Talent management strategies powered by technology are making a business difference. Companies who use them are being recognized with awards for innovative recruiting and diversity programs.

The 2009 ERE Recruiting Excellence Awards featured these achievements in campus hiring, careers site, referrals, recruiting, and branding:

• Best Employer Brand - Ernst & Young
• Best College Recruiting Program - Ernst & Young
• Best Corporate Careers Website - Yahoo
• Best Employee Referral Program - Accenture
• Recruiting Department/Function of the Year - DaVita

Diversity.com has published the DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity® online. This year the top fifty includes seven Taleo customers in the top ten.

The DiversityInc Top Ten Companies for Recruitment & Retention includes these companies that are making diversity happen in a talent management framework:

• Accenture built an inclusive culture with deep resource groups.
• AT&T stresses exemplary benefits and inclusive corporate culture.
• Bank of America offers excellent benefits and resource groups.
• Johnson & Johnson focuses on retention, development, and benefits.
• JPMorgan Chase employs benefits, work/life programs, and counseling.
• Target demonstrates great results in recruitment and management.

We’re all in agreement that the research bears out: hiring diversity is good for business, and talent management practices drive profits.

Congratulations to all the winners! Many are powered by Taleo!