“Most companies have different go-to-market strategies and execution styles.  This results in top performing sales people sharing a unique combination of behavioral characteristics within a particular organization” said Gab Goncalves, CEO of PeopleAnswers.  “Finding someone that can readily fit in into this unique mold has traditionally been a challenge to most sales managers, who must first identify the key behaviors that make a top performer successful."

PeopleAnswers' patent pending CASPER software engine identifies key behavioral traits in premium employees, then seeks out these specific traits in new applicants or existing employees.  The result is a higher number of top performers, lower turn-over, and lower recruiting costs.

"PeopleAnswers allows me to clone the best qualities of my existing top performing sales people into an ideal Behavioral DNA profile", explains Bob Roden, Director of Sales for Yahoo!.  “Once that ideal profile is built by the PeopleAnswers software, it can quickly analyze thousands of applicants searching for a perfect match.  PeopleAnswers will give me an important edge in helping me select the right individuals to add to my team.”

Yahoo! plans on initially using PeopleAnswers to continue to strengthen its internal sales teams.

About PeopleAnswers, Inc.

PeopleAnswers, Inc. develops innovative behavioral assessment software tools for major corporations to increase the effectiveness and reduce the cost of hiring, promoting and developing human capital. PeopleAnswers' tools allow its customers to build stronger teams with lower turnover and higher productivity. The tools also allow companies to continually optimize their human capital and build career paths for their best and brightest.


About Yahoo!

Yahoo! Inc. is a leading provider of comprehensive online products and services to consumers and businesses worldwide. Yahoo! reaches more than 237 million individuals worldwide each month, and is the No. 1 Internet brand globally. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., Yahoo!'s global network includes 25 World properties and is available in 13 languages.