What’s Automatically Available in Recruiting 2024 R1?

For this go-round, there’s only 1 Automatically Available update in the realm of Recruiting – and the argument could be made that it’s not technically Automatically Available because you have to opt-in via Maintain Feature Opt-Ins in Production.  This update has also been slightly delayed; appearing in preview tenants March 15, 2024 and Production tenants on April 19, 2024.

This update defaults to “on” in your preview tenant but you will have to enable it in Production via the Maintain Feature Opt-Ins task.  The feature you are looking for is titled “External Career Site Apply Flow Improvements.”

External Career Site Job Applications

Without further ado – the 2024 R1 Recruiting Update in question is External Career Site Job Applications.  Workday’s done a smattering of revamping within the External Career Site functionality to make things more intuitive, accessible, and efficient for applicants.  It’s a bit of a bundle-situation; while technically only 1 update, there are several pieces involved. Below, we walk through each of the external career site components that are changing.

Candidate Home Account Creation

This is my favorite component of this update.  If Candidate Home Accounts are required, Workday now includes the task to create a candidate home account within the progress bar of the application.

Errors & Warnings

One of the more noticeable updates of this grouping, the UI for Errors & Alerts has changed slightly.  Instead of appearing on the right-hand rail, they are now bundled into a banner at the top of the section.

Country Default on My Information Page

It’s unlikely I would have noticed this if Workday had not said anything, but Workday has made the Country field defaulting a bit smarter. Previously, this field defaulted based on the primary location of the position if a candidate wasn’t applying with a resume or previous application.  Now, Workday sequentially considers the factors below in it’s auto-population decision:

• Address provided in any application
• Country from a candidate’s resume (if applying with a resume)
• Country from a LinkedIn profile (if applying with LinkedIn)
• Country based on the candidates browser language setting
• Job Posting primary location
• The default country selection within Edit Tenant Setup – System

Questionnaires

If you include questionnaires with branching questions, the load-time here has been improved.  If you include numerical questions in your questionnaires (EX: desired salary), there are no longer numerical limits. Inflation, am I right?

Websites URLs

If you are leveraging this section, your applicants no longer need to include http:// or https:// as a precursor to their website URL.

Social Network URLs

Workday used to default social networks for candidates into new applications even if they selected “Apply Manually.” That auto-population will no longer occur.

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