Taleo Helps Facebook Users Realize Their Full Potential in Today’s Job Market…from Taleo

September 30, 2011

 

Professional Tagging on Talent Exchange Uses Authentic Feedback From Peers to Build Reputations

HRchitect featured Taleo in our release of The Suite Life of Integrated Talent Management and also includes them in our list of top Talent Acquisition Systems vendors that businesses should consider. Taleo appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on November 6, 2009. HRchitect attended the 2010 & 2011 TaleoWorld conference and HRchitect’s Matt Lafata, one of the industry’s leading talent management systems analysts, attended Taleo’s annual Sales and Services meeting in 2010 & 2011.

If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, don’t rely solely on “recommendations” or published reports. Do yourself a huge favor and talk to HRchitect first. After 14 years, HRchitect has unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation. Simply put, do not invest in any kind of HR technology without consulting with the experts first. HRchitect is always available to help!

 

There’s something new for professionals to “Like” on Facebook — a way to build their reputations among peers and top companies by using authentic feedback on their skills and abilities to create a unique view into who they are and what they have to offer.

The new feature is available only to users of Talent Exchange from Taleo Corporation (NASDAQ: TLEO), the global leader of SaaS-based Talent Management solutions. Talent Exchange for Facebook is an implementation of Taleo’s open online marketplace where more than 5,000 companies can connect with candidates.

Leveraging the popularity of tagging among Facebook’s 750 million users, Talent Exchange adds analysis and rankings that people can use to help them get ahead in the job market. In Talent Exchange, friends and colleagues can tag a user’s profile with short feedback on that person’s skill set, strengths and work ethic. Taleo then analyzes and ranks each user’s feedback and network activity so individuals can measure how they compare with peers in their field. Talent Exchange also uses game-style features like badges and leader boards to encourage users to tag more often, which in turn leads to more comprehensive rankings. The new features are available to everyone who joins Talent Exchange, whether through Facebook or directly at talentexchange.com.

Talent Exchange also helps give professionals a head start on their next career move by exposing their reputation and marketplace ranking directly to recruiters and hiring managers who work daily in Taleo’s recruiting software. And as soon as a hiring need is created by a Taleo customer, that opportunity is immediately available on Talent Exchange. This gives Talent Exchange users a first look at the latest job openings, often before they’re posted elsewhere.

By making use of both keywords and tags, Talent Exchange also introduces a better way to search people. Recruiters and hiring managers can also navigate a user’s network based on the tags given and tags received to find talent associated with that individual.

“Talent Exchange helps Facebook users realize their full potential by building and promoting their reputation among peers and top companies — a reputation enhanced by objective endorsements from the people who know them best,” said Jason Blessing, executive vice president, products and technology at Taleo. “Whether professionals sign up through our Facebook application or directly at talentexchange.com, they now can leverage relationships and opportunities more effectively and elegantly than ever before.”

When they join Talent Exchange, users automatically become better prepared to quickly pursue new opportunities. Their first step is to create a Universal Profile. The Universal Profile is an online resume that allows users to enter their information once and then apply for multiple jobs without re-entering the same information again and again. That information, which can highlight skills, experience and career goals, is also instantly viewable by the companies that use Taleo solutions to recruit and manage talent. Recruiters and hiring managers at more than 5,000 companies worldwide use Taleo to recruit and hire roughly 1 million people a year.

Taleo also makes it easier to pursue new opportunities in real time through a free mobile app called Taleo Radar. An extension of Talent Exchange, Taleo Radar combines location-based mobile technology with talent intelligence to pinpoint opportunities and match them with professionals whose skills and experience make them candidates for job openings, new business pitches, or professional collaboration and networking. The new app is available from the iTunes AppStore for Apple iPhone, iPad and iPod touch running iOS 4.0 and later. Taleo also plans to release Taleo Radar on Android and BlackBerry platforms.

Anyone can join Talent Exchange on Facebook at https://apps.facebook.com/talentexchange/, or directly at talentexchange.com. There is no cost to join.

For more information on Taleo, please visit www.taleo.com

 
Matt Lafata, HRchitect

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Taleo Advances Social Talent Management…from Taleo

November 12, 2010

 

Innovative Solutions, Powered by the Cloud, Increase Talent Intelligence and Deliver Immediate Benefits to Customers

HRchitect featured Taleo in our release of The Suite Life of Integrated Talent Management and also includes them in our list of top Talent Acquisition Systems vendors that businesses should consider. Kevin Marasco, VP Brand Marketing with Taleo appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on November 6, 2009. HRchitect attended the 2010 TaleoWorld conference and HRchitect’s Matt Lafata, one of the industry’s leading talent management systems analysts, attended Taleo’s annual Sales and Services meeting in early 2010.

If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, talk to HRchitect first. HRchitect has unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation. Simply put, do not invest in any kind of HR technology without consulting with the experts first. HRchitect is always available to help!

Taleo Corporation (NASDAQ: TLEO), the leading provider of on-demand talent management solutions, this week announced their social talent management framework and enhanced social networking technologies that enable customers to have better communication and engagement when hiring, managing, retaining and developing employees, ensuring that the right people are properly placed to meet business goals.

Unlike other point solutions, Taleo’s comprehensive framework offers unique innovations in community sourcing, social recruiting, employee engagement and social learning. According to the 2010 Social Recruiting report, 83% of companies surveyed will recruit through social media networks in 2010; and 92% of those companies that are actively hiring in 2010 will use social networks.

As a greater percentage of organizations are using forms of collaboration and social media for attracting and recruiting new employees, Taleo’s solutions help enterprises gain immediate benefits.

“Social media has democratized influence, forever changing the way employers, candidates and employees communicate with each other. Both employers and candidates need to be found and build trust through social channels. We see the value and importance of social networks, particularly content, connections, conversations and collaboration and their correlation to talent management,” said Shail Khiyara, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer. “We have taken all the richness of social networking concepts and continue to bring inventive thinking and leadership to enterprises through our solutions.”

Taleo’s Community Sourcing enables customers to cost effectively find higher quality candidates in less time by capitalizing on social networking tools like LinkedIn, Facebook and RSS feeds to engage more applicants. Taleo’s customers invite millions of candidates to join Talent Exchange and share their Universal Profile with prospective employers. Job opportunities are easily promoted to employee referral and alumni networks.

Taleo’s Social Recruiting solutions are an efficient way to engage and screen a greater number of candidates through Taleo’s social recruiting. Customers can seamlessly transfer candidates from social networking sites into Taleo’s recruiting solutions and consistently hire top talent.

Taleo’s Employee Engagement uses social tools to drive employee development through the sharing of feedback. Peers, team members, internal and external experts can easily exchange knowledge and ideas to increase productivity, advance projects and achieve common business goals.

Taleo’s Social Learning uses social tools to share learning content, ideas and recommendations, and provides the unique ability to access internal subject matter experts to drive informal learning.

For more information on Taleo, please visit www.taleo.com
Matt Lafata, HRchitect

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