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Taleo World 2006 Provides Largest Forum for Talent Management Innovation and Ideas

Global talent management leaders, practitioners, and industry experts gather in May in Orlando - hosted by Taleo

Carly Fiorina, former chairman and CEO of Hewlett-Packard and Ken Blanchard, Co-Author of “The One Minute Manager®” to deliver keynote addresses

SAN FRANCISCO – April 4, 2006 — Taleo Corporation (Nasdaq: TLEO), the leading provider of talent management solutions, today announced details of Taleo WORLD 2006, its fifth annual world user conference.  Each year, Taleo WORLD attracts hundreds of Taleo customers from the world’s most innovative organizations, talent leaders, and industry experts who are shaping the future of HR and talent management. Taleo WORLD 2006 takes place at the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress located in Orlando, Florida, May 8-10. 

Driven by this year’s theme, “Connect. Align. Perform.”, Taleo customers will share best practices and discuss talent strategies and initiatives that improve business performance and create bottom-line value.  Taleo WORLD provides opportunities to gain new talent management insights that customers can use to power organizational success. Through a variety of networking opportunities, keynotes, and breakout sessions, attendees will learn how to connect people, process, and data, align talent to business goals, and drive higher performance.

Carly Fiorina, former chairman and CEO of Hewlett-Packard and Ken Blanchard, PhD, Co-Author of “The One Minute Manager,” will deliver keynote speeches to conference attendees.  As a high-profile CEO for a Fortune 500 company, Fiorina will share personal stories of leadership and discuss how a global talent strategy at HP helped establish a consistent process to connect and align talent to business goals.  Dr. Blanchard, the prominent, popular author and speaker, will discuss the fundamental ways a manager leads through service and how these principles will benefit attendees and their organization.

Through a variety of breakout sessions, attendees can leverage Taleo’s powerful and innovative customer network and hear from some of the world’s most influential talent leaders. Taleo customers including Roche, Gap, Inc., Honeywell, OfficeMax, Serono, JPMorgan Chase, Intel, Qatar Airways, YRC Worldwide, Washington Mutual, among many others, will share best practices and success stories in talent management.  Taleo WORLD 2006 attendees can select from sessions in five knowledge tracks that will discuss case studies and executive global talent practices, recruiting and talent acquisition, implementation and integration best practices, and Taleo Business Edition eRecruiting success stories.  Additionally, Taleo experts will be on hand to discuss Taleo’s latest product releases, new solutions, and innovative ways to extend the value of Taleo throughout the enterprise.

Another highlight of Taleo WORLD 2006 includes an interactive panel discussion with leading industry analysts including: Jason Corsello, Yankee Group; James Holincheck, Gartner; Lisa Rowan, IDC; and Judy Sweeney, AMR Research. This session, moderated by Bill Kutik, Technology Columnist for Human Resource Executive and co-chairman of the magazine’s annual HR Technology Conference and Expo, will deliver lively discussions, heated debates and answers to the most burning talent management market questions.

"The Taleo WORLD agenda has the depth and quality of the best commercial conferences in HR," said Bill Kutik, co-chairman of the 9th Annual HR Technology Conference & Exposition. "I look forward to attending the conference and am certain that this panel of experts will deliver provocative and useful insights on today's talent management market."

Taleo President and CEO Michael Gregoire commented, “With the coming shortage of knowledge workers, organizations will soon face unprecedented talent challenges.  Taleo WORLD 2006 offers unique opportunities to gain new talent management insights that our customers can use to power organizational success and drive business performance.  I look forward to seeing our customers at what promises to be our largest, most comprehensive, and insightful Taleo WORLD to date.”

Taleo WORLD is sponsored by several of Taleo’s partners including Jobster, eQuest, Accurate Background, First Advantage, ADP, ChoicePoint, HireRight, Timetrade, Previsor and DDI.  For more information and a complete Taleo WORLD 2006 conference agenda, please visit www.taleoworld.com/2006. 

About Taleo Corporation
Taleo (NASDAQ:  TLEO) delivers on demand talent management solutions that enable organizations of all sizes to assess, acquire, develop and align their workforce for improved business performance.  Taleo’s customers use its suite of solutions to improve their talent management processes to reduce the time and costs associated with these processes and to enhance the quality, productivity and effectiveness of their workforces.  Taleo currently has more than 350 corporate customers with approximately 500,000 registered users who use our services to fill positions in almost 100 countries.  For more information visit www.taleo.com.

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