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27 November 2008

HR & Training Professionals to Share Best Practices for Sourcing & Retaining Top Talent in Economic Downturn

Learning and talent management experts from Cornerstone OnDemand and Astadia Consulting UK Limited are hosting a business breakfast on Friday, November 28 to reveal proven ways for successfully attracting, motivating, developing and retaining high performers in a down economy. Event also to feature executives from Homeloan Management Limited (HML) and Willis Global Recruitment.

Now more than ever, HR and training professionals are concerned about the impact the current economic downturn is having on their abilities to attract, develop and retain top performers for their organisations. Cornerstone OnDemand, a leader in on-demand, integrated learning and talent management software and services, and global business consulting firm Astadia Consulting UK Limited., are hosting a complimentary business breakfast for UK professionals to share and discuss best practices in employee sourcing and retention this Friday, November 28 from 8:15 a.m. to 10 a.m. at the MWB Business Exchange in London's City.

According to recent CIPD research, more than 86 percent of UK employers are experiencing recruitment difficulties. Additionally, the number of employees in the UK who have been in their current job for more than five years has fallen to just 20 percent.1

"An organisation's most valuable asset is its employees, but with more limited budgets and resources, businesses are becoming increasingly uncertain about the direction of their talent strategies," said Vincent Belliveau, General Manager, EMEA, Cornerstone OnDemand Inc. "However, now is the time for companies to make the right investments and align their human capital management strategies with overall business goals in order to create organisational efficiencies and attract, cultivate and retain high-performing talent. Those that do will be better positioned for success."

Learning and talent management experts from both companies will reveal the best ways for businesses to gain advantages and strengthen their own talent management strategies in areas such as:

• Driving employee engagement

• Providing clear career path and employee development programmes

• Giving appropriate performance and recognition reviews

• Assessing compensation and benefit segmentation

• Facing internal and external recruitment challenges

Cornerstone and Astadia also will share case study examples of the successes their own clients are having with their employee sourcing, development and retention strategies.

Additional event speakers include Gary Evans, People and Development Architect for Homeloan Management Limited (HML), who will reveal key insights into how his company is leveraging Cornerstone's talent management software to reduce employee time-to-competency, ensure compliance and streamline business processes. Ian Dye of Willis Global Recruitment also will provide an expert perspective on managing the recruitment of talent in a challenging environment.

The event is open to managers and directors who oversee HR, training, talent, performance and compensation, as well as HR information systems. Please note places are limited. To register, please visit http://info.cornerstoneondemand.com/forms/UKExecutiveBreakfast-2008-11-28. Breakfast will be served. The location of MWB Business Exchange is 55 Old Broad Street, London EC2M 1RX. The closest tube is Liverpool Street.

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About Cornerstone OnDemand

Cornerstone OnDemand helps organisations empower their people and optimize workforce productivity with a comprehensive suite of integrated talent management solutions for learning, compliance, performance, compensation and succession management, as well as robust reporting and analytics. Cornerstone also provides more than 30,000 pre-integrated training titles. The Company’s multi-tenant, multi-user software-as-a-service (SaaS) architecture provides customers with rapid deployments, minimal IT costs, greater flexibility, proven reliability and a lower total cost of ownership. Cornerstone’s triple-digit growth has been supported by a market-leading customer retention rate. Leading enterprises such as Aon, Bank of the West, Flextronics, Pearson, Randstad, Ticketmaster and Trend Micro count on Cornerstone to help them achieve organizational excellence and competitive advantage. Cornerstone OnDemand is headquartered in Santa Monica, California and has international offices in London, Paris, Munich and Tel Aviv.

For more information, visit www.cornerstoneondemand.co.uk

Cornerstone® and Cornerstone OnDemand® are registered trademarks of Cornerstone OnDemand Inc.

About Astadia Consulting UK Limited

Astadia Consulting UK Limited (astadia.com) is a global business consulting and SaaS solutions company. We help clients of all sizes improve results by transforming business processes and technologies. With a passion for quality and experience earned from thousands of Cloud Computing initiatives, Astadia consultants positively impact the sales, marketing, customer service and employee performance efforts of clients around the corner and around the globe. Astadia is a key deployment partner for a number of leading Cloud Computing companies including salesforce.com, Cornerstone OnDemand, Eloqua, Google™, Workday, and Xactly. Astadia is ranked in the Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing private companies.

For more information, visit the Astadia website or call +44 (0)845 055 9758.

Further information from:

Sinead Reynolds-Berti, Cornerstone OnDemand, + 33 (0) 6 28 33 55 66; sberti@cornerstoneondemand.com

Bob Little, Bob Little Press & PR, + 44 (0) 1727 860405; www.boblittlepr.com