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Taleo Corporation: Air Canada Jazz Prepares for Take-Off With Taleo Enterprise Solutions

^{Published on 2009-03-27 09:02:42, Last Modified on 2009-11-03 09:36:33 - Market Wire}
 

TORONTO--(Marketwire - March 27, 2009) - Taleo (NASDAQ: [ TLEO ]), the leading provider of on-demand talent management solutions, today announced that Air Canada Jazz, Canada's largest regional airline and the second largest airline in Canada, recently selected Taleo to improve its recruiting process and develop a more efficient tracking, reporting and communication solution for internal and external candidates. The airline will use the Taleo-based technology solution to improve the sourcing of candidates, as well as enhance the candidate experience through a revamped career site.

"Air Canada Jazz requires a highly skilled workforce to help them achieve operational excellence in the competitive airline industry," said Michael Gregoire, Chairman and CEO of Taleo. "Safety and experience are high priorities for the airline and the Taleo software will help enhance recruiting best practices to effectively attract and engage more high quality candidates."

Air Canada Jazz has a history of strong operational performance, along with an excellent safety record. Management's experience and leadership ability, coupled with Air Canada Jazz's highly skilled labour force, have greatly contributed to solid operating performance. Together, this team of professionals is committed to building the best regional airline in the world.

Air Canada Jazz is the second largest airline in Canada based on fleet size and the only airline serving all ten provinces and two territories. Jazz operates more flights and flies to more Canadian destinations than any other Canadian carrier. Jazz forms an integral part of Air Canada's domestic and trans-border market presence and strategy.

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.