TalentHook and TargetRecruit Target Talent through New Partnership

Most people will learn of this tomorrow, when these two make their joint announcement, but we at TMT have the inside scoop on the new partnership that joins the forces of Resource Edge, LLC-created TalentHook, a resume spidering technology whose reach encompasses thousands of domestic and international resume websites, and TargetRecruit, LLC, an applicant tracking system (ATS) with comprehensive features on salesforce.com.

With the integration, TargetRecruit clients can directly launch and execute searches using TalentHook's powerful Internet search capabilities with automatic resume export and parsing for all search activity. What's more is that the collaboration brings to bear several of the benefits of software-as-a-service (SaaS) and cloud computing, two growing means by which recruiters avail themselves of technology. TalentHook's Web-based Integration, for instance, affords SaaS providers like TargetRecruit the ability to leverage TalentHook's extensive Internet resume search technology in a Web-based application.

"Some ATS products are surprisingly flat when it comes to contact relationship management," says Phil Gonzalez, CEO of Resource Edge, in tomorrow's press statement. "With TargetRecruit, we are integrating CRM and resume search together, customizing business needs to fit the client as opposed to the other way around."

Adds Reena Gupta, president and CEO of TargetRecruit, in the same press statement, "Providing an integrated search capability that searches the web while the recruiter is sleeping was a logical move to ensure we continue to provide staffing professionals with the best tools on the market."