25 Ways AI is Transforming the Future of Work at Workday

Workday Market Research By Staff Published on April 28

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AI is not just about technology — it’s about people. It's about creating better experiences, bigger opportunities, and brighter futures. If you're passionate about innovation and ready to shape the future of work, explore Workday as a career.

Here's how Workday is harnessing AI to build better careers, stronger businesses, and smarter organizations.

1. Unlocking Hidden Talent

AI can match people to roles based on skills, potential, and passions — not just past job titles.

2. Personalizing Career Journeys

AI helps create customized development paths, suggesting new roles, projects, or learning opportunities that align with each employee’s goals.

3. Revolutionizing Hiring

AI improves candidate screening and matching, making hiring faster, smarter, and more inclusive.

4. Enhancing Diversity and Inclusion

By minimizing bias in job descriptions, evaluations, and hiring processes, AI helps build more diverse, equitable workplaces.

5. Supporting Employee Growth

AI-driven coaching tools deliver personalized feedback and recommend training tailored to career aspirations.

6. Creating Dynamic Skills Profiles

AI continuously updates skills profiles based on real work, not just self-assessments, helping employees stay future-ready.

7. Making Performance Reviews Smarter

AI streamlines feedback processes, offering real-time insights that promote continuous improvement and professional development.

8. Simplifying Routine Tasks

Automation frees up time for employees to focus on high-value, meaningful work by handling repetitive tasks seamlessly.

9. Boosting Workforce Planning

AI models help leaders forecast workforce needs and design smarter hiring, upskilling, and succession plans.

10. Powering Personalized Learning

AI recommends targeted learning based on skills gaps, career goals, and evolving business needs.

11. Elevating Employee Experience

AI anticipates needs and delivers tailored experiences — from personalized onboarding to career support.

12. Delivering Actionable Insights

Through advanced analytics, AI empowers leaders with real-time insights that drive better business decisions.

13. Enabling Agile Teams

AI helps form project teams based on complementary skills, availability, and working styles.

14. Building Smarter Compensation Models

AI supports fairer, more data-driven compensation planning, reducing gaps and aligning pay to performance and skills.

15. Supporting Employee Well-being

AI tools monitor work patterns and suggest interventions that promote balance, well-being, and resilience.

16. Enhancing Collaboration

From scheduling meetings to suggesting collaborators, AI helps teams work smarter together.

17. Improving Operational Efficiency

AI streamlines HR, finance, and business processes, reducing friction and boosting productivity.

18. Accelerating Innovation

With AI handling routine work, employees can focus on creativity, strategic thinking, and innovation.

19. Predicting Future Skills

AI identifies emerging skills needed in the market and helps employees prepare for tomorrow’s roles.

20. Enabling Smarter Compliance

AI assists in staying ahead of regulatory changes and ensuring policies remain aligned to local and global standards.

21. Reimagining Leadership

AI empowers leaders to make data-backed decisions that drive growth, diversity, and positive change.

22. Democratizing Access to Opportunity

AI connects people across the organization with gigs, projects, and new experiences that match their hidden potential.

23. Personalizing Communication

AI helps tailor internal communications based on interests, behaviors, and engagement levels, creating more connected workplaces.

24. Driving Responsible Innovation

Ethical AI development — designing tools that are transparent, accountable, and bias-conscious.

25. Shaping the Workday of Tomorrow

Workday’s vision is simple: AI should enhance—not replace—the human experience at work. Their people-first approach ensures technology elevates skills, empowers individuals, and helps everyone thrive.



*Some of the content was referenced from the Workday Blog article: https://blog.workday.com/en-us/25-ways-ai-will-change-the-future-of-work.html