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Last Updated: 2025-05-30
Steps: Set Up Talent Marketplace

Steps: Set Up Talent Marketplace

With Talent Marketplace, you can:
  • Create short-term work assignments called flex teams and quickly identify the right talent for each.
  • Provide access to Opportunity Marketplace, where workers can discover flex team and job opportunities based on their talent data.
  1. Access the
    Maintain Functional Areas
     task.
    Select the
    Enabled
     check box for the
    Talent Marketplace
     functional area.
    Security:
    Security Configuration
     domain in the System functional area.
  2. (Optional) Enable Innovation Services Feature and Machine Learning Data Contributions.
    On the
    Innovation Services Opt-In
     task, select the
    HCM Machine Learning GA Features
     on the
    Available Services
     tab in the
    HCM
     category.
    On the
    Maintain Innovation Services Data Selection Opt-In
     task in the
    HCM: HCM Machine Learning GA Features
     innovation service, select
    Talent Marketplace
     from the
    View Data Categories for Feature
     prompt. Select the opt-in check boxes for the categories for which you want to contribute data for Machine Learning.
    As you complete the task, consider:
    Option
    Description
    Demographics Data
    (Optional) Select if your company wants to contribute workforce demographic data. This data is not required to enable product functionality. Workday uses it for machine learning product development, including monitoring and testing for impermissible bias.
    Job Requisition Data
    (Optional) Select if your company wants to enable job recommendations in Opportunity Marketplace.
    Opportunity Marketplace requires at least one opportunity type, either jobs or flex teams.
    Learning Data
    (Optional) Select if your company wants to enable learning recommendations.
    Skills Data
    (Optional) Select to include tenant data for skills-based matching.
    Talent Opportunity Marketplace Data
    (Optional) Select to include flex team suggestions and flex team match analysis.
    Opportunity Marketplace requires at least one opportunity type, either jobs or flex teams.
    Worker Profile Data
    Required to extract skills from all relevant sources on a worker:
    • Job title.
    • Job description.
    • Work history.
    • Explicit skills from the worker profile.
  3. Access the
    Edit Tenant Setup - Machine Learning
     task.
    Select the region in which Workday hosts data used for improvement and personalization of machine learning and analytics functionality.
    Security:
    Set Up: Tenant Setup - Machine Learning
     in the System functional area.
  4. Access the
    Maintain Skills and Experience Setup
     task.
    In the Skills section, select:
    • Enable Workday Skills Cloud
    • Populate Suggested Skills for Workers
    • (Optional)
      Include Tenanted Skills in Matching
    Security:
    Set Up: Skills and Experience
     domain in the Worker Profile and Skills functional area.
  5. Configure security for flex teams and Opportunity Marketplace.
  6. Set up flex teams.
  7. Access the
    Edit Tenant Setup - HCM
     task.
    As you complete the
    Talent
     section, consider:
    Option
    Description
    Enabled Opportunities within Opportunity Marketplace
    Select opportunities to make available in Opportunity Marketplace. Enable at least one opportunity type.
    Flex team opportunities are available on the
    Browse Flex Teams
     report even when they're not available in Opportunity Marketplace.
    Enable Learning within the Opportunity Marketplace
    Select the option for Workday to suggest learning courses to employees viewing an opportunity.
    Restrict Suggested Jobs to User's Primary Location
    Limit suggested jobs to the worker's primary location. Selecting this option restricts suggested jobs to the worker's country, designated by the primary location for the worker. For example, if a worker's primary location is San Francisco, the worker will only see suggested jobs with a location in the United States.
    Enabling this option overrides the
    Suggested Jobs
     location options that workers select in
    Opportunity Marketplace Preferences
    . Workers can limit suggested jobs by
    Country
    ,
    State or Region
    , or
    Office
    .
    All Locations
     is the default option.
    Enable Flex Teams Express Interest Notes
    Select the option to allow workers to create a customized message when expressing interest in a flex team. If enabled, a custom note is not required to express interest. Workers can write a custom note, or leave the message field blank.
    Disabling the option after a worker has expressed interest with a custom note results in the note being removed from the worker's profile.
    Security:
    Set Up: Tenant Setup - HCM
     domain in the System functional area.
  8. Access the
    Maintain Career Hub and Opportunity Marketplace
     task.
    As you complete the task, consider:
    Option
    Description
    Edit Quick Links
    Select
    Customized Configuration
     to configure Quick Links for Career Hub and Opportunity Marketplace.
    The
    Is Career Hub
     or
    Is Opportunity Marketplace
     options are required for each customized row.
    Select
    Task/Report
     or
    External Link
     to add an option that displays in the
    Quick Links
     section.
    Workday saves a
    Customized Configuration
     for later use if the
    Default Configuration
     is selected.
    Edit Browse Filters
    Select
    Customized Configuration
     to configure filters for enabled opportunity types.
    The
    Label Override
     doesn't impact reporting. Modified labels display only on the Browse page for the applicable opportunity type. Custom labels aren't translatable.
    Filters available for the
    Customized Configuration
     option are only filters supported by the opportunity types.
    Workday saves a
    Customized Configuration
     for later use if the
    Default Configuration
     is selected.
    Edit ML Preferences
    Select the
    Hierarchy
     to determine the seniority of job posting recommendations provided to workers.
    Job postings appear in Opportunity Marketplace Suggestions for You, in the
    Job Openings That Match Your Skills
     section.
    Workday suggests jobs consistent with the worker's current grade or level, or 1 grade or level higher, based on the selected hierarchy.
    Select the
    Enable ML Suggestion Dismissal
     option to allow workers to dismiss machine learning flex team suggestions. If this option is enabled, workers see the
    Remove Suggestion
     option on a flex team card on the Opportunity Marketplace
    Suggestions for You
     page.
    The
    Remove Suggestion
     option is available on both simple and advanced flex teams.
    When a worker selects
    Remove Suggestion
    , they are presented with a confirmation card. Selecting
    Don't show me this message again
     prevents the confirmation card from surfacing when removing additional suggestions.
    Removed suggestions won't appear again on the
    Suggestions for You
     page. Workers can search for removed suggestions on the
    Browse All Opportunities
     page.
    Security:
    Set Up: Career Hub and Opportunity Marketplace
     in the Career and Development Planning, Career Hub, and Talent Marketplace functional areas.
  9. (Optional) Add
    Jobs Hub
     tasks to the
    Opportunity Marketplace Quick Links
    section.
    Recruiting customers who want their workers to search for and apply to jobs in the context of Opportunity Marketplace can:
    • Access the
      Maintain Hubs
       task and configure
      Jobs Hub
      . On the
      Navigation Item Override
       tab, select
      Do Not Show
       for the Navigation Items.
    • Access the
      Maintain Career Hub and Opportunity Marketplace
       task. In the
      Edit Quick Links
       tab, select
      Customized Configuration
       and add the
      Manage Job Alerts
       and
      My Referrals
       reports for Opportunity Marketplace.
  10. (Optional) Configure the
    Flex Teams
     and
    Opportunity Marketplace
     dashboards as worklets on the Home page.
    See Steps: Set Up Dashboards and Landing Pages.
  11. (Optional) Access the
    Edit Tenant Setup - Notifications
     task.
    In the
    Notification Delivery Settings
     section, on the
    HCM
     category, configure notification settings for the Flex Teams and Marketplace Opportunity Promotion on the
    Notification Type
     grid.
    Security:
    Set Up: Tenant Setup - BP and Notifications
     domain in the System functional area.