Comments on: There’s No Recession for Taleo as It Makes Another Buy http://www.ere.net/2009/09/16/theres-no-recession-for-taleo-as-it-makes-another-buy/ Recruiting News, Recruiting Events, Recruiting Community, Social Recruiting Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:03:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Sylvia Dahlby http://www.ere.net/2009/09/16/theres-no-recession-for-taleo-as-it-makes-another-buy/comment-page-1/#comment-15315 Sylvia Dahlby Sat, 19 Sep 2009 23:26:23 +0000 http://www.ere.net/?p=9886#comment-15315 It's official: Taleo is now the Monster of the talent acquisition & recruiting software business. I can't help but wonder how this benefits the end users. It’s official: Taleo is now the Monster of the talent acquisition & recruiting software business. I can’t help but wonder how this benefits the end users.

]]> By: gregg dourgarian http://www.ere.net/2009/09/16/theres-no-recession-for-taleo-as-it-makes-another-buy/comment-page-1/#comment-15281 gregg dourgarian Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:51:11 +0000 http://www.ere.net/?p=9886#comment-15281 John Tempworks competes with Taleo so you are free to take this with a grain of salt, but your write-up hardly reflects the warts-and-all coverage we've come to expect from you. Taleo may very well be doing much better than they were last November - the stock price certainly speaks for itself - but financially there is much more residue from the Vurv acquisition than the $2 million loss you mention. For example, if one accepts your analysis that "the Vurv acquisition continues to be a drain" then the $92 million Taleo carries as 'Goodwill' on its balance sheet would be more accurately reflected as an expense. You tout Taleo's "still-to-come mobile" capabilities but users live in a world of right now, and several competing systems have had mobile functions for years. I do applaud you covering mobile in the job space. It will be interesting to see how AJAX enabled mobile job apps fair against native i-phone/android ones. John
Tempworks competes with Taleo so you are free to take this with a grain of salt, but your write-up hardly reflects the warts-and-all coverage we’ve come to expect from you.

Taleo may very well be doing much better than they were last November – the stock price certainly speaks for itself – but financially there is much more residue from the Vurv acquisition than the $2 million loss you mention.

For example, if one accepts your analysis that “the Vurv acquisition continues to be a drain” then the $92 million Taleo carries as ‘Goodwill’ on its balance sheet would be more accurately reflected as an expense.

You tout Taleo’s “still-to-come mobile” capabilities but users live in a world of right now, and several competing systems have had mobile functions for years.

I do applaud you covering mobile in the job space. It will be interesting to see how AJAX enabled mobile job apps fair against native i-phone/android ones.

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