RM becomes first joint customer for new StepStone Alliance

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The UK’s Royal Mail becomes first joint customer for new StepStone alliance with Talent Q that enhances quality of hiring decisions

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London, 11 November 2009 – StepStone, a global leader in talent management solutions, today announces further expansion of the StepStone alliance network, which links innovative service providers with the 1,600 organisations worldwide that work with StepStone, by partnering with assessment specialist Talent Q. To enhance the ability of StepStone customers to select the right hires, StepStone and Talent Q have linked the Talent Q on-demand candidate assessment platform to StepStone’s talent acquisition solution. StepStone customers can now add the capability to evaluate candidates’ abilities and personality using Talent Q, with a single click, making assessments easy to set up and easy to take for the candidate.

StepStone and Talent Q have integrated the service offering first for the UK’s Royal Mail to improve the recruitment of graduates. “The integration between StepStone and Talent Q means that not only do we gain from the efficiencies made by running the graduate recruitment process online, we can also bring rigour and objectivity to the decisions we make so that we identify and hire the best talent for Royal Mail,” stated Aysha Raja, Head of Talent & Leadership at Royal Mail.

The new alliance relationship with Talent Q demonstrates how StepStone’s innovative approach to alliances links a broad spectrum of integrated services into award-winning talent management solutions. With continuing scrutiny on all talent being hired, organisations are investing in tools that provide quantifiable data about an individual’s skills and future performance and potential.

“We put a huge amount of effort into ensuring that our customers make measurable returns from working with StepStone,” commented Matthew Parker, Group Managing Director of StepStone Solutions. “Our alliance programme allows our customers to get more from working with us, year after year, through engaging with other businesses who share our focus on delivering measurable results.”

Talent Q’s UK CEO Steve O’Dell adds: “Clients will benefit from the alliance we have forged with StepStone, through easier access to our suite of next generation assessments, affording better decisions across the talent management spectrum.”


About StepStone
StepStone helps businesses get increased performance from their people, helps them build and develop global talent pools, and helps people find new jobs that match their talents. Across the world thousands of organisations rely on StepStone every day to improve their business performance and talent development strategies while millions of people rely on StepStone to improve their careers. StepStone delivers world class technology and services for finding, recruiting, retaining, managing and developing talented people.

StepStone operates some of Europe’s largest talent networks, accurately matching employers with potential employees, and provides a complete suite of Human Capital Management software solutions. StepStone’s on-demand (SaaS) software and services enable organisations to implement efficient processes, including; attraction and hiring, post-hire talent management, performance management, compensation management, skills and competency management, career and succession planning, training and development management.

StepStone was founded in Norway in 1996 and listed on the Oslo Børs (Ticker@ STP.NO) in 2000 and the London Stock Exchange (LSE: STPS) in 2008. At the end of June 2009 more than 1,600 organisations, including many of the world’s leading businesses, use StepStone software and services. It operates in 17 countries and employs around 800 people. Its global customers include Aviva, Deloitte, Deutsche Telekom, Lufthansa, McDonald’s, Puma, ThyssenKrupp and Volkswagen.

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About Talent Q

Founded by Roger Holdsworth, one of the pioneers of psychometric assessment, Talent Q provides analysis of personality, ability and competencies using a flexible online assessment system. Talent Q clients assess people once and produce use-friendly reports, when they need them, tailored for recruitment, development, team building, coaching and identifying high potential.

Talent Q has a robust, straightforward and accessible portfolio of assessments which offer unbeatable value for clients and a great candidate experience. With operations across the world and products available in over 20 languages, Talent Q delivers talent management solutions tailored to client needs through the blending of technology, and consulting capabilities.

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StepStone, a global leader in talent management solutions

that bit made me laugh and they want to get in bed with Royal Fail's clueless and incompetent management