Acxiom® Corporation Announces Strategic Partnership with Taleo for Employee Background Screening
07 November 2008 - 1:00AM
Business Wire
Acxiom� Corporation (NASDAQ: ACXM), a global leader in interactive
marketing services, announced today a strategic alliance between
its wholly owned subsidiary, Acxiom Information Security Services,
Inc., and Taleo, a leader in on-demand talent management. Acxiom
will integrate its real-time employee background screening
solutions with Taleo�s Unified Talent Management Platform, which
will deliver a Web-based, single-source, custom solution to address
personnel management requirements. With this partnership, Taleo�s
proven Passport Integration Framework will be certified to deliver
easily accessible FCRA-compliant reports provided by Acxiom
including criminal record checks, credit reports and driving
records. These reports, in combination with others such as
employment, drug testing, education and professional license
verifications, help businesses reduce turnover and shrinkage,
decrease training costs and increase productivity while protecting
the integrity of the companies utilizing them. �Both Taleo and
Acxiom customers now have a one-stop source for the job application
background tracking process,� said Mike Cool, Acxiom�s background
screening group organizational leader. �Businesses can�t afford to
take unnecessary hiring risks. Acxiom�s customer-centric approach
to background screening gives companies the most accurate
information available to protect their company and their brand.�
More than 3,600 organizations of all sizes use Taleo to attract,
hire and retain top talent from 200 countries/territories in 25
languages. Taleo combines software, best practices and services to
allow organizations to increase process efficiency, improve quality
of hire, reduce risk, and return financial results. �Taleo is
dedicated to helping its customers ensure the best staff
engagement: from recruiting and hiring, through development and
succession planning,� said Jeff McClure, senior director of
alliances at Taleo. �Through this partnership with Acxiom,
customers can go to one source for background screening reports to
reduce risk and employee turnover, and improve the quality of new
hires engaged from the beginning.� Acxiom�s background screening
platform integration will be certified utilizing the Taleo Passport
Integration Framework. Acxiom Information Security Services With 30
years of experience in the background-screening industry, Acxiom
Information Security Services provides legally compliant reports
including 100 percent in-person/real-time criminal record checks,
fingerprinting, drug testing, credit reports, verification services
and driving records. Especially for companies with large employee
populations dispersed across many locations, Acxiom has reduced
employee turnover and related costs by up to 50 percent, while also
saving hundreds of thousands of dollars in employee theft annually.
About Acxiom The global leader in interactive marketing services,
Acxiom connects clients with their customers through deep consumer
insight, powering effective and profitable marketing initiatives
and business decisions. Our consultative approach spans multiple
industries and incorporates decades of experience in consumer data
and analytics, information technology, data integration and
consulting solutions for effective marketing across digital,
Internet, email, mobile and direct mail channels. Founded in 1969,
Acxiom is headquartered in Little Rock, Ark., and serves clients
around the world from locations in the United States, Europe and
Asia-Pacific. For more information about Acxiom, visit
www.acxiom.com. Acxiom is a registered trademark of Acxiom
Corporation. 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 3,800
organizations use Taleo, including 47 of the Fortune 100 and 3,000
small and medium sized businesses, for talent acquisition and
performance management, in 200 countries and territories. Known for
its strong configurability and usability, Taleo's talent management
platform 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.
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