Steps: Set Up Veteran Status Identification for Candidates
When candidates apply for a job requisition that has the primary location in the United
States, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) allows you to ask
whether they identify as a protected veteran.
- Access theMaintain Veteran Statuses for Candidatestask.
- (Optional) Enter aDisclaimer Text. This text displays on theVeteran Status Identification Formfor candidates.
- Give each status a uniqueVeteran Status Name.
- Select a Workday-delivered status that corresponds to eachVeteran Status Namein theMaps tocolumn.
You can map more than 1Veteran Status Nameto 1 Workday-delivered status. You can't delete a status once you use it, but you can inactivate it.Security:Candidate Data: Personal Informationdomain in the Recruiting functional area. - Access theCreate External Career SiteorEdit External Career Sitetask.Add theVeterans Statusfield to theApply - Personal Informationsection.Security:Set Up: Career Sitesdomain in the Recruiting functional area.
- Add the Candidate as Self security group to theUpdate Candidate U.S. Veteran Statusaction step for any subprocess of theJob Applicationbusiness process.
- Edit Business Processes.Add theUpdate Candidate U.S. Veteran Statusaction step to the subprocess of theJob Applicationbusiness process for which you completed step 3. This step enables you to collect veteran status information for candidates who didn't enter it when they first applied. You can use condition rules to configure which candidates complete this step. Example: Candidates who didn't submit veteran status information when applying to a job posting on the external career site.Select these values:
Option Description SpecifyUpdate Candidate U.S. Veteran StatusGroupCandidate As Self
Candidates applying to job requisitions in the United States on the external career site can
complete the optional
Veteran Status Identification Form
. The
Update Candidate U.S. Veteran Status
action step sends external
candidates a request to enter their veteran status information.For internal candidates applying to job requisitions in the United States, Workday extracts
their military status from their personal information. If they:
- Have a military status that maps to the Workday-deliveredActive Dutymilitary status, Workday populates their veteran status asIDENTIFY AS A VETERAN, JUST NOT A PROTECTED VETERANon the job application.
- Have a military status that maps to other Workday-delivered military statuses, Workday populates their veteran status asIDENTIFY AS ONE OR MORE OF THE CLASSIFICATIONS OF PROTECTED VETERANS.
- Don't have any military status information, Workday populates the veteran status asI DO NOT WISH TO SELF-IDENTIFY.