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Taleo Research analyzes the best practices and economics of talent management for organizations of all sizes, worldwide. Our specialty research practice focuses on business analytics that tie talent management technology and process improvements to financial results.

Featured Reports and Studies

Mission-Centric Talent Management: Empowering the Next Level of Results in Federal Government explains how innovative technologies that empower mission-centric talent management can drive a new level of results for constituents and employees. In this new model, HR stops being the owners of processes, forms, and compliance&mdashand becomes the strategic enabler of talent management processes.

What SMBs Should Look for in an Applicant Tracking System summarizes the features that small and medium businesses need to more effectively source, track, report, stay compliant, and integrate their recruiting processes.

Sourcing in a Time of Scarcity summarizes the evolution of social networking as an aid to hiring. Small and medium businesses can now use online technology to cost-effectively realize the same recruiting advantages available to large enterprises.

Talent Management in a Down Economy explores the relationship between talent management strategies, processes and practices, and the advantages that can be gained by organizations coping with an economic downturn. Learn why talent management is the key issue for businesses worldwide and remains a central strategy in any economic season.

Leading Talent Management Expertise


Along with publishing extensive reports, studies, and articles, the Taleo Research team has presented at numerous industry conferences on talent management best practices, economics, and metrics for nearly a decade.

The team includes experts in talent management and has been cited, along with its research, in leading publications worldwide including Investors Business Daily, Harvard Business Review, BusinessWeek, The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, and Human Resource Executive.

Founded in 1997 as iLogos Internet Intelligence, Taleo Research is the talent management research division of Taleo.