Winning Talent Strategies

by Alice Snell | April 8, 2009 No comments

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.

ERE Awards

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 List

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.

Were 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!

Alice Snell

Alice Snell

Former Vice President, Taleo Research

Alice Snell is former Vice President of Taleo Research. Ms. Snell has been tracking and analyzing the intersection between technology and talent management for more than a decade. A noted […]