General
Terms of use
This web site is owned and operated by SMOOTHCAREERS.COM and is made
available to you on the following terms and conditions. By using the site
and the services available on it you are deemed to accept these terms and
conditions and any additional terms and conditions which expressly apply
to services and information provided by third parties.
Data protection
Our use of CVs and other personal information supplied by users of this
site is governed by our privacy policy. Please
click here to view our privacy policy.
Use of the site
The information and services available on the site are provided for
the sole purpose of individuals looking for employment opportunities
and career information and for employers seeking to recruit staff. You may
use, print and download information from the site for these purposes only
and for no other personal or commercial purpose. You may not otherwise copy,
display, transmit or distribute any material from the site.
All copyright, database rights and other intellectual property rights in
the site and the material available on the site belongs to or SMOOTHCAREERS.COM
its third party suppliers. Use of the site does not give you
any proprietary rights in such materials.
Jobseekers
CVs and job advertisements
CVs and job advertisements contained on the site are provided by candidates
and by prospective employers and their agents and are not reviewed by us.
We accept no responsibility or liability for the contents of CVs or
advertisements and expect candidates and prospective employers to carry out
such verification procedures as are customary and prudent in the circumstances.
SMOOTHCAREERS.COM services
Services and information provided on the site by us and our third party
suppliers are intended to assist in the job seeking or recruitment process.
Neither we nor our third party suppliers can guarantee their suitability or
prospects of success in any particular case. You should obtain independent
verification before relying on information provided on the site in
circumstances which may result in loss or damage.
Service availability
We try to ensure continuous availability of the site and all the services
available on it but accept no responsibility for the consequences of interruptions
or delays, however caused. We may, additionally, alter the design and
specification of the site at any time.
Limitation of liability
Our liability, and the liability of our third party suppliers, for any
loss or damage suffered by you as the result of your use of this site
is limited to your actual direct damages and, except in the case of fraud,
excludes any loss of future earnings, profit or prospects or any consequential
or speculative loss. As required by law, this exclusion does not extend to
death or personal injury caused by our negligence.
Governing law
These terms and conditions shall be interpreted in accordance with English
law and all disputes shall be decided by the English courts.
Browser and operating system policy
SMOOTHCAREERS.COM endeavours to support as many users as possible, but it has become
necessary to cease supporting or actively block some browser versions.
Recruiters
Employment agencies and employment businesses
If you are an employment agency or an employment business (as defined by the Employment
Agencies Act 1973 ('the Act')) it is your responsibility to ensure that advertisements
you place on SMOOTHCAREERS.COM comply with your obligations under the Act and Conduct
of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2004. You agree to comply
with the Act and these regulations as they affect the conduct of your business and the
advertisements you place on SMOOTHCAREERS.COM.
Site rules
We have rules regarding the content and format of jobs posted on SMOOTHCAREERS.COM. Their purpose
is to ensure that users who search the site or the SMOOTHCAREERS.COM database get results which
are presented as clearly and informatively as possible. You agree that we may, at our
discretion and without liability to you, remove from SMOOTHCAREERS.COM any advertisement which
is posted in breach of these rules. The rules may change from time to time and you
are advised to refer to them regularly.
The Rules are:
- No duplicating of jobs at the expense of other clients' jobs.
- No gratuitous use of keywords in job descriptions or job titles.
Gratuitous means deliberately inserting words, strings of words, or
repeating job titles, with the intention of influencing position in
the results listing, or increasing the number of page views.
- Job advertisements placed on SMOOTHCAREERS.COM must be for genuine vacancies
only, and not for other products or services, either relating to or
unrelated to recruitment including, but not limited to, affiliate
schemes, pyramid selling schemes or any other so called 'business
opportunity'.
- URLs or email links (live or text only) are not permitted in the
body copy of the job description page. Email links are permitted from
the 'send an email' link and url linking is permitted from the
'apply online' link.
