Taleo Selects Weber Shandwick As Public Relations Agency of Record

SAN FRANCISCO - Taleo (NASDAQ: TLEO), the leader in on-demand unified talent management solutions, has named Weber Shandwick its public relations agency of record. Weber Shandwick will provide media relations, communications support and overall strategic counsel.

Dublin, Calif.- based Taleo provides Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) talent management solutions and offers best practices and services that are used by companies ranging from Fortune 500 enterprises to small businesses to assess, acquire, develop, and align their workforce for improved business performance. More than 3,800 organizations use Taleo for talent acquisition and performance management, including 47 of the Fortune 100 and over 3,000 small and medium sized businesses across 200 countries and territories. Taleo’s Talent Grid harnesses the resources of the Taleo community of customers, candidates, and partners to power the talent needs of companies around the world.

"We are excited to partner with Weber Shandwick to continue to elevate our profile in the marketplace,” said Didi D’Errico, vice president of corporate communications at Taleo. “With Weber Shandwick’s resources, media expertise and industry knowledge, this partnership will help us to demonstrate the importance of unified talent management solutions, particularly in this economy, where businesses are working to better assess and engage their most valuable – and often most expensive – assets, their employees.”

“Weber Shandwick is thrilled to be named agency of record by Taleo,” said Robert Dowling, general manager of Northern California at Weber Shandwick. “We know how essential Taleo’s business solutions are in recruiting and retaining top talent in today’s workforce, and are eager to work with Taleo as its public relations partner to increase and elevate awareness. We look forward to applying our industry experience, extensive contacts and expertise to help Taleo deliver on its exciting business objectives and continue to prove itself as the leader in the talent management market.”

About Taleo
Taleo (NASDAQ: TLEO) is the leader in on-demand unified talent management solutions that empower organizations of all sizes to assess, acquire, develop and align their workforces for improved business performance. More than 3,800 organizations use Taleo for talent acquisition and performance management, including 47 of the Fortune 100 and over 3,000 small and medium sized businesses across 200 countries and territories. Known for its strong configurability and usability, Taleo runs on a world-class infrastructure and offers 99.9% availability. Taleo’s Talent Grid harnesses the resources of the Taleo community of customers, candidates, and partners to power the talent needs of companies around the world. For more information, visit http://www.taleo.com.

About Weber Shandwick
Weber Shandwick is a leading global public relations agency with offices in 77 markets around the world. The firm’s reputation is built on its deep commitment to client service, creativity, collaboration and harnessing the power of Advocates - engaging stakeholders in new and creative ways to build brands and reputation. Weber Shandwick provides strategy and execution across world-class practices such as consumer marketing, healthcare, technology, public affairs, corporate/financial and crisis management. Its specialized services include digital/social media, advertising, market research, and corporate responsibility. Weber Shandwick received the highest client-satisfaction honors in the 2007 Agency Excellence Survey by PRWeek U.S. and in 2008, was named Large PR Firm of the Year (PR News U.S.), European Consultancy of the Year (The Holmes Report) and Network of the Year (Asia Pacific PR Awards). The firm also won the United Nations Grand Award for Outstanding Achievement in Public Relations for the past three years. Weber Shandwick is part of the Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG). For more information, visit http://www.webershandwick.com/.