Workday Recruiting · JSON Structure

Recruiting Rest Api Job Posting Structure

A job posting is a public-facing representation of a job requisition published to internal or external career sites for candidate attraction.

Type: object Properties: 13

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JobPosting is a JSON Structure definition published by Workday Recruiting, describing 13 properties. It conforms to the https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/# meta-schema.

Properties

id title jobRequisition postingSite description qualifications location compensationRange isActive isPrimary startDate endDate postedOn

Meta-schema: https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#

JSON Structure

{
  "$schema": "https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/workday-recruiting/refs/heads/main/json-structure/recruiting-rest-api-job-posting-structure.json",
  "name": "JobPosting",
  "description": "A job posting is a public-facing representation of a job requisition published to internal or external career sites for candidate attraction.",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Workday ID (WID) uniquely identifying the job posting",
      "example": "11111111-2222-3333-4444-555555555555"
    },
    "title": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Job posting title",
      "example": "Senior Software Engineer"
    },
    "jobRequisition": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "A reference to a related Workday resource",
      "properties": {
        "id": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Workday ID (WID) of the referenced resource",
          "example": "11111111-2222-3333-4444-555555555555"
        },
        "descriptor": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Display name of the referenced resource",
          "example": "Senior Software Engineer"
        }
      }
    },
    "postingSite": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "A reference to a related Workday resource",
      "properties": {
        "id": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Workday ID (WID) of the referenced resource",
          "example": "11111111-2222-3333-4444-555555555555"
        },
        "descriptor": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Display name of the referenced resource",
          "example": "Senior Software Engineer"
        }
      }
    },
    "description": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Full job posting description including responsibilities",
      "example": "Strong technical background with 8+ years of experience in distributed systems."
    },
    "qualifications": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Required qualifications and skills",
      "example": "Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience; 5+ years of professional software development."
    },
    "location": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "A reference to a related Workday resource",
      "properties": {
        "id": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Workday ID (WID) of the referenced resource",
          "example": "11111111-2222-3333-4444-555555555555"
        },
        "descriptor": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Display name of the referenced resource",
          "example": "Senior Software Engineer"
        }
      }
    },
    "compensationRange": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "minimum": {
          "type": "double",
          "description": "Minimum compensation amount",
          "example": 95000.0
        },
        "maximum": {
          "type": "double",
          "description": "Maximum compensation amount",
          "example": 145000.0
        },
        "currency": {
          "type": "object",
          "description": "A reference to a related Workday resource",
          "properties": {
            "id": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "Workday ID (WID) of the referenced resource",
              "example": "11111111-2222-3333-4444-555555555555"
            },
            "descriptor": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "Display name of the referenced resource",
              "example": "Senior Software Engineer"
            }
          }
        },
        "frequency": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "Annual",
            "Hourly",
            "Monthly"
          ],
          "example": "Annual"
        }
      },
      "description": "Compensation range displayed on the posting"
    },
    "isActive": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "Whether the posting is currently active",
      "example": true
    },
    "isPrimary": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "Whether this is the primary posting for the requisition",
      "example": true
    },
    "startDate": {
      "type": "date",
      "description": "Date the posting becomes active",
      "example": "2026-05-03"
    },
    "endDate": {
      "type": "date",
      "description": "Date the posting expires",
      "example": "2026-05-03"
    },
    "postedOn": {
      "type": "datetime",
      "description": "Timestamp when the job was posted",
      "example": "2026-05-03T14:30:00Z"
    }
  }
}