Taleo equips public sector with comprehensive talent management solutions
to effectively compete to recruit and retain top talent
SAN FRANCISCO, March 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Taleo Corporation
(Nasdaq: TLEO), the leading provider of talent management solutions, today
announced the expansion of its presence in the public sector. As public
sector organizations continue to feel the pressure to compete with the private
sector for the same talent, Taleo's comprehensive and fully compliant talent
management solutions help level the playing field. Taleo helps public sector
organizations of all sizes assess, acquire, develop and align its workforce
while improving public service.
"Taleo has seen great traction in the public sector with our industry-
leading talent management solution this past year with a number of new
customers at the federal government, state/local government, and higher
education levels," said Jeff Carr, executive vice president, sales and
marketing, Taleo. "We continue to expand our presence in this market by
adding dedicated public sector resources and heightening our focus in 2006 on
this important and growing market segment. Our experience with the largest
and most sophisticated commercial clients, combined with our in-depth public
sector experience, is further proof that Taleo is poised to meet the talent
management requirements of the most demanding government organizations."
Taleo Enterprise Edition is the talent management solution of choice for
hundreds of large global organizations and more than 27% of the Fortune 100.
Like these businesses, federal agencies must effectively manage large volumes
and complex varieties of employees, candidates, and hiring processes. In
addition, unique requirements are driven by tight regulations and federal
laws. Taleo Enterprise is a proven, scalable and self-service solution to
help simplify the complexity of talent management processes while improving
public service.
Through its comprehensive sourcing capabilities, Taleo public sector
customers can easily post jobs from the Taleo solution directly to popular
industry job boards including USAJobs, Career OneStop, and America's Job Bank.
Additionally, through its advanced screening and assessment capabilities,
Taleo helps public sector organizations to find quality, skilled professionals
quickly, helping them to compete in today's war for skilled talent. With its
industry leading background checking capabilities, Taleo also provides
comprehensive employee screening and verification, eliminating the many false
positive errors encountered by organizations today.
With Taleo, public sector agencies also enjoy comprehensive reporting and
compliance capabilities. Taleo's solutions ensure full compliance with
Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act for candidate facing career sites, and
ensure that talent management processes conform to all equal opportunity and
diversity requirements with regulatory compliance reporting. Performance
metrics, regulatory compliance and staffing trends can be tracked through
Taleo, giving public sector customers powerful reporting and analytics
capabilities.
Taleo Research to Present at FOSE
Taleo's talent management expertise will also be shared with attendees of
the 2006 FOSE Conference, being held in Washington, DC at the Washington
Convention Center. Yves Lermusiaux, president of Taleo Research, the talent
management research division of Taleo, will address conference attendees on
Wednesday, March 8, at 10:00 a.m. ET during a session titled, "The New War for
Talent: Leveraging Private Sector Talent Management Practices." Mr.
Lermusiaux will discuss how to attract, hire and retain top performers, in an
environment where public sector organizations will be competing with the
private sector for the same talent. He will discuss how to stay ahead of the
curve in order to overcome these workforce challenges.
Mr. Lermusiaux will also participate in a panel discussion at the FOSE
Conference called, "Creating High Value Talent Acquisition, Selection and
Sourcing Systems." The panel will discuss how to automate the talent
acquisition process, use technology for sourcing candidates, and ways to
improve the quality of hire. The panel discussion will take place on Tuesday,
March 7, at 3:00 p.m. ET.
About Taleo Corporation
Taleo delivers on demand talent management solutions that enable
organizations of all sizes to assess, acquire, develop and align their
workforce for improved business performance. Taleo's customers use its suite
of solutions to improve their talent management processes to reduce the time
and costs associated with these processes and to enhance the quality,
productivity and effectiveness of their workforces. Taleo currently has more
than 350 corporate customers with approximately 500,000 registered users who
use our services to fill positions in almost 100 countries. For more
information visit http://www.taleo.com.
SOURCE Taleo Corporation
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CONTACT:
Media: Kate Leeson of Taleo Corporation,
+1-415-568-9759 or kleeson@taleo.com; or Investor Relations: Kori
Doherty of Integrated Corporate Relations, +1-617-217-2084 or
kdoherty@icrinc.com, for Taleo Corporation
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