MoSeeker has deepened its partnership with Workday, the global leader in human resources and financial management software, to jointly develop a compliance integration solution for China’s Cross-Border Data Transfer (CBDT). This enables complete integration between MoSeeker’s domestic core recruitment system (ATS) and Workday, allowing enterprise clients to seamlessly replace local recruitment systems within China. MoSeeker is committed to helping businesses tackle the serious challenges of candidate data outbound security while building intelligent and efficient recruitment workflows.
When talking about the most representative enterprise SaaS vendors worldwide, two companies are commonly mentioned: Salesforce in CRM and Workday, which originated in human resources. In 2021, MoSeeker became a software partner of Workday, becoming the first and only official partner in mainland China. Together, they have created recruitment and HR management best practices for Chinese enterprises. Now, the partnership has reached a new milestone.
Safeguarding Data Compliance in Recruitment
The key driver for this collaboration is the focus on compliance for cross-border transfer of Chinese citizens’ personal data.
Since the Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) came into effect in 2021, data security regulation has become much stricter, and compliance pressure on companies has only increased. The release of the Measures for Security Assessment of Data Export, the Standard Contract Measures for the Outbound Transfer of Personal Information, and the Certification Specifications for Cross-border Processing of Personal Information have gradually established a comprehensive regulatory system covering assessment, record-keeping, and certification for data export.
Many companies need to collect and transmit large volumes of candidate information overseas during recruitment. Failure to comply with relevant regulations may result in severe legal consequences, including fines of up to 50 million yuan or 5% of the previous year’s annual revenue. There is no doubt that companies—especially multinational ones—must do their utmost to minimize risks associated with cross-border personal information transfer and reduce or eliminate incidents of non-compliance.
MoSeeker has extensive experience in large-scale data compliance management and keeps a close watch on regulatory shifts. Based on current laws and regulations, MoSeeker provides robust solutions for cross-border data compliance at both the candidate application and employee referral stages, including customized privacy agreements, data export notifications, data retention mechanisms, and personalized confirmation prompts. These services ensure that companies obtain consent from candidates (as data subjects) in full accordance with regulatory requirements, collect necessary information, retain non-essential data domestically, and transmit only required information abroad in a lawful and compliant manner.
Deep Integration and Automatic Synchronization
MoSeeker’s independently developed ATS is seamlessly and deeply integrated with Workday, delivering a secure, convenient, and refreshed experience for enterprise users. For cross-border data transfer, our ATS acts as both a “security valve” and a “transit station.” Specifically, with MoSeeker ATS, data from various job boards and the company’s own candidate pools—including substantial candidate personal information—can be processed in compliance with regulations and either retained in local databases or transmitted to the overseas Workday system only once compliance criteria are met. This approach helps enterprises avoid costly penalties for non-compliance.
Of course, MoSeeker’s partnership with Workday began with data protection, but it is not limited to this aspect. With integration, MoSeeker ATS and Workday can automatically synchronize all fields and statuses through configuration, and quickly adjust whenever changes occur in the future. Right from the first step in recruitment—when a position is created or edited in the Workday system—it can be automatically synchronized to ATS and posted directly to recruitment portals and the MoSeeker WeChat platform. Account synchronization is also streamlined: every Workday user account corresponds to a MoSeeker ATS account, allowing one account to span both systems. Other key synchronizations include position application information, completed job information, and new employee onboarding details.
On top of this, MoSeeker ATS provides greater flexibility for enterprises. Across the entire recruitment journey—from resume screening and interviewing to background checks and offer management—organizations can tap into the ATS’s diverse features to optimize any step, or switch seamlessly back to Workday whenever they need.
MoSeeker ATS is broken down into standardized modules, each of which can securely integrate with the Workday system via API. This allows enterprises to tailor solutions to their specific requirements and preferences, choosing which recruitment processes to manage with the ATS and which to retain on Workday. Over years of service delivery to Fortune 500 companies and ongoing R&D, MoSeeker has continuously refined the ATS to better fit the local talent market and incorporate leading AI technologies—enabling differentiated capabilities such as AI-driven interviews, resume scoring, and position matching. These innovations are increasingly being adopted by more and more companies.
Currently, MoSeeker is in the process of applying for the authoritative “Workday Certification Badge,” which is expected to be awarded soon. Achieving this badge requires the completion of a series of complex and rigorous evaluations, demonstrating that the integration solution meets at least 90% of standard use-case requirements.
MoSeeker, in partnership with Workday, is combining outstanding technology with an innovative mindset and a shared vision—aiming to inject new vitality into the HR sector and drive substantive change. This collaboration not only fuels enterprise competitiveness but also supports digital transformation across industries, creating greater value and new opportunities for society as a whole.
