Terms and Conditions
Terms and Conditions
1.1. In these Conditions the following words and phrases shall have the following
meanings unless the context requires otherwise:-
Advertisement
any Advertisement issued by CV Runner on behalf of the Client;
Applicant
a Candidate who applies for a vacancy advertised on the Site;
Application
an Application made by a Candidate to a vacancy advertised on the Site;
Applicant
a Candidate who applies for a vacancy advertised on the Site;
Candidate
a person who uses the Site for the purpose of finding employment;
Client
the person(s) who have signed a Service Agreement for use of the CV Runner Site
and Services;
Conditions
these Standard Terms and Conditions;
CV
the curriculum vitae or brief outline details of a Candidate's education, training,
skills and employment experience which is provided to CV Runner by a Candidate for
distribution to Clients with a view to securing employment;
CV Online
a CV Service which enables the Client to search for and view CVs online using various
search criteria;
CV Service
CV Online and CV Watchdog;
CV Watchdog
a CV Service which enables the Client to receive the latest CVs via email;
End Client
the person to whom the Client's services are provided;
Featured Jobs-by-Email
an enhancement of Jobs-by-Email which matches and sends individual Client career
opportunities via email to Candidates who have subscribed to the Jobs-By-Email service;
CV Runner
CV Runner (Worldwide) Limited (company number 2774106);
Jobs-by-Email
a service which matches and sends vacancies via email to Candidates who have subscribed
to this service;
My CV Runner
a personalised page of the Site where a Candidate may access their own personal
details, their CV, and a range of other services;
Registration
the process a Candidate completes in order to store and save their details and CV
on CV Runner, for the purposes of securing employment;
Services
the Services which CV Runner has agreed to provide to the Client and the Services
which are available on the Site for use by Candidates;
Service Agreement
the service agreement entered into between the Client and CV Runner;
Site
the Site at www.cvrunner.co.uk or any other website operated and maintained by CV
Runner from time to time;
1.2 In these Conditions:
1.2.1. references to any statute or statutory provision shall, unless the context
otherwise requires be construed as a reference to that statute or statutory provision
as from time to time amended, consolidated, modified, extended, re-enacted or replaced;
1.2.2. references to the masculine include the feminine and the neuter and the singular
include the plural and vice versa as the context admits or requires;
1.2.3. words importing persons include individuals, bodies corporate and unincorporate;
and
1.2.4. headings will not affect their construction.
2. Application of the Terms
2.1. These Conditions to the exclusion of all previous terms and conditions issued
by CV Runner shall apply to any Candidate who uses CV Runner after the date on which
these Conditions were posted on the Site.
2.2. These Conditions are deemed to be fully read, understood and accepted by the
Candidate upon acceptance of these Conditions during Registration, or in the case
of a Candidate who has not completed Registration, when an Application is made.
2.3. No variation or alteration to these Conditions or any representations about
the Services shall have any effect unless expressly agreed and confirmed in writing
by a director of CV Runner .
3. Services Generally
3.1. CV Runner does not make any representation whatsoever about any Advertisement
accessed either on, by virtue of or by way of any links from the Site nor about
any of the Clients who use Services on the Site. CV Runner relies on information
provided to it by Clients and via third parties and accordingly it is a matter for
the Candidate to satisfy itself as to the suitability of any Client using Services
on the Site or of any Advertisement found directly or indirectly through the Site.
3.2. CV Runner shall be entitled at anytime without notifying the Candidate to make
changes to the Services which are necessary to comply with any applicable security
or other statutory requirements and shall determine the manner in which the Services
are provided
3.3. Any intellectual property, ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques developed
by CV Runner or obtained during the execution of the Services will be owned exclusively
by CV Runner
3.4. CV Runner shall not be responsible for any failure to provide the Services,
or unavailability of the Site, as a result of circumstances beyond its reasonable
control.
3.5. The Candidate accepts that CV Runner shall not be liable for any failure to
provide the Services (or any part thereof) as a result of the Candidate's failure
to comply with these Conditions.
3.6. The Candidate agrees to provide CV Runner, in such a format as CV Runner may
request, any information necessary to enable CV Runner to provide those Services.
3.7 CV Runner shall not be obliged to provide those Services until the Candidate
has supplied it with the information, necessary to provide those Services.
4. Jobs by Email
If the Candidate has signed up to receive Jobs-By-Email, the provisions of this
clause 4 shall apply thereto.
4.1. Jobs-By-Email are sent at least once a day to candidates with search criteria
matching posted or renewed vacancies and each Jobs-By-Email will contain a limited
listing of live vacancy Advertisements posted or renewed since the last Jobs-By-Email
sent to the Candidate and matching the Candidate's search criteria.
