profile updated Jun 27, 2008, 6:01 PM
In August 2007, popular online publication The Motley Fool pointed out that while many people can name industry leader Salesforce as the number one independent on-demand software operator, few people can name number two - Taleo. However, the "company has been delighting shareholders and growing its business at a healthy clip."
Now, when Vurv's 1,700 customers are brought on board, Taleo might even threaten Salesforce for the No. 1 position.
The company's product helps manage staffing processes for professional, hourly, and temporary employees and its iLogos Research division includes both research and consulting to help corporations analyze the financial impact of staffing management decisions. Customers include Hewlett-Packard, Procter & Gamble, and Starbucks.
In addition to building out the Taleo software to meet market changes, the company has also followed an aggressive partnership and acquisition course. In 2003, Taleo acquired White Amber, temporary workforce management software. In 2005, the company purchased Recruitforce.com for its offerings to small and medium businesses. In 2007, Taleo acquired the assets of JobFlash, a five-year-old company that helped employers interact with the broadest pool of job seekers through multilingual telephone interactive voice response and interview scheduling. It also purchased the recruitment software division of WetFeet in 2007. Partnerships in 2007 included Paychex and AIRS.
The Vurv acquisition cost will come in about $125 million, most of which is in the form of 4.1 million shares of Taleo stock, which is trading at $19.59 a share when this was written on June 27. Taleo will also pay about $36.5 million in cash and assume up to $9 million of debt and unvested employee stock options woth an undisclosed amount.
News & Updates 
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Taleo Named to Deloitte Technology Fast 500 (www.marketwire.com)
Taleo Corporation, provider of on-demand talent management solutions, has been named to the Technology Fast 500, Deloitte LLP's ranking of 500 of the fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and clean technology companies in North America.
Taleo placed 494th on the list, based on percentage of revenue growth from 2004 to 2008.
Oct 26, 2009, 1:55 PM -
Simply Hired Partners with Taleo (BusinessWire)
Simply Hired,one of the largest job search engines and recruitment advertising network,is partnering with Taleo participating in the company's newly introduced Talent Exchange.
Through this partnership, Simply Hired will provide job seekers on the Talent Exchange with direct access to their database of more than three million U.S. job listings and provide Taleo customers with the ability to expose their own job openings.
Oct 2, 2009, 3:32 PM -
iCIMS Surpasses 700 Client Mark (press release)
With over 700 clients, iCIMS is claiming third place among providers of talent acquisition systems. iCIMS, which added several new clients last year including H&R Block, ranks behind Taleo and Kenexa based on their client counts published last summer in Workforce Magazine's ATS "Hot List." Mar 26, 2009, 1:12 PM -
Wonderlic Announces Relationship with Taleo (www.prweb.com)
Wonderlic, Inc., provider of employee, recruiting and selection solutions, has reached an agreement to work in conjunction with talent management provider Taleo. Feb 6, 2009, 6:15 PM -
New Taleo / KMS Partnership Offers Online Onboarding to SMB Taleo Users (Taleo PR)
Taleo Corporation, provider of on-demand talent management solutions, formed an alliance with online onboarding pioneer KMS Software Company. Small and medium sized businesses using Taleo Business Edition Recruit will now have a fully integrated onboarding solution that enables the electronic processing of new hire federal and state forms and government compliance requirements. Jan 22, 2009, 11:02 AM -
SuccessFactors A Leader Says IDC Report (BusinessWire)
SuccessFactors, a global provider of on-demand performance and talent management solutions, is named a leader in Integrated Talent Management in a recent study of HR software vendors by IDC, a provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events for the information technology, telecommunications, and consumer technology markets
The report says, “SuccessFactors’ Talent management suite offers a prominent end-to-end solution leading the marketplace and illustrating the continuous circle and strategic interdependency of the various talent management functions within an organization."
Other companies reviewed in the $25,000 report (that is not a misprint) are: Authoria, Cornerstone, Halogen, Kenexa, Lawson, Oracle, PeopleSoft, Plateau Systems, Saba, Salary.com, SAP, Silkroad, Softscape, Stepstone, Taleo and Workscape.
Jan 8, 2009, 11:31 AM -
Recruiters Not Tracking, Reporting Staffing Waste (Shaker Consulting)
A survey of applicant tracking systems users reports that 72 percent of respondents do not know the cost of on-boarding for their highest-turnover position, and 86 percent of respondents are not asking candidates about their online employment application experience.
Shaker Consulting conducted the survey at the 2008 Taleo World User Conference.
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Taleo Opens New Amsterdam Data Center (Company PR)
Taleo' new data center in Amsterdam, built to support the company's growing European enterprise customer, opened this week. The new data centre has been built to the same specification as existing Taleo data centers in New York and San Jose. Dec 10, 2008, 12:01 PM -
HRchitect Serves Up Webinars Directed At Vurv Customers (PRWeb)
HRchitect, a leading human capital management and talent management systems consulting firm, is conducting a series of free webinars focused on helping Vurv customers determine the best course of action to take since the acquisition of Vurv by Taleo.
The schedule is here (scroll down).
Oct 10, 2008, 12:03 PM -
HRhome Offering Taleo Customers Compliance Resources (PRWeb)
Taleo and HRhome are working together to give HR professionals a comprehensive solution for the recruiting and compliance needs of small to mid-sized companies.With this partnership, Taleo Business Edition customers can subscribe to the HRhome web portal—a members-only online portal created to meet everyday Human Resource challenges. HRhome provides information, tools, and resources in the critical areas of compliance requirements, employment law, HRIS, immigration, workplace safety and policies.
Sep 23, 2008, 11:31 AM
Products & Services
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Talent Management Software
Three editions of the Taleo talent management software meet the needs of enterprise clients, small/medium sized businesses, and companies with high counts of hourly employees. Taleo Business Edition (formerly Recruitforce.com) was one of the systems included in ERE's report, "Applicant Tracking Systems 2006: Industry Analysis & Buyer's Guide Staffing/Small Firm Edition" in which 13 leading ATS systems were reviewed. Supplemental modules are available. Taleo Enterprise Edition 7.5 is in place at many of the Fortune 500 companies and is especially suited to large scale, global operations that want a complete HR talent solution.