Oracle Taleo Reviews

We primarily use this solution for recruiting and onboarding.

We have a public cloud deployment.

The Professional Recruitment feature is good.

The Talent Acquisition and Headhunting features are good.

The bulk recruitment feature does not work well.

In the next release of this solution, I would like to see an Offer Duplication function that would work like the Requisition Duplication feature.

This solution is very stable.

The initial setup of this solution was straightforward. The deployment took us one year, in total.

We had assistance at the initial stage, but the majority of the deployment was done internally.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

Our company typically uses Taleo at its human resource core. I use their PeopleSoft and use functions from other tools as well - such as Workday. Generally, I really rely on PeopleSoft.

The solution offers good benefits for administrators.

The solution allows for various options using the cloud. It can store data easier and you can access it at any time. 

It would be ideal if we could integrate the solution with Olympia. It would be helpful if we could add another support desk for an IT person. It would be great if the product was more interdisciplinary and could include IT.

I've been using the solution for three years.

The solution is pretty stable. Any bugs are generally dealt with quickly. It's a pretty reliable solution.

We haven't had issues with the scalability. We're on the enterprise edition and it seems to meet our needs.

I've been in touch with technical support in the past. They've been good. We haven't had any issues with the level of help we receive. We're satisfied with the level of service they provide.

I also use Workday and find it to be a much better product. I'd choose it over Taleo if I had to.

I don't have any insights into the initial setup. I'm unsure as to if it was straightforward or complex.

The pricing is reasonable. We have the enterprise edition for our company, and it's fairly priced.

We're just customers and end-users. We don't have a business relationship with the company.

I actually prefer a different product, Workday. I would recommend that instead of Taleo.

That said, on a scale from one to ten, I'd still rate Taleo at a nine.

We are customers of Oracle and I'm an associate architect, technology.

We use Taleo mainly for recruitment. The solution has good integration capabilities and extensibility, and there's the standard integration between Fusion and Taleo as well as the validations that can be done on top of Taleo.

Taleo doesn't really provide us with the systems that we need. There are a few areas that they don't cover. 

I've been using this solution for four years. 

The solution is stable. 

Our main difficulties came as a result of scalability issues. We're not able to do much page personalization and when it comes to adding validations, we're unable to do that.

Oracle support is fairly good, we get decent responses to all of our queries.

Positive

The initial setup is a little complex and took us longer than expected, close to three weeks. 

Licensing fees are paid annually. 

If the customer has already implemented Fusion, I'd recommend going for ORC as a stand-alone product.

I rate this solution six out of 10. 

• Enrollments
• Prerequisites
• SCORM & AICC capability
• % Complete (in SCORM)
• LearnCenter Report

We are able to run SCORM classes, and we have better reporting of training taken/not taken.

• Copy down feature e.g. for pages, enrollments
• Support

I've used it since 2007.

No issues encountered.

There are problems with latency.

There are no issues, and we are running over 400 SubLearnCenters.

If they are working with SMEs, they’re 10/10, and our rep is 10/10 too.

If it’s a breakfix, it can take literally years. We’ve lost the ability to speak directly to a learn specialist, so it’s a lot of “wait and see” and communication failures (playing telephone) some of the time.

Yes, previously with the SCORM capability, and we thought Oracle had a more robust “copy-down” capability.

It was complex, but mostly due to the fact that we were bringing over legacy LMS data (current users and managers and their history) which was tricky, but we did it!

Also, the users didn’t like Learn. It was not as user friendly and simple (step-wise) as our legacy system. We didn’t anticipate how much they would hate Learn.

We did it in-house.

It's huge, as it is revenue for us as we sell our training to hospitals and hospital systems, as well as through e-commerce for individual purchases.

We are only paying for active users who logged in the past 30 days. This is something special Oracle is doing for us (Taleo did it actually). Our users are on for one year, but they often only use it for the first three months so we were paying for years for users who weren’t actually using it. This is much fairer. We are licensed for 5500 active users which works for us. They don’t do this for many customers since we have such an unusual business model.

Go beyond the demo. Make them show you how all of your scenarios will work in the system to make sure it really does what the sales team say it does.

For me, the most valuable features are the following;

• Its configuration capabilities. You can adapt the solution to give response to your organizational needs.
• It’s really user friendly, intuitive, and an easy to use solution.
• The platform lets users access critical employee information and turn operations into quick and effortless processes with its modules.
• The solution is continuously improving and adding new functionality with three to four releases each year.

With Oracle Taleo, we have automated and standardized our hiring operations. Every new employee has an on-boarding plan, and we have added value to our review and compensation processes with a solution that integrates these systems.

We have reduced time and resources required to deliver outputs. In terms of information and data access, we can run one-click reports with accurate data.

Although I know that the Oracle Development team is working on it for next releases, there are certain areas where functionality could be improved in the Learning Module (better integration with the other modules, and in terms of reporting).

