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Workday, Inc.

Workday Talent Optimization

Composite Score

8.6 /10

CX Score

9.0 /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 Applicant Tracking Systems - Enterprise category

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2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

Latest Award, 2025

Service Experience
Product Impact

Latest Award, 2025

2025 Data Quadrant Champion

2025

4 Top Rated Capabilities

4 Top Rated Features

2025

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience
Product Impact
Contract Negotiation

2024

1 Top Rated Capabilities

2 Top Rated Features

2024

Contract Negotiation

2023

3 Top Rated Capabilities

3 Top Rated Features

2023

Workday Talent Optimization Ratings

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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.

85 Likeliness to Recommend

97 Plan to Renew

2
Since last award

81 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

2
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.

+93 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?

4% Negative

0% Neutral

96% Positive

Pros

Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Efficient Service
Security Protects

Feature Ratings

Average 84

Analytics and Reporting

Candidate Experience Portal

User Permissions

Customized Job Postings

Onboarding and Training

Employee Referrals

Mobile Optimization

Candidate Experience Surveys

Compliance

Integration APIs

AI Capabilities

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 79

Business Value Created

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of IT Administration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Breadth of Features

Quality of Features

Vendor Support

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Customization

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

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Talent Management

Score 8.1

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Talent Acquisition Suites

Score 8.0

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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

Trace B.

Role: Human Resources
Industry: Healthcare
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jun 2025

Quick, Customizable, and Capable

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Workday Talent Optimization from other similar products?

Customizations

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Easy user interface and back-end support

What do you dislike most about this product?

lack of data imports.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Be clear on your expectations with legacy data.

Pros

Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Unique Features

Rachna J.

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

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2024

Best software to manage payroll and benefits

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Workday Talent Optimization from other similar products?

This is the all time best software and widely used by many organizations.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Easy to manage employee data and payments records.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Nothing to mention in dislike.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Best software of all time and workday is never replaceable due to the advanced features in it.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy
Unique Features

Workday Talent Optimization

What is Workday Talent Optimization?

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Awards & Recognition

2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

2025 Data Quadrant Champion

Workday Talent Optimization Ratings

85 Likeliness to Recommend

97 Plan to Renew

2 Since last award

81 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

2 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+93 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

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

Candidate Experience Portal An online platform that lets applicants engage with hiring through status updates, info access, and communication tools—clear, personal, and user-friendly.

User Permissions Ability to set configuration and access permissions by user requirements.

Customized Job Postings Able to post jobs with descriptions that fit the organization’s needs.

Onboarding and Training The solution provides capabilities to train, coach, or onboard new sales hires.

Employee Referrals Employees can refer candidates through the system.

Mobile Optimization Ability to support multiple devices, OSes and platforms using mobile optimized, HTML-based web access and/or native applications.

Candidate Experience Surveys Sends out surveys to candidates in order to capture data on the process.

Compliance Compliance with privacy legislation, including General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and the ability to enact requests for purging of personal information.

Integration APIs Ability of the software to interface with legacy and other third party applications.

AI Capabilities Artificial intelligence to enhance knowledge management such as automatically tagging content, recognizing duplicate content, and suggesting relevant content.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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 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 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.

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.

Also Featured in...

Talent Management

Talent Acquisition Suites

Internal Talent Marketplace

Workday Talent Optimization Reviews

Maninder S.

Powerful, integrated skills-driven HR

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Trace B.

Quick, Customizable, and Capable

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Rachna J.

Best software to manage payroll and benefits

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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