Something Had to Give: Workday Candidate Profile, A Transformation Realness Exclusive

About This Episode

Every time you apply to a job at a company that runs on Workday, you create a new account, a new login, and a new password, then type your resume into the boxes again. Today at Workday Rising in Las Vegas, Workday announced the Workday Candidate Profile: one profile a candidate owns and controls, saved once and used across any Workday-hosted career site, with the candidate deciding what each employer receives. Employers keep their process and their questions. Kyle sat down with Adam Godson, who leads talent acquisition product at Workday, for the inside story. They get into why this took so long (security-first data practices and employer attitudes that have shifted), who it matters to beyond the 330 million applicants Workday hosts each year, why the candidate experience tools employers already buy still leave candidates without a profile of their own, and what changes when a profile holds a candidate’s wants, needs, and motivations instead of a two-page resume. Adam also previews the talent acquisition agent launching at Rising and the interface updates coming to Workday Recruiting. The conversation refers to this as Universal Profile, its name when we recorded. Same product, new name. Kyle has an advisory relationship with Workday, and he does not pull punches. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices