Formula One cuts time to hire

Formula One has cut its time-to-hire by about 10 days after consolidating parts of its human-resources technology stack, according to a case study published by UNLEASH and a customer account from Workday. The changes were described by Alastair Goss, HR Systems Lead at Formula One, during a panel at Workday Elevate London. Workday said Formula One also halved screening time and lifted the interview rate for preferred candidates to 76%. The project centered on replacing a patchwork of HR systems and manual processes with a more connected setup for recruiting and workforce management. ### Which Formula One business made the change? Formula One World Championship Limited, the commercial rights holder for the series, is the employer behind the hiring program described in the case study. Its careers page says the company supports a 24-race calendar and hires across engineering, broadcast, legal, logistics, security, event management, commercial, media rights, marketing and communications. Current vacancies are listed through a Workday-hosted jobs site. (unleash.ai) The company’s hiring needs differ from those of a single race team because Formula One staffs central operations that support the championship across multiple countries and functions. The careers page says applicants typically go through two interviews, with a first-round conversation on Microsoft Teams and a second-stage task-based assessment in Kent or at the company’s London office. (formulaone.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com) ### What exactly changed inside the hiring system? Alastair Goss said at the Workday event that Formula One began its transformation with separate systems for human capital management, payroll, time and attendance, performance management and recruiting. His advice to HR peers, quoted by UNLEASH, was to make technology decisions that reduce “disparate, disconnected systems.” (corp.formula1.com) Workday said Formula One deployed its platform in 2021 after relying on legacy systems and manual processes. The vendor’s customer story says the company added AI-supported hiring through HiredScore and connected HR and finance processes to improve workforce visibility and self-service for staff and managers. ### What numbers did Formula One and Workday put on the results? (unleash.ai) UNLEASH reported that Formula One cut screening time by 16% and reduced time-to-hire by 10 days. Workday’s customer story described a larger improvement in screening, saying Formula One halved screening time, while also reporting a 76% interview rate for preferred candidates. Both accounts attribute the results to the broader HR and recruitment transformation described by Goss and Workday. (workday.com) The difference between the two screening figures was not explained in the material reviewed. UNLEASH framed the 16% figure as a result cited during the London panel, while Workday presented the “halved screening time” claim in its customer case study. ### Why would a sports property focus on hiring speed? (unleash.ai) Formula One’s own careers materials point to the scale of the operation: 24 races, multiple office locations and roles that range from permanent engineering jobs to fixed-term production positions. Faster hiring can matter when the employer is filling jobs tied to race operations, media production or seasonal workloads across a global calendar. That link between hiring speed and operational demand is an inference from Formula One’s recruiting footprint and role mix, not a claim the company explicitly made in the materials reviewed. (unleash.ai) Workday said the business case for the project was straightforward. “We had a choice—hire more people or find a smarter solution,” Goss said in the vendor case study. ### Where can readers see the next step? Formula One’s careers page and Workday jobs portal show the ongoing recruitment pipeline, including roles in Biggin Hill and London. (formulaone.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com) As of May 16, the listed openings included positions such as Electrical Project Engineer, Senior Electronics Engineer and Producer, according to the company’s careers site. (workday.com)