Analyst Reports

Read about Taleo and the recruiting and talent management markets in reports, studies, and articles from leading industry analysts.

Gartner Magic Quadrant: Taleo Positioned in Leaders Quadrant of the Magic Quadrant for E-Recruitment Software

GartnerGartner recognizes several key product differentiators among vendors in its 2008 Magic Quadrant for E-Recruitment Software, and positions Taleo in the Leaders' Quadrant.

Read the full report, and see why.

Aberdeen: The Looming Leadership Void: Identifying, Developing, and Retaining Your Top Talent
 Baby boomers are leaving the workforce in greater numbers and creating the largest potential leadership void in history. Aberdeen's study of more than 9,000 organizations reveals that less than half have a succession planning strategy today. To ensure leadership continuity and succession, companies need to act now by:

  • Targeting high potential talent early in the employee’s career.

  • Deploying processes to keep top talent focused, engaged, and motivated.

  • Providing insight into potential leadership gaps in the organization.

  • Identifying knowledge, skills, behaviors, and attributes.

Aberdeen: Managing Employee Performance With the majority of organizations realizing that business performance is directly tied to group and individual performance, pressure has increased to implement automated performance management processes. Aberdeen has identified key required actions that include involving all employees in the process, reinforcing annual reviews with ongoing meetings, and using multiple reviewers to ensure rounded results. Findings show that the shared characteristics of best-in-class success include:

  • 77% of managers involve employees in goals definition.
  • 70% of organizations have standardized performance review ratings.
  • 68% of employees connect individual goals up to organization goals.

IDC Talent Survey: Candidate Shortages Still Prevail
At Taleo WORLD 2006, a survey was distributed to all attendees and covered topics such as talent strategies, candidate shortages, and hiring metrics. More than 100 executives representing the recruiting, HR, and talent strategy functions responded to this survey. Lisa Rowan of IDC analyzed the results and published this study which offers the following key observations:

  • Candidate shortages are real—especially in IT, sales, and finance functions.
  • Over 70% of respondents reported that they have implemented competency models.
  • More than 75% of respondents cited retaining top talent as the most critical challenge.

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CedarCrestone: Value and Customer Satisfaction Study, 2007 For the second year, Taleo ranked very high in customer satisfaction and value as reported by the independent research firm, CedarCrestone. Based on more than 135 customer responses, findings cite cost reductions by replacing manual and inconsistent staffing processes, better time to hire, and increased visibility into business performance through real-time staffing metrics. Highlights include:

  • Overall customer satisfaction rating of 95%.
  • Decreased process costs for 53% of customers.
  • Increased line manager hiring process participation of 13%.
  • Cost per hire reduction of 10% to 50% for more than half of respondents.
  • Average time to hire of 35 days, one day better than Saratoga best practices.
  • Improved quality of hire for the 54% of customers that measure this metric.

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