Setup Considerations: Career Profile
You can use this topic to help make decisions when planning your configuration and use of Career Profile. It explains:
- Why to set it up.
- How it fits into the rest of Workday.
- Downstream impacts and cross-product interactions.
- Security requirements and business process configurations.
- Questions and limitations to consider before implementation.
Refer to detailed task instructions for full configuration details.
What It Is
Career Profile consolidates multiple tasks for managing talent data, enabling users to update their talent profile in a single page. You can configure Career Profile to consolidate the tasks for:
- Awards and activities
- Certifications
- Education
- Interests
- Job history
- Skills
- Work experience
Business Benefits
You can opt in to Career Profile to:
- Make it easier for users to update their talent profile.
- Reduce the number of stand-alone tasks that users need to access.
- Streamline the process of managing talent data.
Use Cases
You can use Career Profile to consolidate tasks that don't require custom workflows or validations.
Questions to Consider
Questions | Considerations |
|---|---|
Do you have any business process definitions for any Career Profile sections? | Workday doesn't use custom business processes for Career Profile changes. For active sections, Workday automatically saves any changes made in Career Profile instead of acquiring approvals.
If you prefer using the stand-alone tasks or custom business processes for a specific section, you can inactivate a section through the Configure Career Profile task. |
What happens to in-progress events when I opt in to Career Profile or make a section active? | Workday locks out any fields that have pending changes. Users can't make any changes to locked fields in Career Profile until the business process is complete. |
Recommendations
When you first opt in to Career Profile, we recommend you inactivate sections that correspond to business process definitions that you want to keep using.
Requirements
Opt in to Career Profile through the
Maintain Feature Opt-Ins
report.Limitations
Active Career Profile sections don't support:
- Custom business process configurations, including approvals, help text, and validation rules.
- Guided tours.
Career Profile is currently not available on mobile devices.
Tenant Setup
You can opt in or out of Career Profile at any time through the
Maintain Feature Opt-Ins
report. All sections are active the first time you opt in.The
Configure Career Profile
task enables you to decide which sections are available. Workday consolidates the add, edit, and remove buttons for most active sections with an Edit
button on profile cards and reports.Security
Domains | Considerations |
|---|---|
Set Up: System in the System functional area | Administrators can opt in to Career Profile. |
Set Up: Skills and Experience in the Worker Profile and Skills functional area | Administrators can access the Configure Career Profile task to arrange the order of active sections or inactivate sections. |
Self-Service: Interests in the Career and Development Planning functional area.
These domains in the Worker Profile and Skills functional area:
| Academic affiliates, students, and workers can make changes in the corresponding Career Profile section for themselves. |
Worker Data: Interests in the Career and Development Planning functional area.
These domains in the Worker Profile and Skills functional area:
| Users with Modify permission can make changes in the corresponding Career Profile section for others. |
Business Processes
Workday automatically completes the initiating actions of these business processes if its corresponding section is active in Career Profile:
- Manage Awards and Activities
- Manage Certifications
- Manage Education
- Manage Interests
- Manage Job History
- Manage Work Experience
Reporting
No impact.
Integrations
No impact.
Connections and Touchpoints
Career Profile interacts with these other areas in Workday:
Feature | Considerations |
|---|---|
Academic Faculty | Ensure that academic affiliates have access to the correct domains when any of these sections are active:
|
Students | Ensure that students have access to the correct domains when any of these sections are active:
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Workday offers a Touchpoints Kit with resources to help you understand configuration relationships in your tenant. Learn more about the Workday Touchpoints Kit on Workday Community.