4.2. Featured Jobs-By-Email are sent periodically and contain highlighted career
opportunities with individual Client's that match the Candidate's search criteria.
4.3. The Candidate accepts that CV Runner cannot guarantee the number of vacancy
Advertisements distributed in the Jobs-by-Email and that no obligations are imposed
on CV Runner in this regard.
5. CV's
If the Candidate has saved their details and stored a CV on CV Runner, the provisions
of this clause 5 shall apply thereto.
5.1. The Services are subject to any instructions from a Candidate that his or her
details should or should not be made available to the Client and CV Runner will
only make available or supply copies of the CVs which have been received by it for
distribution to Clients of CV Runner solely for the purpose of securing suitable
employment for the Candidate.
5.2. The CV Watchdog service will (under normal circumstances) be delivered to the
Client by email on a once per day basis and such email will include all CVs identified
by the search strings selected by the Client.
5.3. The CV Online service will (under normal circumstances) be available to the
Client at all times and will allow the Client access to all distributable CVs on
the Site.
5.4. CV Runner cannot guarantee the minimum number of times a CV will be viewed
by or distributed to Clients on any given day.
5.5. CV Runner will (under normal circumstances) ensure that CVs are made available
to the Client via CV Watchdog within one working day of receipt of the CV from a
Candidate or searchable online within one hour of receipt of the CV from a Candidate
via CV Online.
5.6. CV Runner may, at its discretion and without notice, report improper or illegal
use of CVs or the Services by the Candidate to its Clients.
5.7. CV Runner has the right at its sole discretion to decline to distribute or
forward, or to suspend or remove any Candidate information or CV accepted by it.
5.8. CV Runner may refuse, withdraw, or require to be amended, any Candidate information
or CV which is illegal, immoral, obscene or offensive or so as to comply with the
legal or moral obligations placed upon CV Runner or the Candidate or to avoid infringing
a third party's rights or any statutory or regulatory requirements or is designed
to or is likely to cause disruption to any computer system or network.
5.9. The Candidate hereby undertakes that:
5.9.1 the details and CV they store and save on CV Runner are a true and accurate
reflection of their education, employment, training history and that their personal
details are correct;
5.9.2 that if any of the information stored and saved on CV Runner for the purposes
of securing employment is found to be false or inaccurate in any way, that CV Runner
reserves the right to remove those details and/or suspend the use of the Services
on the Site for the Candidate;
5.9.3 in respect of any information or CV submitted by the Candidate which contains
the name or pictorial representation (photographic or otherwise) of any living person
and/or any part of any living person and/or any copy by which any living person
is or can be identified the Candidate has obtained the authority of such living
person to make use of such name, representation and/or copy;
6. Applications and Applications Forms
If the Candidate makes an Application or is required to complete an Application
Form as part of an Application, the provisions of this clause 6 shall apply thereto:
6.1. The Candidate hereby undertakes that:
6.1.1. they have fully read and understood the requirements of a vacancy Advertisement
on the Site to which they make an Application;
6.1.2. they have the appropriate skills and qualifications required by the Client
and the necessary qualifications required by law;
6.1.3. they satisfy or will attend to the necessary immigration requirements of
the country in which the position will be situated;
6.1.4. the details they provide to the Client as part of an Application or in an
Application Form are a true and accurate reflection of their education, employment,
training history and that their personal details are correct;
6.1.5. that if any of the information used in an Application or Application Form
is found to be false or inaccurate in any way, that CV Runner reserves the right
to remove those details and/or suspend the use of the Services on the Site for the
Candidate;
6.1.6. in respect of any information submitted during the Application by the Candidate
which contains the name or pictorial representation (photographic or otherwise)
of any living person and/or any part of any living person and/or any copy by which
any living person is or can be identified, the Candidate has obtained the authority
of such living person to make use of such name, representation and/or copy.
6.2. CV Runner has the right at its sole discretion to decline to distribute or
forward, or to suspend or remove any Application accepted by it.
6.3. CV Runner may refuse, withdraw, or require to be amended, any Application which
is illegal, immoral, obscene or offensive or so as to comply with the legal or moral
obligations placed upon CV Runner or the Candidate or to avoid infringing a third
party's rights or any statutory or regulatory requirements or is designed to or
is likely to cause disruption to any computer system or network.
6.4. When a Candidate makes an Application through the Site, CV Runner will pass
the Candidate's details to the Client who placed the Advertisement for the purpose
of that one Application only.
6.5. The Candidate accepts that CV Runner cannot be held responsible for the content
of Advertisements on the Site and that no obligations are imposed on CV Runner in
this regard.