Illegal Advertisements
Advertisements which appear to discriminate on grounds of sex, race or
disability are illegal and may result in proceedings being taken against
both the advertiser and the publisher. If we believe that an advertisement
may be discriminatory we may at our discretion either amend the advertisement
or remove it from SMOOTHCAREERS.COM without liability to you to make
any refund of amounts paid or due to be paid in respect of the posting or
otherwise and will inform you accordingly.
Responses to advertisements
You agree to deal fairly and professionally with individuals who may respond
to an advertisement you have posted and not do anything which may bring SMOOTHCAREERS.COM
into disrepute. You will indemnify us from and against any claim brought by an
individual against SMOOTHCAREERS.COM arising from your breach of this obligation or any
other of these terms and conditions.
We do not guarantee any response to your advertisement or that responses will
be from individuals suitable for the job advertised. It is your responsibility
to carry out such checks and procedures as are necessary to ensure that
candidates are suitable for the job advertised and have the required qualifications
and personal characteristics.
Equipment
It is your responsibility to ensure that you have the appropriate equipment
and are connected to the appropriate services to enable you to post jobs to SMOOTHCAREERS.COM.
Content and links
If your advertisement links to another site via our external apply online option,
you are responsible for maintaining the links and for the content of your
advertisement and the linked site. We may remove from SMOOTHCAREERS.COM any advertisement
which contains content or links to a site which, in our opinion, is defamatory,
illegal or objectionable or will bring SMOOTHCAREERS.COM into disrepute. You will indemnify
us from and against any claims or liability arising from content or links contained
in your advertisements.
Third party sites
Vacancies you post on SMOOTHCAREERS.COM may also appear on third party recruitment web sites
pursuant to agreements from time to time between SMOOTHCAREERS.COM and the proprietors of such
web sites.
Use of candidate database
Employment agencies and employment businesses
If you are an employment agency or an employment business (as defined by the Employment
Agencies Act 1973 ('the Act')) it is your responsibility to ensure that the use you
make of information from our candidate database complies with your obligations under
the Act and the various regulations made under it, together with any applicable
guidelines. These regulations are currently contained in the Conduct of Employment
Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2004. You agree to comply with the Act
and these regulations as they affect the conduct of your business and the use you make
of information on our candidate database.
Rights in the database
Database rights and all other applicable copyright and intellectual property rights
in the candidate database belong to Totaljobs Group Ltd. You acknowledge that you
do not acquire any rights in the database or its content and that your retention and
use of the database and its content is governed by these terms and conditions.
Use of the database
The material you are entitled to receive from the candidate database is determined
by the product you have purchased from us. On receipt of this material you may:
- Use, search or download it to your database using the Candidate Search back office
interface and its associated functions for the purpose of finding suitable candidates
for specific job vacancies that you or (if you are an employment agency or employment
business) your client wish to fill.
- Use the information about the individuals contained in the database for
the purpose of contacting them (either directly or through SMOOTHCAREERS.COM depending on
the product you have purchased) in relation to a specific job vacancy.
- Use the information only in connection with your own recruitment-related activities.
You may NOT:
- Supply, sell or license material from the candidate database, or a copy of it, to
any other person, including another member of your group of companies.
- Download the database through any automated (e.g. "scraping") process.
- Contact the individuals on the database or make or allow any use of the information
about those individuals, other than for the purpose of finding suitable candidates for
specific job vacancies. You must, at all times, comply with the Data Protection Act 1998
and all subsequent legislation and regulations.
Deletion of database material
You agree to delete all material from the candidate database upon its replacement with
up-to-date material or the satisfactory conclusion of your search for a suitable candidate,
whichever occurs first.
Dealings with candidates
You agree to deal fairly and professionally with individuals you may contact using information
from the candidate database and not do anything which may bring SMOOTHCAREERS.COM into disrepute. You will
indemnify SMOOTHCAREERS.COM from and against any claim brought by an individual against SMOOTHCAREERS.COM arising from
your breach of this obligation or any other of these terms and conditions.
Passwords
Passwords are for the sole use of the person to whom they are issued. We may deny access to a
password if we reasonably believe that it is being used by an unauthorised person or that the
user is breaching these terms and conditions.
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