Taleo Expands Presence in Public Sector; Taleo Research to Present at 2006 FOSE Conference
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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 www.taleo.com.
Source: Taleo Corporation
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
Web site: www.taleo.com/
