Beginning April 18, those interested in applying for a staff, union, librarian or temporary position at Cornell will enter their information in a new employment application system, Workday Recruitment.

All others will continue to apply as they have in the past, by following the application instructions contained within the position advertisement.

For all Cornell positions, prospective applicants can look at and apply for a job by going to the Cornell Careers page and following the appropriate links. During an initial transition period, April 18 to June 5, applicants will see links on the Cornell Careers page to both the current system (for openings posted prior to April 18) and Workday (for openings posted on or after April 18).

Applicants should be aware that applicant information stored in the current system, Taleo, will not be transferred to Workday. If you do not have your application materials, resume or cover letters saved to a personal computer, a USB or external hard drive – or the cloud – you should save them to ensure continued access. After June 5, these materials will not be retrievable from Taleo.

For applicants external to Cornell, the transition process is as follows:

• Jobs posted before April 18 will remain viewable on the Cornell Careers site, and those interested can apply using existing account information. Anyone who has already applied for a position does not need to reapply for that position.
• For jobs posted on or after April 18, applicants must create a new user account in the Workday system and enter application information there. It will be possible to cut-and-paste information from the old system to the new system through June 5.

Internal candidates will follow the same steps for positions posted before April 18. Applications already submitted will not be affected by the transition, even if the job is not filled by April 18. But those applying for a job posted after April 18 will need to log in to Workday, using their existing Workday log in, to complete the application process.

The internal applicant experience will vary slightly from the external applicant experience, as internal candidates will be prompted to create (or update) their Workday Professional Profile, where they will fill in the fields related to their education, job history, skills and certifications. After doing this, applicants will be able to complete the rest of the Workday Recruitment application process, and can attach a formatted resume and cover letter if desired. Although the professional profile will be stored within the Workday system for future use, applicants will still be directed to view and/or update their professional profiles prior to submitting each specific job application.

“Workday Recruitment offers many enhancements for applicants, including increases in both the size and number of documents that applicants are able to attach,” said Allan Bishop, associate vice president for human resources and co-sponsor for the Workday Recruitment implementation project. He added: “Applicants who are on LinkedIn can directly import their LinkedIn information to their professional profile, and then edit it as needed before submitting their applications. We expect many of our applicants will appreciate this feature.”

The new system also helps streamline the hiring process and can streamline a new hire’s introduction to important forms and actions that a new employee must take, as well as providing other information regarding employment at Cornell.

“Much of the improved functionality that Workday provides will be invisible to the applicant but will streamline the hiring process and provide Cornell’s leaders with better information on our workforce,” said Deb Shigley, human resources director in the Research Division and project co-sponsor for Workday Recruitment.

She added, “I truly believe the move from Taleo to Workday Recruitment will, over time, reduce the administrative burden of the hiring process and help us to enhance our candidate pools.”

Faculty, nonfaculty academics (instruction, research and extension positions), students and staff from Cornell-affiliated organizations will not apply for positions through Workday, but will continue to follow the directions provided in the position advertisements.