Workday Human Capital Management for Business Users

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6 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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8 hours to complete

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6 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

140 reviews

Beginner level

Recommended experience

8 hours to complete

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

How Workday organizes information and tracks changes using the business process framework.
How to update and maintain worker and transactional data to ensure accurate reporting.
How to initiate, approve, and manage business processes to support operational efficiency.
How to perform product-specific tasks to keep up with changing business needs.

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12 assignments

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There are 6 modules in this course

Be a part of a growing Workday ecosystem and work with best-in-class technology and applications. No coding experience is needed as the Workday architecture is configuration based. Take the first step to upskill, build new skills and accelerate your career!

Enhance your practical skills with the Workday Human Capital Management for Business Users course, where you can master essential daily tasks to effectively manage transactions and maintain data within the platform. The Workday products covered are: Workday Human Capital Management (HCM), Workday Recruiting, Workday Compensation, Workday Benefits, Workday Learning and Workday Reporting. By the end of this course, a learner will be able to navigate Workday, explain how Workday organizes information, update and maintain worker and transactional data, initiate, approve, and manage business processes, and perform product-specific tasks. If you commit to earning a certificate, you will be eligible for a Workday badge and can join the Learn with Workday Talent Directory to connect with career opportunities. For more information about upskilling with Workday, visit https://w.day/learn.

In this module, you will learn how to navigate and search in Workday, understand staffing models, and learn how to perform the daily transactions of hiring, transferring, and terminating your organization's workers.

What's included

15 videos2 assignments

15 videosTotal 105 minutes

HCM: Search8 minutes
HCM: Navigation5 minutes
HCM: Supervisory Organizations8 minutes
HCM: Job Profiles7 minutes
HCM: Job Management Staffing Model4 minutes
HCM: Position Management Staffing Model 5 minutes
HCM: Create a Pre-Hire5 minutes
HCM: Hire7 minutes
HCM: Manage Contingent Workers6 minutes
HCM: Change Job10 minutes
HCM: Manage Positions5 minutes
HCM: Terminations7 minutes
HCM: Event Management 9 minutes
Workday HiredScore: Navigation11 minutes
Talent Mobility Agent9 minutes

2 assignmentsTotal 7 minutes

Knowledge Check - Workday HCM5 minutes
Acknowledgment2 minutes

In this module, you will learn how to create job requisitions, understand how candidates apply to jobs, and how to manage lists of applicants.

What's included

10 videos2 assignments

10 videosTotal 94 minutes

Recruiting: Creating and Copying Job Requisitions13 minutes
Recruiting: Managing Job Requisitions5 minutes
Recruiting: Creating and Updating Job Postings8 minutes
Recruiting: The Candidate Experience10 minutes
Recruiting: Prospects & Candidates9 minutes
Recruiting: Referrals7 minutes
Recruiting: The Job Application Framework9 minutes
Recruiting: Job Application Subprocesses16 minutes
Recruiting: Candidate Communication8 minutes
Recruiting: Candidate Maintenance10 minutes

2 assignmentsTotal 7 minutes

Knowledge Check - Workday Recruiting5 minutes
Acknowledgment2 minutes

In this module, you will learn how to propose compensation for new hires, propose compensation changes, request compensation changes, and request one-time payments.

What's included

6 videos2 assignments

6 videosTotal 26 minutes

Compensation: Request Compensation Change4 minutes
Compensation: Compensation Eligibility Rules5 minutes
Compensation: Compensation Hire and Rehire5 minutes
Compensation: Propose Compensation Change5 minutes
Compensation: Initiating a One-Time Payment 4 minutes
Compensation: Compensation Reporting4 minutes

2 assignmentsTotal 7 minutes

Knowledge Check - Workday Compensation5 minutes
Acknowledgment2 minutes

In this module, you will learn how to initiate and process benefit events, identify benefit event types; and manage dependents, beneficiaries, passive events, and court orders. You will also learn how to support the open enrollment cycle and passive events.

What's included

10 videos2 assignments

10 videosTotal 74 minutes

Benefits: Coverage Targets and Coverage Types9 minutes
Benefits: Benefit Groups and Eligibility Rules10 minutes
Benefits: Benefit Plans and Events9 minutes
Benefits: Benefits Business Process Overview4 minutes
Benefits: Enrollment Event Processing 8 minutes
Benefits: Finding and Correcting Benefits Events4 minutes
Benefits: Coordination of Events6 minutes
Benefits: Dependents and Beneficiaries9 minutes
Benefits: Passive Events8 minutes
Benefits: Open Enrollment7 minutes

2 assignmentsTotal 7 minutes

Knowledge Check - Workday Benefits5 minutes
Acknowledgment2 minutes

In this module, you will learn about common transactions and tasks in Workday Learning.

What's included

7 videos2 assignments

7 videosTotal 70 minutes

Learning: Create Courses12 minutes
Learning: Create Programs9 minutes
Learning: Create Learning Rules11 minutes
Learning: Enhance Media Files and Create Lessons9 minutes
Learning: Manage Enrollments10 minutes
Learning: Manage Offerings10 minutes
Learning: Manage Learning Completions10 minutes

2 assignmentsTotal 7 minutes

Knowledge Check - Workday Learning5 minutes
Acknowledgment2 minutes

In this module, you will learn about common reports and tasks in Workday Reporting & Analytics.

What's included

11 videos2 assignments

11 videosTotal 62 minutes

Analytics and Reporting: Workday Report Types5 minutes
Analytics and Reporting: Accessing Reports5 minutes
Analytics and Reporting: Understanding the Report Output4 minutes
Analytics and Reporting: Interacting with a Report4 minutes
Analytics and Reporting: Scheduling Reports6 minutes
Analytics and Reporting: Report Access and Performance5 minutes
Analytics and Reporting: Using Worksheets9 minutes
Analytics and Reporting: Interacting with Dashboards and Worklets4 minutes
Analytics and Reporting: Using People Analytics7 minutes
Analytics and Reporting: Accessing and Viewing Discovery Boards5 minutes
Analytics and Reporting: Creating a Simple Discovery Board8 minutes

2 assignmentsTotal 7 minutes

Knowledge Check - Workday Reporting & Analytics5 minutes
Acknowledgment2 minutes

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Reviewed on Mar 19, 2025

All topics were precise and clear. Gained good knowledge on Workday modules. I suggest to include other modules like Talent, Prism, Extend. Thank You

Reviewed on Feb 3, 2026

As a beginner I learned so much about Workday and its features, explained in a friendly yet detailed manner.

Reviewed on Jan 13, 2025

The course is very insightful and that is an amazing journey of exploring the work day action series

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