Talent Management Technologies: A Buyer's Guide to New, Innovative Solutions

The solutions profiled here represent major players in the industry, namely those with the greatest market share of Fortune 1000 and Global 1000 customers. Market visibility; stability; and a commitment to innovation and customer service are key qualities in this group. Since 2002, the Newman Group, the leading vendor-agnostic talent management consulting organization, has produced annual reports on talent acquisition technology. As the market has expanded to encompass all aspects of talent management, the scope of our evaluations have expanded with it. A team of expert consultants from The Newman Group created a framework for evaluation based on critical functional and strategic criteria. This framework encompasses five key modules offered by vendors: Talent Acquisition, Performance Management, Compensation Management, Succession Planning, and Learning Management. Using this framework, the team conducted demos with over a dozen vendors, applying these criteria to develop objective evaluations that are relevant to the real-world demands of talent management in enterprises and other mid-to-large size organizations. Each module offered by the vendors was reviewed separately. If a vendor offers a talent acquisition and performance management module, both modules were demonstrated and evaluated. If a vendor offers only learning management, that module was evaluated.