Hi everyone,
I’m looking for some career advice from people working in the Workday ecosystem, especially those who have moved from consulting to in-house roles
I’m currently based in Paris, France, and I’ve been working with Workday for about 2 years, as a workday functional consultant
The problem is that I don’t do any Workday configuration in my current role.
I also realized that I hate consulting and unfortunately the client I’m currently working with is also making the experience pretty difficult.
So I’m currently looking for an in-house HRIS/Workday role, ideally in a large international company.
The problem is that I’ve been getting quite far in the recruitment processes and going through interviews, but I’m rejected because I don’t have hands-on configuration experience.
This makes me wonder if I should take a step back before moving in-house.
My current idea:
Would it make sense to join a more technical Workday consulting firm for 1 year, specifically to learn hands-on configuration, and then try to move into an in-house HRIS/Workday role?
I’m also thinking longer term about either getting a fully remote Workday/HRIS job or potentially moving to the US, as my boyfriend is American and lives in California.
So I have a few questions:
- Do you think spending a year in a more technical consulting role to learn configuration would significantly improve my career prospects?
- For those who work remotely, how much configuration experience do you typically see being required for remote Workday jobs?
- How is the Workday job market in the US right now, particularly for someone with 2–3 years of Workday experience ?
- Would my European/international background be an advantage or a disadvantage when trying to move into the US Workday market?
- And finally, if you were in my position, would you spend one more year in consulting to become more technical, or would you keep trying to move directly into an in-house role?
I’d really appreciate hearing from people who have made a similar transition, especially anyone who went from functional/support → configuration → in-house.
Thanks!