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Taleo Corporation: Royal Caribbean Selects Taleo for Smooth Sailing in Recruiting Efforts

^{Published on 2009-03-25 08:50:45, Last Modified on 2009-11-03 18:37:40 - Market Wire}
 

DUBLIN, CA--(Marketwire - March 25, 2009) - Taleo (NASDAQ: [ TLEO ]), the leading provider of on-demand talent management solutions, today announced that Royal Caribbean, a global cruise vacation company, selected Taleo Recruiting™ to improve workforce quality, increase engagement and retention and optimize the flow of talent into and throughout the organization.

Royal Caribbean employs more than 38,000 talented and creative individuals worldwide. The company selected Taleo Recruiting for its usability, intuitive user interface and global capabilities. Royal Caribbean joins other hospitality brands such as Palms Casino Resort, Silverton Casino Resort, Tropicana Entertainment, Hard Rock International, Hard Rock Hotels, Planet Hollywood, Hyatt Corporation and Wyndham Worldwide Corporation to generate efficiencies, reduce turnover and increase productivity with the Taleo Recruiting solution.

Founded in 1969, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. is a global cruise vacation company that operates Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises, Pullmantur, Azamara Cruises and CDF Croisieres de France. The company has a combined total of 38 ships in service and six under construction with over 170 destinations. It also offers unique land-tour vacations in Alaska, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Europe and South America.

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 3,900 organizations use Taleo for talent acquisition and performance management, including 48 of the Fortune 100 and over 3,300 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.

Forward-looking Statements

This release contains forward-looking statements, including statements regarding the demand for and results from use of Taleo's solutions. Any forward-looking statements contained in this press release are based upon Taleo's historical performance and its current plans, estimates and expectations and are not a representation that such plans, estimates, or expectations will be achieved. These forward-looking statements represent Taleo's expectations as of the date of this press announcement. Subsequent events may cause these expectations to change, and Taleo disclaims any obligation to update the forward-looking statements in the future. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially. Further information on potential factors that could affect actual results is included in Part II, Item 1A of Taleo's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as filed with the SEC on August 11, 2008, and in other reports filed by Taleo with the SEC.