CallidusCloud Acquires 6FigureJobs

May 8, 2012 Off By David
Grazed from MarketWatch.  Author: PR Announcement.

Callidus Software Inc., the leader in sales effectiveness and cloud computing, announced its acquisition today of a premier executive career community and job board, 6FigureJobs. The acquisition extends CallidusCloud’s Hiring Cloud suite.

"For high end careers the one dimensional resume has gone the way of the Dodo. Social and mobile technologies have changed the jobs market and the nature of recruiting as well as job hunting. There is a $3 billion market opportunity globally for job boards and recruitment technologies that use video, mobile and social technologies to match candidates with employers," said Leslie Stretch, President and CEO, CallidusCloud. "The combination of 6FigureJobs with our Sales Selector solution brings a comprehensive sourcing option to the table for executive and sales jobs over $100,000. 6FigureJobs’s database of applicants and their existing customers are important additions to the CallidusCloud(TM) Hiring Cloud solutions which include video interviewing, video job posts and pre-selection suitability tests. Pre-hire testing, video resumes, social networking and mobile connectivity are decisive game changers in the way employers with high potential candidates make their match today."…

6FigureJobs provides job postings from leading Fortune 1000 companies and executive search firms, including C-level, VP, Director and Senior Manager jobs. Over 750,000+ high-profile executives and senior-level professionals use 6FigureJobs to market their candidacy, post their resumes and search thousands of $100K+ executive and management level opportunities. 6FigureJobs prescreens candidates and requires them to maintain complete profiles, ensuring a better experience for companies looking to fill their open positions. Thousands of new jobs are posted every week on 6FigureJobs.com, 55% of jobs are sales related and the site sees nearly a million page views every month.

CallidusCloud will combine its own online assessment technologies with 6FigureJobs to create an agile hiring cloud, including a sales focused edition.

"We are thrilled to join the CallidusCloud family of SaaS solutions," said Paul DiNardo, General Manager, 6FigureJobs. "The combination of CallidusCloud’s social, mobile and video technologies, coupled with their sales domain expertise will allow us to extend our product with value added offerings such as a focused sales career network."

6FigureJobs is used by major organizations including Allianz Life Insurance, Capital One, Cisco, Cognizant, Deloitte, HP, Kaiser Permanente, McKesson, Microsoft and Wipro Limited to source candidates. Click here for more companies that use 6FigureJobs.

Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.