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Workday Inc.

Workday Talent Optimization

Composite Score

8.3 /10

CX Score

8.5 /10

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What is Workday Talent Optimization?

With HR talent management software from Workday, you can invest in your talent from day one, align teams to key objectives, and develop tomorrow’s leaders. Workday combines your core HR information with direct and contingent worker-generated skills and experience data, delivering a comprehensive picture of the rich talent that already exists in your organisation.

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Awards & Recognition

Workday Talent Optimization won the following awards in the Talent Acquisition Suites category

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1 Top Rated Capabilities

9 Top Rated Features

2025

Strategy and Innovation

2024

1 Top Rated Capabilities

0 Top Rated Features

2023

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023

Strategy and Innovation
Product Impact

2023

1 Top Rated Capabilities

0 Top Rated Features

2022

Workday Talent Optimization Ratings

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88 Likeliness to Recommend

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Since last award

96 Plan to Renew

82 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

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+91 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Workday Talent Optimization?

0% Negative

5% Neutral

95% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Caring
Respectful
Friendly Negotiation

Feature Ratings

Average 83

Privacy, Security, and Regulatory Compliance

Candidate Pipeline Management

Pre-Boarding

Skills Testing

Systems Integration

Requisitions

Analytics and Reporting

Onboarding Document Management

Templated Communications

HRIS Integration

Job Board Integration

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 81

Vendor Support

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of IT Administration

Business Value Created

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Customization

Quality of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Breadth of Features

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Score 8.7

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Score 8.1

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Internal Talent Marketplace

Score 7.6

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Workday Talent Optimization Reviews

Maninder S.

Role: Human Resources
Industry: Consulting
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

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Submitted Sep 2025

Powerful, integrated skills-driven HR

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Workday Talent Optimization from other similar products?

cause it’s a large, full-suite system, implementing Workday (or doing major changes) tends to be more involved, both in cost and time, especially for organizations with lots of custom requirements and there are limits to how much deep customization is possible (some business object limitations) without complicating upgrades. Organizations may need to adapt their processes to match what Workday supports well

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My favorite aspect of Workday Talent Management is the Skills Cloud and skills-based architecture. Unlike many HR systems that just store static job titles or competencies, Workday’s Skills Cloud uses AI/ML to dynamically map, clean, and relate skills across the organization.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Because Workday is feature-rich, setting it up and getting employees / managers fully comfortable takes time and Navigating to advanced tasks (reporting, performance templates, workflows) is often not intuitive. There are many sub-menus, dependencies, and often things are buried several clicks deep.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I’d recommend clearly defining your talent goals up front and starting with a phased rollout of the most critical features. Make sure you invest in data cleanup and user training, since Workday can feel complex at first. Strong change management and clear reporting needs will make adoption much smoother.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

srikanth k.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2025

Easy to track and manage the candidates & process

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Workday Talent Optimization from other similar products?

User interface and navigation of the features

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Tracking of the status

What do you dislike most about this product?

User interface looks little old

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

WE can consider this license if we have the talent requirements

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Manya K.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Engineering
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2025

Great product

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Workday Talent Optimization from other similar products?

reliable user friendly

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

easy to use

What do you dislike most about this product?

Issues with integrity

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

great product definitely worth a try

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Workday Talent Optimization

What is Workday Talent Optimization?

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Awards & Recognition

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

Workday Talent Optimization Ratings

88 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

96 Plan to Renew

82 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+91 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Workday Talent Optimization?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Privacy, Security, and Regulatory Compliance Ensure compliance with GDPR/EEO/OFCCP, control access with RBAC, and track all activity with audit trails for secure, transparent hiring.

Candidate Pipeline Management Captures, assesses and tracks prospects throughout the recruitment lifecycle.

Pre-Boarding Provides the ability to build your own checklists or use a template for your acquisition workflow.

Skills Testing Tests the specific skills required of a candidate.

Systems Integration Integration with other systems such as policies, code of conduct etc.

Requisitions Create and store unlimited requisitions.

Analytics and Reporting Includes historical & real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting and easy data extraction for data analysis.

Onboarding Document Management Ability to automate employee onboarding through standardized document sharing

Templated Communications Ability to build and save standard employee communications to automate interactions. Communications to referees and candidates are pre-templated.

HRIS Integration Integrates with desired HRIS suite.

Job Board Integration Ability to automatically post positions to external job boards and pull candidate information.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

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Talent Management

Internal Talent Marketplace

Workday Talent Optimization Reviews

Maninder S.

Powerful, integrated skills-driven HR

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

srikanth k.

Easy to track and manage the candidates & process

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Manya K.

Great product

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Privacy, Security, and Regulatory Compliance

Candidate Pipeline Management

Pre-Boarding

Skills Testing

Systems Integration

Requisitions

Analytics and Reporting

Onboarding Document Management

Templated Communications

HRIS Integration

Job Board Integration

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