Workday Recruiting · Schema

CandidateCreate

Request body for creating or updating a candidate

HCMHuman ResourcesRecruitingSoftware-as-a-ServiceTalent Acquisition

Properties

Name Type Description
firstName string Candidate first name
lastName string Candidate last name
email string Primary email address
phone string Primary phone number
address object Candidate mailing address
source object A reference to a related Workday resource
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JSON Schema

recruiting-rest-api-candidate-create-schema.json Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "title": "CandidateCreate",
  "description": "Request body for creating or updating a candidate",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/workday-recruiting/refs/heads/main/json-schema/recruiting-rest-api-candidate-create-schema.json",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "firstName": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Candidate first name",
      "example": "Jordan"
    },
    "lastName": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Candidate last name",
      "example": "Reyes"
    },
    "email": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "email",
      "description": "Primary email address",
      "example": "candidate@example.com"
    },
    "phone": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Primary phone number",
      "example": "+1-415-555-0123"
    },
    "address": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "addressLine1": {
          "type": "string",
          "example": "123 Market Street"
        },
        "addressLine2": {
          "type": "string",
          "example": "123 Market Street"
        },
        "city": {
          "type": "string",
          "example": "San Francisco"
        },
        "stateProvince": {
          "type": "string",
          "example": "CA"
        },
        "postalCode": {
          "type": "string",
          "example": "94105"
        },
        "country": {
          "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": "Candidate mailing address"
    },
    "source": {
      "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"
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "firstName",
    "lastName",
    "email"
  ]
}

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