Workday Gold
Join Keith Bitikofer in this insightful podcast as he shares his vast experience in IT, operations, and Workday solutions. With over 30 years of expertise across industries such as Higher Education, Manufacturing, Consulting, and Nonprofits, Keith dives deep into the challenges and opportunities that come with managing and supporting Workday systems. As a former project manager and director at a large global non-profit, Keith led the successful rollout and supported Workday’s HCM, Financials, Extend, and the global rollout with 40+ partners.
Tune in to explore best practices, leadership insights, and career coaching tips for IT professionals and Workday users, and learn how to thrive in an ever-evolving software landscape. Each episode will cover a chapter of his latest book Workday Gold: Software Support Model Edition, in hopes of giving more context and starting a conversation about successfully supporting Workday at your company.
Keith is a partner and consultant at EMD. Keith also does business and life coaching, helping individuals navigate their personal growth journey.
Contact Keith to schedule a discovery call for one-on-one coaching sessions and unlock your full potential in Workday and beyond! Visit https://keithbitikofer.com/coaching-packages/
Workday Gold
What Workday Recruiting Looks Like When You Add Paradox and HiredScore, with John Bruce
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John Bruce has spent over a decade in the Workday ecosystem, most recently as VP of People Innovation and Technology at One Digital. In 2025, they fielded 98,000 job applications across 850 open reqs. That volume, combined with the administrative burden of interview scheduling, pushed him to build a recruiting stack on top of Workday using both Paradox and HiredScore. In this episode, he gives Keith an unfiltered look at how both tools work, why he chose them, and what he did not expect going in.
JB and Keith dig into the Paradox conversational career site and text-based referral workflow, how HiredScore handles candidate grading and talent rediscovery at scale, the transparency and opt-out strategy JB built in amid the Mobley v. Workday lawsuit, and the unexpected flywheel effect that emerged from running both platforms together. Whether you are evaluating AI recruiting tools for the first time or already mid-deployment, this is a practical, honest conversation from someone who has lived it.
For information on all of Keith's books and his coaching services, visit KeithBitikofer.com and https://books2read.com/keith-bitikofer
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/johntbruce/
NEW BOOK- Workday Gold, Volume 3, Navigating Your Career. Now available on most book platforms.