Kenexa vs Taleo

May 18, 2023 | Author: Adam Levine
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Kenexa
IBM Kenexa delivers talent management solutions across the entire employee lifecycle that are backed by behavioral science insight and the unique combination of content, technology and services. Where other companies focus on just one piece, we bring them all together to create the best picture for each company’s success.
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Taleo
Oracle Taleo Cloud is the world's most used recruitment platform. Boast more applications, improve efficiency, and get a faster time to hire with an engaging and easy-to-use interface for candidates, recruiters, and hiring managers. Connect with candidates and hiring managers wherever they are to get applications and make hiring decisions at the speed of business. Make data-driven decisions to improve hiring at every step.
Kenexa and Taleo are both popular talent management software solutions that help organizations streamline their recruitment and hiring processes. Kenexa, owned by IBM, offers a comprehensive suite of HR tools and services, including recruitment, onboarding, performance management, learning management, and employee engagement. It provides features like applicant tracking, skills assessments, behavioral assessments, and analytics to help organizations attract and select the right candidates for their positions.

Taleo, on the other hand, is a talent acquisition and management platform owned by Oracle. It offers tools for sourcing, recruiting, onboarding, and performance management. Taleo provides features like job posting, candidate screening, interview management, and reporting, enabling organizations to effectively manage their end-to-end recruitment process.

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Kenexa vs Taleo in our news:

2014. IBM adds more business intelligence to its Kenexa talent management suite



IBM has recently unveiled three new cloud-based predictive HR services, all of which incorporate consultative engagements from Kenexa workforce scientists. The first service, IBM Kenexa Predictive Hiring, focuses on modeling critical roles such as sales associates in retail, brokers and advisors in finance, researchers in the pharmaceutical industry, and production line workers in manufacturing. The system then evaluates the required skills by generating assessments that are seamlessly integrated into the cloud-based recruitment platform. The second service, IBM Kenexa Workforce Readiness, assesses the existing skills within organizations and predicts the key job families necessary for a customer-centric approach in line with emerging market conditions. Lastly, IBM Kenexa Predictive Retention consists of three components. Firstly, it provides senior HR leaders with predictive insights into employees who are at risk of leaving. Additionally, IBM has introduced a new Talent and Change consulting practice, offering four consulting services tailored for companies undergoing transitions.


2012. IBM acquires social HCM Kenexa, outpaces Salesforce in the Social Enterprise race


Last week IBM acquired (for $ 1.3 billion) the SaaS talent management system Kenexa. After all, all software giants are now buying SaaS talent management systems (Salesforce acquired Rypple, SAP acquired SuccessFactors, Oracle acquired Taleo). Therefore, IBM management thought that it's a good decision. Moreover, Kenexa is not just a SaaS talent management system, it's the Social SaaS talent management system (it allows to use Twitter and Facebook for attracting talents and building relationships with them). And all Social is very appreciated in our days. Even despite of the fact that since 2007 Kenexa has posted losses totaling about $150 million. (It's very interesting, how it can be loss-making, having 8.900 customers, including Starbucks, Walmart, Verizon). ***


2012. Oracle buys SaaS talent management system Taleo



The ongoing SaaS competition between Oracle and SAP shows no signs of slowing down. Following SAP's acquisition of the leading talent management provider, SuccessFactors, Oracle's CEO Larry Ellison found it difficult to find peace of mind. To alleviate his concerns, he made the decision to acquire another key player in the market, Taleo. (We recently compared SuccessFactors vs Taleo not long ago.) The deal was valued at $1.9 billion. Taleo is renowned for its comprehensive suite of tools for personal compensation and headhunting, which are seamlessly integrated with social networks. As is often the case in such situations, this acquisition serves as a significant indicator for those who still harbor doubts about the potential of SaaS. If Larry Ellison, who had been among the more skeptical, and who already possesses the HRM system PeopleSoft, invests in a SaaS alternative, it carries considerable weight.


2010. Talent Management 2.0: SuccessFactors vs Taleo



Everyone knows that "talent is everything". Everyone knows that 80% of his time boss should  devote to employees and their motivation. But in practice, boss remember about an employee only when he did something wrong and proved once again that his salary is too high. However, as competition in all areas is growing and business becomes more and more dependent of its talents, this outdated practice will only lead to deadpool. That's why talent management software and services are now experiencing a rapid growth. In the recent SaaS tool ratings talent management (and related technologies - HRM and e-Recruting) - are among most demanded. In this talent management market two gorillas have emerged: Taleo and SuccessFactors. And both these companies provide SaaS solutions. ***

Author: Adam Levine
Adam is an expert in project management, collaboration and productivity technologies, team management, and motivation. With an extensive background working at prestigious companies such as Microsoft and Accenture, Adam's in-depth knowledge and experience in the field make him a sought-after professional. Currently, he has ventured into entrepreneurship, owning a thriving consulting and training agency where he imparts invaluable insights and practical strategies to individuals and organizations, empowering them to achieve their goals and maximize their potential. You can contact Adam via email adam@liventerprise.com