Fix the resume upload error in one step.
Workday's resume uploader throws a generic "1 Error" or "File could not be processed" message that doesn't tell you what went wrong. Two things cause it most often: the file is too large (Workday's default limit is ~5 MB, though some tenants configure lower), or the filename contains special characters — dashes, parentheses, apostrophes, or spaces. People on r/workday report spending 20–30 minutes diagnosing this. The fix is usually both: compress the file AND rename it.
CompressThis handles the compression side — Email-friendly mode targets ~5 MB and is well within Workday's typical limit. The downloaded file is named CompressThis-[yourfilename].pdf, which replaces any dashes in the original name and uses a clean alphanumeric prefix. If your original filename had a dash ("my-resume.pdf"), that's gone in the output. If it still fails, try renaming the downloaded file to something like Resume_Smith.pdf before uploading.
Last updated: May 2026
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