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Workday, Inc.

Workday Talent Optimization

Composite Score

8.0 /10

CX Score

8.2 /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

Latest Award, 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

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

87 Likeliness to Recommend

2
Since last award

96 Plan to Renew

4
Since last award

81 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1
Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+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 82

Candidate Pipeline Management

Onboarding Document Management

Privacy, Security, and Regulatory Compliance

Pre-Boarding

Chatbot

Systems Integration

Skills Testing

Analytics and Reporting

Requisitions

Pre-Screening Pre-Qualification

Job Board Integration

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 80

Vendor Support

Availability and Quality of Training

Business Value Created

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Implementation

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Customization

Quality of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Breadth of Features

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Applicant Tracking Systems - Enterprise

Score 8.6

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Talent Management

Score 8.1

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Internal Talent Marketplace

Score 7.6

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Workday Talent Optimization Reviews

Manya K.

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

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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

Phil S.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2025

No matter your business, Workday will help

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Workday Talent Optimization from other similar products?

So many custom integrations that are easy to use

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Ability to integrate into the tech stack we already have

What do you dislike most about this product?

Cost - believe it is higher compared to most competitors

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Make costs more variable depending on usage

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Inspires Innovation

Cons

Vendor Friendly Policies
Vendor's Interest First
Security Frustrates

Role: Human Resources
Industry: Food and Beverage
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted May 2023

Challenging to use at times

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

Pros

Reliable
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy
Efficient Service

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Awards & Recognition

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

Workday Talent Optimization Ratings

87 Likeliness to Recommend

2 Since last award

96 Plan to Renew

4 Since last award

81 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

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

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

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.

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

Chatbot A personalized conversational interface for answering questions and completing tasks.

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

Skills Testing Tests the specific skills required of a candidate.

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

Requisitions Create and store unlimited requisitions.

Pre-Screening Pre-Qualification Performs resume parsing by screening prospects manually or automatically for easier evaluation.

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.

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.

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

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.

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 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.

Also Featured in...

Applicant Tracking Systems - Enterprise

Talent Management

Internal Talent Marketplace

Workday Talent Optimization Reviews

Manya K.

Great product

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Phil S.

No matter your business, Workday will help

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Challenging to use at times

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Candidate Pipeline Management

Onboarding Document Management

Privacy, Security, and Regulatory Compliance

Pre-Boarding

Chatbot

Systems Integration

Skills Testing

Analytics and Reporting

Requisitions

Pre-Screening Pre-Qualification

Job Board Integration

Vendor Capability Ratings

Vendor Support

Availability and Quality of Training

Business Value Created

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Implementation

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Customization

Quality of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Breadth of Features