Interviewing the Experts: Sam Bullen - Workday HRIS Director

In our Interviewing the Experts series, our Recruitment Specialists sit down with experts in their fields to discuss all the pressing topics in the ecosystem. If you're looking for answers to your burning questions, you've come to the right place! 

Simon Hill, Workday UK Team Manager at Focus on WD, spent some time interviewing Sam Bullen, Workday HRIS Director and a veteran of the platform. Sam has been in the Workday ecosystem for 15 years, and has worn many hats in that time. He's been a Consultant, a contractor, a sales executive for a large Workday partner, and most recently an HRIS Director. They delve into some really gripping, and important topics, including: 

✅Where Workday should sit within a business - HR or IT? 

✅The most important considerations in the post-implementation phase 

✅How to build a Workday team 

✅Identifying the Workday skills your business needs 

✅How to partner well with specialist Recruitment Consultancies 

✅Looking after your Workday specialists, and how to offer them the full package to keep your attrition costs down 

✅What Sam is looking for in his next project 

If you'd like to speak to Sam or Simon, send us a message here or email simon.hill@focuscloud.org