements by:
    • Selecting
      Prompt: Skills
       as the
      Category
      .
    • Adding 1 or more
      Requirements
      .
    Workers receive project suggestions based on the match between their skills and the skills for the role, including skills marked as optional.
    To display the project location in the
    Career Hub
    , configure the
    Project Role Requirements
     section by selecting the
    Location
     Category. Add either 1 location or 1 optional location to the
    Requirements
     section. You can add multiple location categories.
  12. (Optional) Configure the
    Opportunity Marketplace
     dashboard as a worklet on the Home page.
  13. (Optional) Access the
    Edit Tenant Setup - Notifications
     task.
    In the
    Notification Delivery Settings
     section, on the
    HCM
     category, configure notification settings for the Flex Teams and Marketplace Opportunity Promotion on the
    Notification Type
     grid.
    Security:
    Set Up: Tenant Setup - BP and Notifications
     domain in the System functional area.
Workers can access the
Suggestions for You
 page in the
Career Hub
 to view recommended opportunities, and pages in the
Browse Opportunities
 section for job openings and flex teams if you enable them. The first time a worker accesses 1 of these pages, we prompt them to set up their career profile, including:
  • Skills.
  • Skill interests for employees.
  • Flex team availability if enabled.