In the past decade, applications of talent management practices have undergone a substantial progression. Although it’s interesting to consider these developments conceptually, it’s more informative and valuable to see how organizations—each in its own place on the talent management technology and processes journey—strive to improve.

The Future of Talent Management: Four Stages of Evolution by Taleo Research examines the stages of talent management maturity in a new model while covering future technology and processes.

The paper categorizes the supporting applications, enabling technologies, and business processes required for proper—and optimal—talent management proceeding through four stages of evolution:
• STAGE 1: Companies use automated core HR systems with a group of manual and disparate human capital management (HCM) systems and processes.
• STAGE 2: Organizations begin to automate some of their HCM processes.
• STAGE 3: HCM systems are being integrated and talent management suites are forming.
• STAGE 4: A truly unified platform of talent management and application delivery.

Use this practical tool to help measure where your applications and strategies fit into the Talent Management Maturity Model, and then you can identify opportunities and next steps for driving business performance.