Started career in architecture for 10 yrs before switching to Workday
I went to college for architecture/design and had worked in the design field for 10 years designing and building physical objects. I've always enjoyed being creative and solving problems. Over the past few years I've become more interested in technology and applying the many skills I developed in my prior career to this new technology realm.
I get to provide solutions for clients' Workday systems
I get the opportunity to help clients fix issues within their Workday ecosystem. Whether that is fixing an existing issue, troubleshooting why something is behaving the way it's behaving, creating a report to analyze certain information, or implementing a brand new system, process, module, etc. No matter what it is, I get to jump into Workday everyday to help streamline processes for our clients. Every day and every task is different, which allows me to expand my knowledge and provide better support with every client.
I love being able to help and interact with a lot of different people
I really enjoy using my knowledge and experience to help others. Every day in my current position I get to interact with different people from different companies and helping solve Workday problems that they have brought to us. In some instances, I also get to work with previous clients that I've helped with in the past, and in those scenarios I enjoy getting to build on those prior experiences. I'm still very new to Workday, but I love the daily 'challenges' of learning new things and expanding my knowledge to better help my clients as issues arise.
Just go for it!
Having no prior Workday experience and making a total career change after 10 years in the architecture/design realm, I had to 'just go for it!'. I was briefly introduced to Workday consulting a few years ago and it definitely peaked my interested. As the past few years passed, I just went for it since my interests had shifted and I've enjoyed every minute in my new career at Kognitiv. There is no possible way to know everything about Workday, so every day I have to 'just go for it' so I can learn more and get more experience. I enjoy all the different challenges and am fortunate that I have a company that provides all the necessary resources and team to make me feel comfortable with stuff that I may not know anything about. I do know that by the end of a project/ticket, that I will learn and know as much as I can about that particular question by the time I close it out.
Making the career change to come to Kognitiv and learn Workday
It may sound a little cliche, but I'm very proud that I took the initiative and courage to go for it and make a complete career change after 10 years in a different field with NO prior experience in the Workday ecosystem and no HCM knowledge. I could have easily coasted in my prior career, however I wasn't getting the excitement that I used to get. I knew I needed a change and after doing my own research and going for it with Kognitiv, I was super ecstatic to receive an offer and start my new journey where I have the opportunity to work with an amazing group of people on fun/challenging projects that excite me.
