Workday Recognized as a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Talent Acquisition

In this article we discuss:

• Talent Acquisition Is Being Rewritten
• Delivering Smarter, Faster, More Human Hiring
• Recognition That Reflects Our Purpose

We’re proud to share that Workday has been named a Leader in the first-ever Gartner® Magic Quadrant™for Talent Acquisition.

We feel this recognition reflects our ongoing commitment to helping organizations navigate today’s fast-moving hiring landscape with clarity, agility, and purpose. We believe our solutions align with the needs of many large enterprises, helping them to effectively manage talent acquisition.

Talent Acquisition Is Being Rewritten

The role of talent acquisition has never been more important. Today’s hiring teams aren’t just filling roles, they’re shaping the workforce strategies that drive growth, resilience, and long-term success.

CHROs are at the helm in this new era of AI, fundamentally reimagining their entire HR operation to unlock new levels of productivity and organizational impact.

Through the Workday Talent Acquisition suite, we’re empowering customers to move beyond disconnected, manual processes and build a unified, data-driven hiring function—one that drives efficiency, scales with the business, and adapts to shifting talent demands. The results speak for themselves:

• 54% increase in recruiter capacity

• 70% of roles filled from existing talent pools

• 35% reduction in hiring manager review time

That’s the power of transformation that’s driven by insight and built around people.

Delivering Smarter, Faster, More Human Hiring

To help organizations meet rising expectations, the Workday Talent Acquisition suite brings together powerful tools that streamline how recruiters and hiring managers work, while creating more personalized experiences for candidates.

At the core is Workday Recruiting, where hiring teams manage the entire recruiting process in one unified system. By integrating HiredScore AI for Recruiting, recruiters gain an intelligent coach that helps automate manual tasks and guide next-best actions. Organizations can uncover and prioritize high-quality candidates who already exist in their Workday environment; often people who were previously overlooked. One customer shared:

“HiredScore AI is transforming the way we engage and support our talent pool and existing workforce – it has helped us hire more than 1,000 clinical candidates from our existing database within the first year of implementation, and we've seen a 40% decrease in our hiring manager decision time.” —AdventHealth

We’ve also made it easier to create engaging, consistent, and meaningful interactions with candidates. With Workday Candidate Engagement and Workday Candidate Messaging, teams can deliver personalized, timely outreach and content at scale—enhancing candidate experience, boosting engagement, and helping accelerate time to hire. As one customer explained:

“Now recruiters will spend less time updating spreadsheets and statuses post-event, and more time evaluating talent and looking for open opportunities that align with candidates' skills and desires.” —Accenture

And we’re removing bottlenecks between recruiters and hiring managers, too. With HiredScore AI for Recruiting, a guided, streamlined hiring process is delivered to hiring managers directly within their existing workflow. With automated updates and tasks, recruiters are freed to focus on high-value tasks, while fostering seamless alignment and reducing delays.

It all adds up to more time focused on what really matters: building strong teams and delivering business value.

Built for What’s Next

Today’s talent landscape demands flexibility. Whether it’s shifting skills needs, changing workforce expectations, or rising pressure to fill roles faster, organizations need tools that help them adapt with confidence.

That’s why the Workday Talent Acquisition suite is designed for agility, insight, and impact. With solutions like Workday Recruiting, HiredScore AI for Recruiting, Candidate Engagement, and Candidate Messaging, we’re helping organizations:

• Source strategically and expand access to internal talent

• Streamline hiring processes to reduce time and effort

• Deliver better experiences that lead to better outcomes

Recognition That Reflects Our Purpose

We feel being named a Leader in the first-ever Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Talent Acquisition is an exciting acknowledgement of the work we’re doing, but what matters more is what this means for our customers.

To us, this recognition reflects our belief that talent is the engine of every organization and that the right technology should help unlock it.

Thank you to our customers and partners for continuing to push us forward. We're proud to support you as you build the future of work—one hire at a time.

Read the full 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Talent Acquisition report here.

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