The State of North Carolina launches Workday
Photo (L to R): Jenny Baines, Director Meyer, and Tammy Penny discussing Workday. Photo Credit: OSHR.

On Wednesday, October 8, 2025, the State of North Carolina launched Workday as its human capital management (HCM) platform.

In Phase I, Workday will allow the State of North Carolina to streamline its recruitment, applicant tracking, employee onboarding and offboarding, position description management, and organizational charts in one, centralized location. Additionally, jobseekers will benefit from a faster, simpler application process and improved communication with hiring managers.

Over the past 10 months, the HCM Implementation Team has worked tirelessly with our external and internal partners to ensure that Workday launches smoothly. The Workday Implementation team has touched nearly every division at OSHR, from communications and learning and development, to IT and of course – recruiting.

Photo (L to R): Megan Church, Kristin Siemek, Clara Hazzard, Jessica Buckman, Liz Shareef, and Kristen Dew on the last day of Workday training. Photo Credit: OSHR. 

On Launch Day, the hard work of our HCM Implementation Team paid off! On the external candidate portal, 10,627 unique users accessed the site in search of state employment. These users averaged six page views each, bringing our total page views to 65,078 in just one day.

Photo: OSHR Chief Information Officer Christine "Chryste" Hofer holds a cake celebrating Workday's launch. Photo Credit: OSHR. 

OSHR extends its gratitude to all members of the HCM Implementation Team, our state agency partners, and other stakeholders for their dedication to elevating public service!

Workday is a milestone that is helping make our state’s HR system easier, faster, and better.

There is more work to be done along our transformation journey to ensure we are attracting and retaining the best and brightest talent.

Thank you for your commitment to a better North Carolina for all.

Congratulations on a project well done!

HCM implementation team group photo

Photo: HCM Implementation Team, OSHR Leadership and Deloitte Partners celebrating Workday's launch. Photo Credit: Workday. 

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