Nordstrom’s current job postings contain a concise but important instruction for existing employees: to apply internally, log into Workday, choose the Careers button and then select Find Jobs.
That small instruction tells us a lot about how Workday fits into the employee experience.
Public applicants and current employees take different routes
Someone outside Nordstrom can browse open positions on the public careers site. Candidates can use Candidate Login and Candidate Home to manage the external application process.
Current employees, however, are directed toward Workday for internal applications. This separation makes sense because an existing employee already has an organizational identity and potentially has access to internal career functionality unavailable to an outside candidate.
Why this deserves its own article
A broad MyNordstrom page can mention Workday. A Workday explainer can describe employer-specific sign-in. Neither fully answers the question:
“I’m already a Nordstrom employee—where does the internal job process fit?”
That is a separate task-based intent.
The safest guidance
Use the current Nordstrom employee process rather than assuming the public Apply button is the same experience for an internal candidate.
Nordstrom’s current postings are explicit about the Workday > Careers > Find Jobs route for existing employees.
If the employee cannot access that function, account-specific support should come from Nordstrom rather than a third-party website, because the independent site has no visibility into the employee’s permissions.
Internal mobility as part of employee experience
The topic also widens our understanding of Workday. Employees are not encountering it only as a login term. It can be connected to real career activity inside the company.
That makes this a valuable supporting page and gives the overall site more depth than a pure login-help cluster.