SuccessFactors Announces Recruiting Management for Mid-Sized Companies

Momentum Grows as Customers Recognize Value of SuccessFactors' Integrated ApproachCHICAGO, Oct 15, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- SuccessFactors, Inc. (NASDAQ:SFSF), the global leader in on-demand performance and talent management solutions, today announced at the HR Technology Conference and Expo, a new Recruiting Management module for SuccessPractices, the company's integrated performance management solution for mid-sized organizations with 500 to 2,500 employees.

Unlike standalone applicant tracking systems, the true value of SuccessFactors Recruiting Management solution comes through integration with the SuccessFactors Performance and Talent Management suite for more effective hiring. The solution leverages performance information to help organizations create better, more targeted job requisitions based on the profiles of a company's star employees. In addition, both internal and external candidates can be simultaneously identified, targeted, and assessed using this criterion. Organizations can also target the best quality talent sources by analyzing historical performance of employees recruited from those sources. On average, customers who deploy SuccessFactors' Recruiting Management module have implemented at least three other SuccessFactors modules, demonstrating the market's understanding of the power of integrating Recruiting Management with other strategic performance management processes.

Paul Albright, general manager of the Small and Medium Sized Business for SuccessFactors, said, "SuccessFactors' approach to integrated recruiting management ensures more effective hiring. In times of uncertainty, organizations simply cannot afford a bad hire, which is why we believe creating job requisitions related to the top talent you already have dramatically increases the chances for a great hire. Our mid-market customers have similar needs to our larger customers, so we're pleased to deliver this offering as part of our SuccessPractices edition."

New Recruiting Management Module for the Mid-Market

SuccessFactors is pleased to deliver a new Recruiting Management module as part of SuccessPractices for mid-sized companies, built with the same rigor as the version deployed by global enterprises for more than the last two years. This integrated recruiting management solution includes the full power of the enterprise version plus pre-configured routing maps, templates for job requisitions, candidate data models, candidate profiles, and built-in recruiting reports, all of which enable extremely fast implementation and time to value.

The SuccessPractices suite is seamlessly-integrated and includes applications for managing performance, goal alignment, career development and planning, compensation, succession planning, and now recruiting.

Customers Embrace SuccessFactors' Integrated Recruiting Management

SuccessFactors continues to enjoy customer adoption of its solution for recruiting management, with customers in a variety of industries, from energy and utilities, to business management and consulting services companies, to healthcare, to a major grocery chain.

DTE Energy Resources, a subsidiary of DTE Energy, a Detroit-based, diversified energy company involved in the development and management of energy-related businesses and services nationwide, rolled out SuccessFactors to manage its recruiting and compensation processes and goal setting and performance management for 455 employees. "We wanted to increase both accountability and visibility of goals and performance to show all of our employees that their contribution matters to the success of the company. We sought an easy-to-use solution to automate our people performance processes, and chose SuccessFactors," said Deborah Allgeier, director of human resources for DTE Energy. "With recruiting, we were looking for more than just applicant tracking and found SuccessFactors Recruiting Management easy to use and fully integrated with our other modules."

The SuccessFactors Performance and Talent Management Suite, which includes Performance Management, Goal Management, 360 Degree Reviews, Succession Management, Compensation Management, Learning and Development, Recruiting Management, Employee Profile, and Analytics and Reporting applications, creates a company-wide network of information related to employee performance, including skill-sets, interests, career aspirations, ability to relocate, experience, languages spoken and more. By providing deep, real-time, company-wide visibility into such critical performance data, companies are able to make better, more informed decisions about how to promote, recruit, compensate, reward and manage their entire employee base.

About SuccessFactors, Inc.

SuccessFactors is one of the fastest growing public software companies and the leading provider of on-demand employee performance and talent management solutions. The company enables organizations of every size, and across every industry and geography, to achieve high-performing workforces through goal alignment and execution, talent development and planning, and pay-for-performance initiatives. From 92 customers and approximately 282,000 end users in 2003 to more than 2,140 customers and 4 million end users today, SuccessFactors' solutions are widely deployed across 60 industries in over 185 countries in 22 languages. Founded in 2001 with offices around the world, the company employs more than 700 people, all passionately focused on revolutionizing the future of work. For more information, visit: http://www.successfactors.com.

SOURCE: SuccessFactors, Inc.

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