Permissions: Job Admin and above

Product tier: Available to all Greenhouse Recruiting subscription tiers with the HRIS Link for Workday® add-on or Hire Link only for HRIS Link for Workday® add-on

Hire Link for Workday® enables teams to seamlessly export new hire data from Greenhouse Recruiting to Workday®, streamlining the transition from offer to onboarding.

Note: To enable this integration, contact your Greenhouse Account Manager.

Set up the integration

Go to Integrations and create API key

Go to the Greenhouse Integrations page.

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Locate "HRIS Link – Connect Greenhouse Recruiting to Workday®" and click Configure to create a new Harvest API key with the required permissions.

Once complete, reach out to your Greenhouse Account Manager to have the integration enabled. Include the name of the Greenhouse user who should receive email notifications related to this integration, such as error alerts.

Open the HRIS Link setup page

After receiving confirmation from your Account Manager, go to Configure > Dev Center > HRIS Link for Workday® in Greenhouse Recruiting.

In the Workday® API row, hover over the row and click Set up.

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Provide Workday® credentials

In the setup, enter your Workday® integration system user (ISU) credentials.

Next, provide your Workday® tenant URL. This can be found in Workday by selecting Organization ID under your profile. The tenant ID typically appears at the end of your login service endpoint. For example, in https://impl.workday.com/greenhouse_test/, the tenant is greenhouse_test.

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To update who receives integration-related email notifications, edit the Email field.

Make sure all changes are saved during this setup.

Use the integration

Once the integration is enabled, all necessary fields are automatically created in Greenhouse Recruiting. Dropdown fields will be synced from your Workday® instance.

Candidate export

When creating an offer in Greenhouse Recruiting, you’ll see an option to send the new hire’s data to Workday®. The export occurs when the candidate is marked as hired.

The integration supports the following hire types:

  • New Hire
  • Rehire
  • Internal Transfer

Fields exported to Workday®

The following table outlines which fields are exported to Workday®, based on hire type:

Greenhouse field New Hire Rehire Internal Transfer
First Name
Last Name
Preferred First Name
Phone Number
Email – Personal
Source  
Referred By  
Applicant Reference
Requisition ID
Reason ID / Hire Reason
Hire Date
Worker Sub-Type
Employee Type
Location ID
Position Time Type

Job Profile ID
Position ID    
Contingent Worker ID or Employee ID
End Date

 

Compensation field (if configured) New Hire Rehire Internal Transfer
Annual Base Pay / Hourly Base Pay
Currency
Pay Frequency
Variable Pay Plan
Bonus Plan
Annual Bonus Target (Amount, %)
Commission Plan / Target Amount
Recoverable Commission Draw
Draw Amount / Duration (Months)

....

Equity and Relocation fields (if configured) New Hire Rehire Internal Transfer
Equity / Stock Plan
Target Shares / Percent / Amount
Relocation Bonus
Payment Plan / Scheduled Payment Date
Clawback Date / Relocation Bonus Amount/%