Well, I’ve done talent management scorecards a few times, but never talent acquisition. This is not really a scorecard or vendor functionality comparison. Here are my top 4 vendors and a few notes about them. This is not a review of functionality, just a purely subjective view on who I like and why.
Taleo and Virtual Edge were really a tie with Taleo coming in stronger on the app side, but I’m more excited about watching Virtual Edge right now. Taleo has a slight margin on the functionality side with absurd amounts of flexibility for the end users (managers and recruiters). Virtual Edge is much better in technology architecture. Basically this means easier deployment of web services and accessible API’s (if that means anything to you). We’ll see if Taleo can pull through some promised technology in their next release. If they don’t VE will easily dominate the market – not having web services in 2005 is sinful. Not having it in 2006 is unforgivable.
1) Taleo: Slowed down their R&D processes while preparing for IPO. Still the leader with Virtual Edge creeping up.
1) Virtual Edge: Good technology creeping up on Taleo. This is probably the company to watch and is really the biggest competition for Taleo in the near future.
3) RecruitMax: Poor infrastructure. Installations for each client are separate instances. This is very difficult to manage and support for upgrades and service. Next release of software is supposed to support multi-tenet architecture
4) Brassring: Starting to become a serious mid market play. They are not driving in toward the large employer space. Could not capitalize on early market excitement.
4 responses to “TAS Vendor Scorecard”
I’m going to bury an e-mail I got in the comments here. Posting this anonymously without senders permission (sorry):
I agree with your latest post. Taleo’s technology has always sucked. Recruitmax has been claiming forever that their infrastructure isn’t a big deal, but at some point they will hit a tipping point.
My two cents…
Virtual Edge – Has a great product; Needs to step up and make a bigger push in the market
Taleo – Finally getting past some of the early arrogance; Fill the full spectrum of recruiting (salaried, hourly, contingent); With IPO in the rearview mirror, will be interesting to see how the evolve versus suite vendors
Recruitmax – Infrastructure is a concern as it relates to company scale but is the right model for their approach; Continues to execute in the market
Brassring – Missed opportunities now chasing the RPO market; No product innovation in 2+ years
Deploy – Interesting to watch; Success in HRO is impressive and hourly solution is solid
Jason:
I agree about Taleo – and I was surprised Taleo didn’t make a move into the TMS suite when RecruitMax did. Seems to me that the TAS sandbox is too small for everyone to survive.
Thanks for bringing up Deploy. I’m not sure how I forgot them. They’ll be included next time I do this.
-Dubs
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