Kindred Healthcare Selects Taleo for Enterprise Wide Recruiting Effort
Top Healthcare Providers in North America Utilize Taleo's Industry Leading Recruiting Solution to Source and Recruit Top Talent
DUBLIN, CA, Apr 07, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX News Network) -- Taleo Corporation (NASDAQ: TLEO), the leading provider of on demand talent management solutions, today announced that Kindred Healthcare (NYSE: KND) will deploy Taleo's industry leading recruiting solution for their Corporate, Hospital, and Health Services division hiring needs.
"Our goal with Taleo's recruiting solution is to allow us to more quickly identify and move candidates through the recruiting and hiring process," said Wendy Swisher, Vice President of Human Resources and Leadership Development, Kindred Healthcare.
Kindred Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE: KND) is a Fortune 500 healthcare services company, based in Louisville, Kentucky, with annual revenues of over $4 billion. Kindred, through its subsidiaries, operates long-term acute care hospitals, skilled nursing centers and a contract rehabilitation services business, Peoplefirst Rehabilitation Services, in approximately 630 locations in 40 states across the United States. Kindred's 52,500 employees are committed to providing high quality patient care and outstanding customer service to become the most trusted and respected provider of healthcare services in every community we serve. For more information, go to www.kindredhealthcare.com.
"The aging population continues to have a whiplash effect for the healthcare community -- there is a growing demand for services, yet medical professionals are retiring at an equally swift rate," said Michael Gregoire, president and CEO of Taleo. "In healthcare, the ability to quickly screen, hire and onboard medical personnel can have a direct affect on patients' well-being. We take great pride in the role our recruiting solution plays in helping healthcare organizations across the globe address this challenge."
Four of the top six medical facilities nationwide now use Taleo Recruiting to source and attract top talent. For more information on Taleo's talent management solutions, please visit www.taleo.com.
About Taleo
Taleo (NASDAQ: TLEO) is the leader in on demand unified talent management solutions that empower organizations of all sizes, around the world to assess, acquire, develop and align their workforce for improved business performance. More than 1,500 organizations use Taleo, including 37 of the Fortune 100, for talent acquisition and performance management, with over 1 million users hiring 3.2 million employees from 78 million candidates in more than 190 countries and territories. Known for its strong configurability and usability, Taleo's talent management platform runs on a world-class infrastructure and offers 99.9% availability.
Forward-looking Statements
This release contains forward-looking statements, including statements regarding demand for and results from use of Taleo's solutions. Any forward-looking statements contained in this press release are based upon Taleo's historical performance and its current plans, estimates and expectations and are not a representation that such plans, estimates, or expectations will be achieved. These forward-looking statements represent Taleo's expectations as of the date of this press announcement. Subsequent events may cause these expectations to change, and Taleo disclaims any obligation to update the forward-looking statements in the future. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially. Further information on potential factors that could affect actual results is included in Part I, Item 1A of Taleo's Annual Report on Form 10-K, as filed with the SEC on March 14, 2008.
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