Create and Edit Evergreen Requisitions

Set up evergreen requisitions.

Create evergreen requisitions so you can track seasonal or hard to fill job positions.

You can also create evergreen requisitions using the Create Evergreen Requisition
web service.

Workday generates a unique ID for the evergreen requisition when starting the:

Create Evergreen Requisition
business process.

Create Evergreen Requisition
web service.

The ID displays in the evergreen requisition name and all related communications, making it easier to differentiate between job requisitions with the same name. You can search for an in-progress

Create Evergreen Requisition

task using the automatically generated job requisition ID when you:

Save the task.

Submit the task for approval.

Access the

Create Evergreen Requisition

Edit Evergreen Requisition

task.

In the

Recruiting Information

section, consider:

Option	Bezeichnung
Spotlight Job	Highlights evergreen requisitions with a customizable label. To change the Spotlight Job label, access the Maintain Custom Labels task.
Recruiting Instruction	Instructions for third-party recruiting vendors. Define using the Maintain External Recruiting Instructions task.
Target Hire Date	Optional for evergreen requisitions.
Job Application Template	Displays only on the Edit Evergreen Requisition task. Security: Staffing Actions: Job Requisition Job Application Template domain in the Staffing functional area.
Use Updated Version Template	Displays only on the Edit Evergreen Requisition task when the selected job application template has changed.

In the

Job

section, consider:

Option	Bezeichnung
Job Profile	Defines the default values for other job requisition fields. You can only select 1.
Additional Job Profiles	Determines if you can link an evergreen requisition to a job requisition. You can select more than 1.
Job Description Additional Job Description	Enter additional information about the job. You can configure these fields to display on your internal or external career site using job posting templates.
Primary Location	Location for the evergreen requisition. Enter a U.S. location and create location-based questions in the Apply - Personal Information section of the Edit External Career Site task to collect specific information when a candidate applies to a job posting. Example: Ethnicity, gender, veteran status, and voluntary self-identification of disability information.
Primary Job Posting Location	Post jobs to a location that is different from the primary location. Workday also uses this location to identify the location-related facets on the Find Jobs report. Automatically populates from the Default Job Posting Location field on the Create Location task. If no default job posting location exists, automatically populates from the Primary Location field. If you edit a job requisition, Workday won’t automatically populate the Primary Job Posting Location and Additional Job Posting Locations fields with data from the Primary Location and Additional Location fields. You can only select a location that has Business Site or Job Posting as the Location Usage .
Scheduled Weekly Hours	Populates from a rule when: You define a working time rule. The data populated on the Maintain Working Time for country task applies the rule. Weekly hours default from the scheduled weekly hours on: The job requisition that you are copying. The worker who is in a position, or previously filled a position if you create a job requisition on a position management organization. The restriction on the existing unfilled position, if you create a job requisition on a Position Management Organization. The time profile on the primary location set when you create the job requisition.
Questionnaire	For Recruiting only. Workday populates questionnaires using condition rules that you can create. Only Recruiting type questionnaires are available. Candidates complete these questionnaires when they apply to jobs on internal and external career sites. To remove or replace questionnaires, select the Enable Primary and Secondary Questionnaire Removal or Replacement on Evergreen and Job Requisitions check box on the Edit Tenant Setup - HCM task.

In the

Link To Job Requisitions

section, select 1 or more open job requisitions with which to associate the evergreen requisition from the

Job Requisitions

prompt.

You can associate an evergreen requisition with more than 1 job requisition, but you can only associate a job requisition with 1 evergreen requisition. The evergreen requisition and job requisition must have at least 1 common job profile.

(Optional) In the

Questionnaire

section, associate questionnaires with the evergreen requisition.

When a candidate applies to a job, they must complete these questionnaires (not available on mobile).

If you have questionnaires associated with the job profile, Workday automatically populates these fields:

Internal Career Site - Primary

Internal Career Site - Secondary

External Career Site - Primary

External Career Site - Secondary

You can manually change or remove the associated questionnaires.

(Optional) In the

Assign Roles

section, assign the roles for the evergreen requisition.

Required if the

Supervisory Organization

and

Location

fields are blank.

You can only change the

Supervisory Organization

using the

Edit Evergreen Requisition

task.

When you create an evergreen requisition, Workday uses the

Maintain Job Application Templates

task to evaluate which template to assign to the requisition. If you add

Review Job Application Template

as a step to the Evergreen Requisition
business process, Workday sends the

Review Job Application Template

task to the assigned security group's

My Tasks

. This task enables you to change the assigned template.