Our company has been using Oracle Taleo Business Edition Cloud since 2014. We also work as implementation consultants with other customers.

We had no issues with the deployment.

We have had no issues with the stability.

We have had no issues scaling it for our needs.

The Oracle Cloud support platform is really helpful. When you create a service request, you can categorize your issue by service and problem type and you can access knowledge related to your issue.

Oracle Support has a 24-hour service to resolve issues.

Project implementations for Taleo used to go really well. Its cloud deployment makes getting the system configured and running easy and in a short period of time .

We are an Oracle Cloud solution implementation specialists and product certificated so we perform the implementation.

Pricing is available by quote only. Contact Oracle directly for pricing information.

We have evaluated other solutions, and in my opinion in terms of capabilities and price, Oracle Taleo Business Edition is the best option for small- and medium-sized businesses.

It is a really competitive solution in terms of technical features and user experience. Consider engaging an implementation partner if you can afford it. There are many companies that can help with experience and expertise.

This is the Control Panel where you can access all the information and processes you manage by ROI.

I am a technical recruiter. I used this to track candidates when working for an IT staffing company.

We had no tracking system prior, so this was a huge improvement.

Since we had no system before (we just kept everything in Outlook), even the most basic features were great.

I don't remember a lot of CRM-type functionality for our salespeople.

There are several valuable features--

• It has a high amount of configuration capabilities.
• It provides the best solution for ensuring a very good quality selection process, evaluation reviews, development plans, goals and development planning.
• It is an intuitive and easy to use solution, offering a complete suite of standard reports out of the box for the hiring process (Oracle Business Intelligence).

In my experience, the product has provided customers automation for their selection processes amongst others. A recruiter can manage many candidates at the same time and reject or approve your submissions, send correspondences, manage offers, evaluations, external services, job posting, custom branding, etc.

When editing some components such as requisitions, the solution does not respond quickly in terms of performance, maybe because of the technology in which the solution is currently built.

Another enhancement would be to implement standard “Embedded Reports” for customers in Taleo recruiting. This is a new application integrated in Taleo. Now, the administrator of the application has to create the embedded reports from scratch and the administrator need to know about Microsoft Publisher.

I have used this solution for less than two years. I work as an integrator and not as a customer.

Currently, I have not had any problems with implementations for clients. Customers are satisfied with the product and can see that their work in human resource management is easier with Taleo.

Taleo is a stable product that does not suffer outages due to problems with the application. Oracle notifies their clients when the system is not available, and this always happens in non-working hours for a short period of time.

No issues encountered.

In my opinion, the Oracle support is quite good as at any time you can report an incident, problem, or question. The issue can be catalogued depending on the severity. If the issue has a very serious impact, Oracle Support has a 24-hour service to resolve issues.

Technical support is good. The customer can classify the type of issue, to ensure the correct technician solves that problem. For example, if a customer has a question or issue with the reports, the customer will put their incident in that category. Thus, the technician associated at this incidence will be skilled in Taleo reports.

I worked with PeopleSoft HCM. An application in the cloud is flexible and can scale up and down to meet your organization’s requirements. The data in the cloud is secure. Using cloud technology reduces your maintenance fees. No more servers, software, and update fees. Many of the hidden costs typically associated with software implementation, customization, hardware, maintenance, and training are rolled into a transparent subscription fee.

The initial setup was simple thanks to detailed configuration and user manuals that Oracle offers customers and application partners.

We are a specialized partner and product certificate. We perform implementations for our customers, and help them to start using the new tool through training their trainers.

The ROI is high in terms of efficiency in the process. This figure depends on the basis of calculation and analysis of each client.

Oracle Taleo Enterprise is a good solution based on quality and cost. The customer must contact Oracle to see the conditions and prices of the product license.

We looked at another application which was good, but is different to Taleo. Based on my experience in the cloud, the cloud products are the future and the implementations are very short and simple for the customer.

It is a good tool for HR processes, selection processes, assessments, succession planning, etc. Thanks to these modules, the work of human resources will be managed globally in a single tool with the possibility of implementation in different countries and languages.

We primarily use the solution for recruitment.

I don't see very valuable features in this product because it has an old way of interpreting ATS. It should be more flexible in managing datasets and data searches. The screening data is a long process in Taleo.

The interface isn't so user-friendly. It's a little bit dated.

The next release should have an option for video interviews. Also, it would be helpful to have a more flexible and integrated system for scheduling follow-up interviews and appointments. We should be able to integrate more easily with other HR systems.

The stability of the solution is good.

We haven't contacted technical support yet, as we've only been using the solution one week.

We didn't previously use another solution before implementing Taleo.

The initial setup was complex. Deployment took about three or four weeks.

We had a consultant assist with the implementation.

I would rate the solution five out of ten.

They should provide users with a better, more modern interface and enable more flexibility in managing the datasets.