Taleo Wins 2004 HR Technology Excellence Award

Award cites “Creative and Innovative Development of HR Technology” in the areas of workforce planning, recruiting, staffing and human capital

San Francisco, CA – September 2, 2004 – Taleo Corporation, the leading provider of staffing management services and solutions for large organizations, today announced that its Enterprise Staffing Management Suite was named the winner of the 2004 Human Resource Technology Excellence Award. The award was presented to Taleo for its creative and innovative development of HR technology in the areas of workforce planning, recruiting, staffing, and human capital. The award was recently presented to Taleo at the International Quality and Productivity Center’s (IQPC) HR Tech 2004 Conference & Exhibition in San Francisco, CA.

“This year’s HR Technology Excellence awards recognize organizations that demonstrate creativity and originality through HR technology solutions. The Taleo Enterprise Staffing Management Suite is an industry leading solution that exemplifies these qualities, stated Robert Lupp, director of compensation and benefits, Bayer Crop Science and one of the judges. “Additionally, Taleo was chosen as the recipient of this award due to the measurable productivity gains, return on investment (ROI) and productivity improvements its customers have achieved with Taleo’s solutions. On behalf of the panel of judges, we congratulate Taleo on an award well deserved, ” added Lupp.

“We are very pleased to receive the 2004 HR Technology Excellence Award recognizing our creative and innovative development of HR technology, and in particular enterprise staffing,” said Louis Tetu, chairman and CEO, Taleo. “We are especially pleased to be recognized for the value we bring to our customers—we succeed only when our customers succeed. We are proud to share this honor with our customers and would also like to congratulate the entire Taleo team for their ongoing commitment to the success of our customers through the continual advancement of our solutions.”

The Taleo Enterprise Staffing Management Suite™ is at work for more than 365,000 registered users in approximately 85 countries and includes Taleo Professional™, Taleo Hourly™, Taleo Workforce OnDemand™, Taleo Agency™, Taleo Workforce Mobility™, Taleo Regulatory & Diversity™, Taleo Campus™, Taleo Assessment™, Taleo Integration, and Taleo Staffing Metrics Reporter™. The company’s solutions are completely configurable for multiple business processes, business cycles, geographic regions, hiring types and staffing models.

About Taleo Corporation

Taleo Corporation (formerly Recruitsoft, Inc.), is the leading provider of enterprise staffing management solutions that enable organizations to establish, automate and manage worldwide staffing processes for salaried, hourly and temporary staff. Taleo customers use the company’s solutions to enhance the quality, productivity and satisfaction of their workforces. Taleo solutions incorporate resource allocation principles to more accurately match total labor demand and supply across complex organizations. Taleo customers include Dow Chemical, Honeywell, HP, Mercer Human Resource Consulting, P&G, Starbucks Corporation, SUEZ, UnitedHealth Group, Washington Mutual and Yellow Corporation, among many others. Taleo’s principal office is located in San Francisco, CA.

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