Taleo and Jobster Revolutionise the Art of Sourcing Quality Talent

Taleo, a provider of on demand talent management solutions, today announced a partnership with Jobster Inc., the provider of online Talent Networks, to deliver revolutionary sourcing and recruiting options to its customers. This partnership allows Taleo customers to extend their employee referral programmes to reach a broader audience of qualified prospects and extend their pipelines of quality talent.

Jobster equips employers with tools for targeted job advertising, expanded employee referral programmes and relationship management, all designed to help employers build pipelines of quality candidates to hire on demand. For jobseekers, Jobster offers one-stop searching across major job and employer sites, allowing them to directly connect into hiring teams at leading companies.

Through this partnership, Taleo users can now take advantage of Jobsterís best-of-breed tools to more easily target hard to reach passive prospects who may not be looking for current job opportunities, but have the desired skills that recruiters seek for the organisation. Additionally, Taleo users can post jobs on Jobster, channeling candidates to apply through the Taleo solution, resulting in a seamless sourcing and talent acquisition process.

Veritude Vice President of Talent Acquisition Jim Del Rosario stated, ìWith a consistent level of high volume hiring, we are always looking for unique ways to optimise the hiring process. The integration of Jobster with Taleo will enable us to increase productivity, potentially save time and money, but more importantly, provide an increased level of service and quality by having a more predictable pipeline of qualified candidates at the ready.î

ìThe Taleo and Jobster partnership is a forward thinking, powerful combination that will strengthen our ëprospect to applicantí workflow,î said Craig Campbell, diversity recruiter, Starbucks. ìThis partnership signals a very positive development towards efficient and seamless relationships between systems.î

ìWith todayís shifting workforce demographics, we are committed to providing our customers with innovative sourcing options to find top talent quickly,î stated Michael Gregoire, president and CEO, Taleo. ìPassive talent acquisition leads to higher quality hiring. Our partnership with Jobster helps our customers cut costs while expanding their talent pipelines so they can hire the best person for the job ñ not just the best person they could find.î

ìEmployers are hungry for easier ways to reach and build relationships with great candidates,î says Jobsterís CEO, Jason Goldberg. ìOur integration partnership with Taleo will help employers around the world find and hire great candidates more efficiently than ever before. We are delighted to be joining forces with Taleo to deliver best of breed sourcing and talent management solutions.î

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