Staffing Models in Workday

Staffing Models

Staffing Models tells you how jobs are defined and filled. Staffing models determine:

• The level of control that can be placed on staffing
• How workers, jobs and positions can be moved between supervisory organizations
• Where hiring restrictions (aka criteria or eligibility) are set

There are Two staffing models in Workday: Position management and Job Management. There used to be Headcount Management in the earlier releases. But later this was deprecated.

Position Management

• A position must be open to hire, transfer, promote, demote a full-time or contingent worker into an organization.
• Separate hiring rules and restrictions for each position, 
• Specify number of positions to fill before a worker can be hired, (max of 100 positions can be created at a time)
• Positions can be closed if they are no longer needed
• Provides greater control over hiring 

Think of a table with chairs, if the chair has a person in it it's a position and its filled, if no one sits there then its unfilled.

Job Management

• Hiring restrictions apply to all jobs at the organizational level, Unlike in your Position Management you need to give definitive number of positions that you want to open.
• No requirements to set limits on number or positions to be filled,
• Workflow and approvals are used to control the number of workers and no ability to report on unfilled positions

Ex: Retail and seasonal jobs, Manufacturing occupations