Specialist IT services and solutions provider expands use of Taleo on-demand talent management

20 July 2010 – Taleo Corporation (NASDAQ: TLEO), the leading provider of on-demand talent management solutions, today announced that global IT specialist Dimension Data has selected the company to help them reach full productivity more quickly by speeding the induction process for new hires.

Dimension Data is a leading IT services and solutions provider, specialising in IT infrastructure technology. Taleo Onboarding™ will be used by globally by 11,000 employees, based across 47 countries across the world including the UK, South Africa, Germany, France, Brazil and the USA. Working with Taleo since 2006, Dimension Data has experienced excellent customer satisfaction, making Taleo the obvious choice of vendor when they chose to expand the functionality of their system to provide a more consistent and efficient experience for new employees. Taleo Onboarding™ enables new hires to reach full productivity faster by streamlining new hire processes, saving the company time and immediately aligning joiners to the company's corporate goals.

"As one of the leading global businesses in a very specialised industry, the ability to bring in and retain the best talent in the market is absolutely imperative to the company's ongoing success," commented Marilyn Williams, Group Executive-Human Resources, Dimension Data. "With Taleo our HR and management teams will be able to transition new hires into the business much more efficiently. Using Taleo technology to automate and streamline these processes will help ensure a great first impression for all of our new hires as well as giving them everything they need to reach their full potential as quickly as possible."

"Increasingly, employers are identifying the onboarding of new employees as one of the most important steps in the employee lifecycle," commented Adam Brenner, Group Vice President EMEA, Taleo. "Ensuring a smooth start for new hires is essential both for the business and the individual and can be a crucial factor in the ongoing performance of that employee. By using a talent intelligence framework and Taleo technology to automate and streamline onboarding processes businesses can boost workforce productivity and provide a better candidate experience. We are delighted that Dimension Data has chosen to expand their use of Taleo systems by bringing in Taleo Onboarding and look forward to building on this relationship further in the years ahead."