TalentManager® succession planning and workforce capabilities management highlight an action-packed agenda for Salary.com at the 11th annual HR Technology Conference & Exposition in Chicago. The company will conduct TalentManager demonstrations as well as preview other new applications, including recently acquired InfoBasis learning and development solutions, at booth #415 for attending practitioners, analysts and media. In addition, the company will participate in the HR Technology "Shootout," a spirited contest between Salary.com and three competitors. Salary.com will showcase TalentManager's robust capabilities to integrate talent management functions using consistent, job-competency models and improve employers' abilities to develop their workforce, improve performance and achieve critical business goals. Finally, Salary.com will host a cocktail reception at Fulton's on the River, 315 N. LaSalle Street, on Wednesday, Oct. 15 from 6:00p.m. - 9:00p.m., during which attendees can mingle with Salary.com executives and customers while enjoying the incredible Chicago skyline and river views.

The Leading Competency-Driven Talent Management Suite

Underscoring its mission to help customers identify, reward and retain their highest-performing employees, Salary.com's TalentManager succession planning product gives human resources executives the power to search for and select internal job candidates based on a combination of requirements including competencies, performance, readiness, potential and promotability for each position being planned. Providing as much visibility into candidate performance as needed, the system builds comprehensive employee profiles with key data for each candidate (e.g., work history, job title and responsibilities, education, salary, performance history and competencies). HR executives can configure and customize profile views to zoom in on the information most relevant to the succession plan in place and can compare and rank candidates side-by-side. They can also collaborate online with other planners using message boards and polling tools to discuss and evaluate best fit and readiness-these virtual collaboration features will greatly increase the efficiency of the succession planning process.

Integrated Talent Management Shootout

Selected to participate in the HR Technology Shootout, Salary.com will go toe-to-toe with competitors to determine which solution best solves the myriad of talent management challenges faced by a hypothetical multi-national manufacturer and distributor. In the Shootout, Chief Executive Officer Kent Plunkett will show how effectively and efficiently Salary.com's on-demand suite can be used to:

-- identify the new skills a particular employee must develop to make a transfer to a new department in a new region;

-- link bonus payouts with the performance of several similarly high- performing executives; and

-- help the direct reports of an overstressed executive deliver lofty performance goals despite unexpected events and the lack of a critical manager position tasked with mentoring and boosting the performance of the sales team.

New Workforce Capabilities Management Offering

Salary.com's new workforce capabilities application will enable employers to assess, identify and quantify the overall capabilities of their organization. Employers will be able to define what competencies are critical to the organization and determine if they are at risk in core areas crucial to business performance. Employers will not only be able to inventory and profile key skills by job but also quantify the skills gaps by division and for the entire organization. The new offering will help executives determine if they are spending their training dollars effectively, and identify the cost to make the organization competitive and fill gaps required to improve the organization's performance and business success.

"The addition of on-demand succession planning and workforce capabilities management solutions demonstrate our progress to deliver competency-driven software to customers of all sizes, in all industries," said Kent Plunkett, chief executive officer, Salary.com. "We look forward to continually bringing to market the most sophisticated and easiest-to-use software to help customers inspire a competency-based culture that's critical for success in the global marketplace."

About Salary.com, Inc.
Salary.com is a leading provider of on-demand compensation and talent management solutions helping businesses and individuals manage pay and performance. Salary.com's highly configurable software applications, proprietary data and consulting services help HR and compensation professionals automate, streamline and optimize critical talent management processes including: market pricing, compensation planning, performance management, competency management and succession planning. Built with compensation and competency data at the core, Salary.com solutions provide businesses of all sizes with the most productive and cost-effective way to manage and inspire their most important asset — their people. For more information, visit www.salary.com.

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