I’ll be honest – I have never liked Taleo’s so called Talent Management platform. Over the years I have encountered Taleo a number of times when considering career opportunities with medium size companies. After the first couple of (negative) experiences I have more or less avoided using their interface whenever possible.

As a one of the talented being managed, I can see that the system is designed primarily for HR users, with little regard to the talent’s user experience. Today I was about to ignore my own better judgement (the position looked pretty good) when I was reminded anew why I avoided Taleo:

Huh?

I guess it’s better to be stopped in your tracks at the beginning, rather than to find out much later that the system crashes your browser (as it did mine) or otherwise fails to make your life the least little bit easier.

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