Why does Workday make you create an account for every company?

Each employer runs its own Workday site.

Workday sells recruiting software to employers. Each employer sets up its own external career site and decides how it works. Workday's administrator documentation lists choices such as company branding, the sections candidates must complete, language options, consent terms by country, and whether a candidate account is required.

That is why two Workday applications can look almost the same and still ask different questions. The web address usually shows which site you are on: a company name before myworkdayjobs.com, often with a number such as wd1 or wd5. A different company name there means a different site and, usually, a separate account.

What carries over, and what does not.

Think of each company's Workday site as its own filing cabinet. Your email address is the label on your folder in that cabinet, and nothing moves between cabinets on its own.

• Your sign-in: tied to one employer's site. You can use the same email address everywhere, but each site keeps its own password.
• Other roles at the same employer: one account on that company's site usually covers them. Sign in instead of creating a second account.
• Your resume and work history: uploaded or typed again for each new employer, then checked again on that site.
• Your answers: employer-specific questions start fresh, because each employer writes its own.

Make each new account less painful.

You cannot skip the account on sites that require one, but you can stop it from eating ten minutes every time.

• Use one email address for every job application so every account and confirmation lands in one place.
• Let a password manager create and store a different password for each company's site. Reusing one password everywhere is a security risk.
• Keep your inbox open while you sign up. Many sites send a verification email, and some links expire.
• If a password fails, check the company name in the web address before resetting it. You may be on a different employer's site.
• If the site offers Google or LinkedIn sign-in, remember which one you used. Employers choose whether to offer it.

Check what the resume import filled in.

Many Workday sites offer to read your uploaded resume and fill the experience and education pages. Treat that as a first draft. Check that each employer, job title and set of dates belong to the same role, that no role is missing, and that the attached file is the version you meant to send.

If the import scrambles several roles, the problem is often the structure of the file. The guide to resumes that do not parse correctly walks through the fix.

Where Litos fits.

Litos keeps your profile, a resume tailored to each job, and your application answers in one place, so a new Workday site does not mean retyping your history. It fills Workday applications page by page and asks you when a detail needs you, such as a verification code sent to your email.

You choose how the last page is handled. With Hold for my final press on, Litos fills everything and waits for you to press Submit. With automatic sending on and no hold, a clean application can go through without another press. Each employer's site is different, so some pages may still need your attention. Try the sample application, which sends nothing, before using your own resume.