7. Candidates Obligations
7.1. The Candidate agrees that:
7.1.1. it has read, understood and agrees to the Privacy Statement on the Site;
7.1.2. it will keep confidential and not disclose to any person the password used
by them in relation to the Services;
7.1.3. it will be responsible for any misuse of all such passwords.
8. Liability
8.1. CV Runner will not be liable (whether in contract or tort) for:
8.1.1. any loss of copy, artwork, photographs, data, CVs or other materials that
the Candidate supplies to CV Runner and the Candidate shall be responsible for retaining
in its possession sufficient quality and quantity of such materials for whatsoever
purposes it may require;
8.1.2. any mistakes or errors whatsoever that arise during the course of use of
the Services or any loss of information or data or any damage thereto in each case
as a result of circumstances beyond its reasonable control or which arise as a result
of the acts or omissions of the Candidate;
8.1.3. for any failure to secure employment or consequential loss (whether caused
by the negligence of CV Runner, its employees or agents);
8.1.4. any delay, costs, expense, loss, damage or liability (including without limitation
as a result of any hardware failure, provision or use of software, virus, deletion,
corruption, loss or removal of data) howsoever caused arising from any matter beyond
the reasonable control of CV Runner or as a result of the acts or omissions of the
Candidate;
8.1.5. any loss or damage whatsoever howsoever caused arising out of the negligence,
dishonesty, misconduct, breach of faith, incompetence, or the wrongful disclosure
of confidential information by, any Client. It is for the Candidate to satisfy itself
as to the integrity and reliability of all vacancy Advertisements placed on the
Site;
8.1.6. any breach of agreement or infringement or violation of any right of any
person or be rendered liable to any proceedings whatsoever, as a result of any information
or CV or Application submitted to it by the Candidate and the Candidate indemnifies
CV Runner against all costs, claims, damages, loss, expenses and liabilities suffered
or incurred by CV Runner as a result of this undertaking and warranty being incorrect.
8.2 Nothing in these Conditions will restrict or exclude CV Runner liability for
death or personal injury caused by its own negligence.
8.3 The Candidate agrees and acknowledges that no condition, warranty or representation
of any kind is, has been, or will be, given by or on behalf of CV Runner in respect
of or in connection with the Services and accordingly the Candidate confirms that
it has not, in accepting these Conditions, relied on any condition, warranty or
representation by CV Runner or any person on its behalf, express or implied, whether
arising by law or otherwise in relation to or in connection with the Services. The
benefit of any such condition, warranty or representation by CV Runner is hereby
irrevocably and unconditionally waived by the Candidate.
9. Termination and Cancellation
9.1 These Conditions apply unless replaced by subsequent Conditions or unless terminated
under Clause 9.2 of these Conditions.
9.2. Either party may, at its sole discretion, terminate the provision of the Services
to the Candidate at any time by notice in writing to the other party (the "Defaulting
Party") if the Defaulting Party is in breach of these Conditions and fails
to remedy such breach within 14 days of notice from the other party requiring it
to be remedied.
9.3. The Candidate shall be responsible for all reasonable costs, claims, damages,
loss, expenses and liabilities incurred by CV Runner arising out of the Candidate's
breach of its obligations under these Conditions (including, without limitation,
on a solicitor and own client basis, any legal fees and disbursements reasonably
incurred by CV Runner).
10. Notices
10.1. Notice required or permitted to be given under these Conditions shall:
10.1.1. be in writing addressed to that other party at its registered office or
principal place of business or such other relevant address as may at the relevant
time have been notified pursuant to this provision to the other party giving the
notice; or
10.1.2. be in the form of an email addressed to CV Runner at help@CV Runner .co.uk
(or such other address as supplied by CV Runner) or if to the Candidate, to the
address provided in the Candidate's details submitted during Registration or as
subsequently amended and the Candidate will be deemed to have received such notification
within one hour of transmission.
10.2. The Candidate is responsible for notifying CV Runner of any changes to its
email address. Such notification shall request an acknowledgement of receipt and
shall be confirmed in writing and sent to CV Runner by email.
11. General
11.1. If any provision of these Conditions shall be invalid or unenforceable, it
shall not affect any other provision, which shall remain in full force and effect.
11.2. Any waiver by CV Runner of any breach of, or any default under, any provision
of these Conditions by the Candidate will not be deemed to be a waiver of any subsequent
breach or default and will in no way affect the other terms of these Conditions.
11.3. Failure or delay by CV Runner in enforcing or partially enforcing any provision
of these Conditions will not be construed as a waiver of any of its rights under
these Conditions.
11.4. The parties to these Conditions do not intend that any clause of these Conditions
will be enforceable by virtue of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999
by any person that is not a party to it.
12. Law
12.1. These Conditions and any contract, into which these Conditions are incorporated,
shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law and the parties
submit to the non exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts: