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Stuart Gentle Publisher at Onrec

Taleo Business Edition Continues Unrivaled Customer Growth for Small and Mid-Sized Markets

Premier talent management solution reports over 900 new customers, asserting the companyÇs leadership in small business space

Taleo Corporation (NASDAQ: TLEO), the leading provider of on-demand talent management solutions, announced unmatched momentum in the small and mid-sized business markets with the success of Taleo Business Edition.


The company reported record-breaking growth in new business with over 900 new customers, a greater than 50 percent increase over the previous year. Taleo sales records signify that smaller businesses continue to embrace talent management solutions once solely the hallmark of Enterprise-level organizations.


Taleo‚s rapid growth spanned the healthcare, retail, hospitality, entertainment, public sector and manufacturing markets with employers that range in size from one to 5,000 employees. New 2010 customers included ARMA Global, Chesapeake Government Health Services, Chicago Public Media, Coveo Solutions, Cycling Sports Group, Father Flanagan's Boys' Home in Nebraska, KeyLime Cove Waterpark Resort and Spa (Gurnee Waterpark, LLC), Perisher Ski Resort, The Boys & Girls Club of Scottsdale, The Country Vintner, Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation and others.


With Taleo, we went from a chaotic mess of incoming online applications to a well-organized and efficient system for managing, organizing and searching through applicants and resumes, said Courtney M. Meyer, Human Resources Manager, KeyLime Cove Indoor Waterpark Resort. Taleo allows us the flexibility to customize our application content and process to our unique culture and specific job needs. The implementation was seamless and their customer support is timely, efficient and satisfying. We can‚t imagine the process without the Taleo system.


New quarterly product offerings in 2010 and the acquisition of Learn.com further sealed Taleo‚s commitment to providing small businesses with a fully-integrated talent management suite of recruiting, performance, succession, compensation and learning capabilities.


Taleo Insight was launched, providing new reporting and analysis capabilities including more comprehensive standard reports, ad-hoc reporting with a custom report builder, dashboards, scheduling and security features to control access to confidential information. Taleo Business Edition gained new sourcing capabilities with the introduction of Taleo Talent Exchange(TM), the leading community marketplace for helping recruiters secure high quality candidates across multiple industries and disciplines. Additionally, Taleo Business Edition also added 360-degree multi-rater reviews to its Performance Management platform. With 360-degree reviews, employees can gather more comprehensive feedback with assessments from subordinates, peers and supervisors.


Small and mid-sized employers are at the heart of the economic recovery, and they realize their future success depends primarily on employees˜their biggest investment, said Michael Boese, Senior Vice President, SMB and Talent Grid, at Taleo. Taleo Business Edition is leaving the competition behind because we‚re not only helping our customers build the right foundation for managing today‚s talent, but also plan ahead for continued success.


Taleo's momentum also included the acquisition of Learn.com, a leading next generation provider of social and formal learning solutions. With the purchase Taleo became the industry's only company to offer best-in-class solutions across all four pillars of a talent-optimized organization: recruiting, performance, compensation and learning management.