Taleo and Jobster Revolutionize the Art of Sourcing Quality Talent
Partnership allows Taleo customers to build pipelines of talented professionals for future hiring through Jobster’s online Talent Networks
SAN FRANCISCO & SEATTLE — December 14, 2005 — Taleo Corporation (Nasdaq: TLEO), the leading provider of on demand talent management solutions, today announced a partnership with Jobster Inc., the leading provider of online Talent Networks, to deliver revolutionary sourcing and recruiting options to its customers. This partnership allows Taleo customers to extend their employee referral programs to reach a broader audience of qualified prospects and extend their pipelines of quality talent.
Jobster equips employers with tools for targeted job advertising, expanded employee referral programs and relationship management, all designed to help employers build pipelines of quality candidates to hire on demand. For jobseekers, Jobster offers one-stop searching across major job and employer sites, allowing them to directly connect into hiring teams at leading companies.
Through this partnership, Taleo users can now take advantage of Jobster’s best-of-breed tools to more easily target hard to reach passive prospects who may not be looking for current job opportunities, but have the desired skills that recruiters seek for the organization. Additionally, Taleo users can post jobs on Jobster, channeling candidates to apply through the Taleo solution, resulting in a seamless sourcing and talent acquisition process.
“The Taleo and Jobster partnership is a forward thinking, powerful combination that will strengthen our ‘prospect to applicant’ workflow,” said Craig Campbell, diversity recruiter, Starbucks. “This partnership signals a very positive development towards efficient and seamless relationships between systems.”
“With today’s shifting workforce demographics, we are committed to providing our customers with innovative sourcing options to find top talent quickly,” stated Michael Gregoire, president and CEO, Taleo. “Passive talent acquisition leads to higher quality hiring. Our partnership with Jobster helps our customers cut costs while expanding their talent pipelines so they can hire the best person for the job – not just the best person they could find.”
“Employers are hungry for easier ways to reach and build relationships with great candidates,” says Jobster’s CEO, Jason Goldberg. “Our integration partnership with Taleo will help employers around the world find and hire great candidates more efficiently than ever before. We are delighted to be joining forces with Taleo to deliver best of breed sourcing and talent management solutions.”
About Taleo Corporation
Taleo Corporation (NASDAQ: TLEO) delivers on demand talent management solutions that enable organizations of all sizes to recruit, assess and manage their workforces 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 satisfaction 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.
About Jobster
Jobster is the leading provider of online Talent Networks, connecting great companies with qualified people through trusted relationships. More than 150 employers including Boeing, Boston Scientific, Expedia, Google, Mitre, Premera, Samsung, and Veritude use Jobster to target, manage relationships with and hire quality candidates.
Jobster is headquartered in Seattle, Washington with offices throughout North America. Founded in 2004, the company is backed by industry-leading investors Ignition Partners, Trinity Ventures, and Mayfield Fund. For more information, visit www.jobster.com or call 1-888-611-jobs.
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