By Haseeb Kamran, Founder of VeloApply, 8+ years in recruiting · Updated July 12, 2026 · 6 min read
Quick answer: To apply on Workday, create an account for that specific employer, upload your resume, then expect to manually re-enter your work history even though you uploaded it. Fill the My Experience section carefully, answer the screening and EEO questions, review, and submit. Each company runs its own separate Workday, so your login does not carry over between employers.
Why Workday feels so long
Workday is one of the most widely used hiring platforms among large enterprises, and it is also the one job seekers complain about most. The reason is simple: Workday asks you to upload your resume and then re-type most of the same information by hand into its own fields. A single application can take fifteen to thirty minutes.
Another quirk trips people up. Every company runs its own separate Workday instance. The account you created to apply at one employer does not work at the next. You end up creating a fresh login, and re-entering the same details, for every company that uses it.
The Workday application flow, step by step
1. Create an account. You will be asked to register with an email and password for that employer's Workday. Save these, because you will need them to check your status later.
2. Upload your resume. Workday sometimes tries to auto-fill from your upload, but the parse is often incomplete, so plan to correct it.
3. My Experience. This is the long part. You re-enter each job: title, company, location, dates, and description. Take the time to mirror keywords from the job posting here.
4. Education and skills. Add your degrees and a skills list. Keep skills aligned to the role.
5. Application questions. Work authorization, sponsorship, and role-specific screening questions.
6. Voluntary disclosures. The EEO and self-identification section, which is optional.
7. Review and submit. Check every field, because Workday's parse frequently misplaces dates and titles.
Tips to get through Workday faster
- Keep a plain-text master profile with your work history ready to paste, so the My Experience section goes quickly.
- Use a clean, single-column resume so Workday's parser fills more fields correctly and you correct fewer.
- Save your login for each employer. Workday lets you return and finish a saved draft.
- Answer screening questions honestly. Workday routes some answers as knockout questions.
How VeloApply handles Workday
VeloApply was built partly because of how tedious Workday is. The extension detects Workday's fields, including the My Experience section and its custom drop-downs, and fills them from your saved profile in one click. You still review and submit yourself, so nothing goes out without your approval, but you skip the fifteen minutes of re-typing. Add the free Chrome extension and try it on your next Workday application.
Frequently asked questions
Why does Workday make me re-enter my resume?
Workday parses your uploaded resume into its own structured fields, but the parse is often incomplete, so it asks you to confirm and complete each field manually. A cleaner, single-column resume improves the parse and reduces how much you fix.
Does my Workday account work for every company?
No. Each employer runs a separate Workday instance, so you create a new account and re-enter your details for each company. Save each login to track your application later.