Salary.com's Unique Job Model Enhances its Ability to Help HR Practitioners Deploy Competency-Based Talent Management Processes in a Single On-Demand System
WALTHAM, Mass., Oct. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Salary.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:SLRY), a leading provider of integrated compensation and talent management solutions, announced today the successful showing of its TalentManager application in the industry's first integrated talent management Shootout at the HR Technology Conference & Exposition held in Chicago last week. Salary.com's success in the shootout comes on the heels of TalentManager winning the 2008 Human Resource Executive Product of the Year Award, with the application being cited for its best-in-class succession planning capabilities. Salary.com demonstrated the benefits of a fully integrated talent management software suite, providing HR executives and managers the ability to recognize high performers, identify business performance issues, close skills gaps and optimize talent decision-making with integrated business intelligence across compensation, performance and succession functions.
As one of four vendors ultimately selected for the shootout (from a pool of 17 talent management software companies), Salary.com excelled in linking employee compensation with performance and officially tied for second place with Cornerstone OnDemand and Softscape, while Authoria was announced the overall winner.
Salary.com's chief executive officer, Kent Plunkett, delivered a powerful overview of TalentManager's unique ability to search for and select internal job candidates based on a combination of requirements including competencies, performance, readiness, potential and promotability for each position being planned. The testing of TalentManager's capabilities across a series of hypothetical talent management and succession planning scenarios wowed conference attendees and resulted in Salary.com's strong showing.
"We're very happy with TalentManager's strong finish in the first integrated talent management shootout at HR Tech," said Plunkett. "As always, the competition was spirited and we're pleased with the enthusiasm the audience showed in response to TalentManager's ability to help them identify, reward and retain their highest performing employees. The accolades we received from the audience of HR practitioners -- coupled with our winning the 2008 Top Product of the Year award -- affirms that our product vision is in lockstep with customers' needs."
Bill Kutik, co-chairman of the HR Technology Conference & Exposition and contributing writer for Human Resource Executive(R) Magazine, acknowledged Salary.com's strong presentation during the shootout. "While the competition was intense throughout the shootout, Salary.com impressed attendees with its differentiated job-model approach and strong linkages from pay to performance. We look forward to watching Salary.com continue to build a top talent management brand."
About Salary.com, Inc.
Salary.com is a leading provider of on-demand compensation and talent management solutions helping businesses and individuals manage pay and performance. Salary.com's highly configurable software applications, proprietary data and consulting services help HR and compensation professionals automate, streamline and optimize critical talent management processes including: market pricing, compensation planning, performance management, competency management and succession planning. Built with compensation and competency data at the core, Salary.com solutions provide businesses of all sizes with the most productive and cost-effective way to manage and inspire their most important asset -- their people. For more information, visit http://www.salary.com/.
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