Taleo Launches New Business Unit Focused on Small and Medium Businesses Headed Up by Jason Blessing

Proven industry veteran joins talent management leader to accelerate Taleoís leadership in the SMB market

Taleo Corporation (NASDAQ: TLEO), the leading provider of on demand talent management solutions, today announced that Jason Blessing has joined Taleo as Group Vice President and General Manager to lead the newly created Taleo Small and Medium Business (SMB) Business Unit. Blessing will be responsible for strategy, sales, marketing, services, support, and product development for all solutions targeted at the SMB market including the Taleo Business Editionô and Taleo Hourly Expressô product lines. The newly formed SMB business unit will allow the company to further capitalize on its leadership in the rapidly growing talent management market.

ìTaleo has been leading the SMB talent management market because we offer the unique combination of deep domain expertise, leading technology, and resources. Customers are rapidly adopting Taleoís SMB solutions because they appreciate the rapid deployment, ease of use, fast development cycles, and instant upgrades, offered for a very attractive price,î said Michael Gregoire, president and CEO of Taleo. ìJasonís breadth of experience makes him the right person to lead Taleoís SMB Business Unit to further our market leadership by strategically taking advantage of the SaaS model in this growing segment.î

Prior to Taleo, Mr. Blessing was a regional vice president in the small and medium business unit at Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) Consulting with management responsibility for a number of US and Canadian regions. In this capacity, he was responsible for managing the direct and indirect sales force as well as client delivery and satisfaction. He has a deep technical background and understanding of product development and product lifecycles through more than a decade of experience in consulting at both PeopleSoft and Price Waterhouse. His services experience includes participation in a number of large ERP system rollouts and management responsibility for global software implementations.

I am very pleased to join Taleo and take responsibility for Taleoís SMB Business Unit, said Mr. Blessing. Taleoís proven technology, solutions, and track record make this the perfect opportunity to further extend our platform leadership in delivering innovative talent management solutions to the SMB community.

Taleo Business Edition enables recruiters to set up a career site in hours, configure in minutes, and process applicants immediately. In the SMB market, Taleo Business Edition has set the standard for how small and medium companies do eRecruiting in a complete on demand environment.

With its recent acquisition of JobFlash, Taleo now also offers Taleo Hourly Express to the SMB market, a complete bilingual phone and online hourly hiring solution for the retail, restaurant, hospitality, gaming, security, manufacturing, and service industries. Fast growing and seasonal businesses can hire better hourly candidates faster with the solutionís automated application, pre-screening, scheduling, and onboarding processes.

Taleoís SMB customer base has more than doubled over the past year and there are currently more than 600 customers who subscribe to SMB software as a service (SaaS) solutions from Taleo. Taleo offers a free 30 day trial to users who are interested in experiencing the power that Taleo Business Edition offers available at: