Terms of Use

These Terms of Use govern access to and use of HorizonJobConnect.com, including public job listings, employer and job seeker accounts, job advertisements, applications, resume tools, career resources, posting packages and related services. In these Terms, "Horizon Job Connect," "we," "us" and "our" refer to the operator of HorizonJobConnect.com.

By accessing or using the website, you agree to these Terms and the Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not use the website.

1. About Horizon Job Connect

Horizon Job Connect is an independent Canadian online job-posting and job-search platform. It provides technology through which employers can advertise genuine opportunities and job seekers can search and apply.

Horizon Job Connect is not an employer of job seekers, a staffing or recruitment agency, a representative of an employer or applicant, or a party to any employment relationship formed through the website. Employers control their own advertisements, assessments and hiring decisions. Job seekers decide which opportunities to pursue.

2. Eligibility and Authority

You may use the website only if you can lawfully enter into and comply with these Terms. If you have not reached the age of majority where you live, you may use account or resume features only where you can provide valid consent or with parent or guardian involvement where required by law.

If you use Horizon Job Connect for a business or other organization, you represent that you have authority to act for that organization and to bind it to these Terms.

3. User Accounts

Certain functions require an account. You must provide accurate registration information, keep it current, protect your password and promptly notify Horizon Job Connect if you suspect unauthorized access.

You may not create an account using a false identity, impersonate another person or organization, share credentials in a way that creates a security risk, or use another person's account without authorization. You are responsible for activity through your account except to the extent caused by circumstances outside your reasonable control.

4. Employer Responsibilities

Every employer must be authorized to advertise the position and must ensure that each posting represents a genuine, current and available employment opportunity.

Employers are responsible for:

• Providing accurate business and contact information.
• Publishing truthful, complete, current and lawful job information.
• Using a title, occupational classification and work location that match the actual position.
• Describing duties, compensation, hours, employment terms and qualifications accurately.
• Providing a working public contact or application method.
• Reviewing applications and communicating professionally with candidates.
• Correcting material errors promptly.
• Closing an advertisement when the job is filled, withdrawn or no longer available.
• Protecting applicant information and using it only for legitimate hiring purposes.
• Complying with applicable employment, human-rights, accessibility, privacy, consumer-protection, recruiter-licensing and other laws.

5. Required Job Advertisement Information

A public advertisement must include enough information for a job seeker to understand and evaluate the opportunity. Employers must provide, where applicable:

• Employer operating name and business address.
• Position title and number of vacancies.
• Main duties for each position advertised.
• Actual work location, including city or town and province or territory.
• Permanent, temporary, seasonal, contract, full-time or part-time terms.
• Expected or guaranteed hours of work.
• Wage or salary range and relevant additional compensation.
• Benefits, where applicable.
• Language of work.
• Education, experience, licences, certifications and skills genuinely required.
• A working telephone number, email address, mailing address or other clearly explained application method.

Structured fields must agree with the written description. Employers must not use an unrelated title, location, employer name, wage, occupational classification, publication date or expiry date.

6. Representatives and Third-Party Postings

A recruiter or other representative posting for a business must have the employer's authorization, identify the actual operating employer accurately and comply with laws governing recruitment and representation.

Horizon Job Connect may request evidence of authority, employer identity or job availability. It may pause or remove a posting if the requested information is not provided or cannot be reasonably verified. The public advertisement must not make the representative appear to be the employer unless the representative is offering the employment directly.

7. No Fees to Job Seekers for Jobs or Offers

No employer, representative or other user may charge a job seeker merely to view or apply for a vacancy, attend an interview or receive a job offer through Horizon Job Connect. Users must not recover advertising, recruitment, administrative or professional costs from a job seeker where doing so is unlawful.

Any request for money, gift cards, cryptocurrency, cheque transfers or use of an applicant's financial account in connection with a vacancy may be treated as suspicious and may result in immediate restriction or removal.

8. Job Seeker Responsibilities

Job seekers must provide truthful information and use the platform lawfully. A job seeker must not misrepresent identity, education, employment history, licences or qualifications; submit fraudulent documents; impersonate another person; misuse employer information; distribute harmful material; or use the platform for unrelated commercial solicitation.

Job seekers are responsible for reviewing advertisements, evaluating employers and deciding whether to apply or accept an offer. They should not provide unnecessary sensitive information or money to an unverified person.

9. Applications and Employment Relationships

When a job seeker applies, the application information may be made available to the employer identified in the posting. Horizon Job Connect does not decide which applicants an employer reviews, interviews, hires or rejects.

Any interview, offer, employment agreement, workplace relationship or dispute is between the employer and job seeker. Each party should independently verify material information and obtain professional advice where appropriate.

10. Posting Packages and Payments

Horizon Job Connect may offer free and paid posting options. Current prices, taxes, durations, limits, renewal terms and included features are displayed at the time of purchase. Employers must review those terms before completing a transaction.

Payments may be processed by a third-party payment provider. Refunds, credits and cancellations are governed by the terms displayed during purchase and any rights that cannot be excluded by law. A package provides only the described posting service and does not guarantee views, applications, interviews, a successful hire or acceptance by any outside organization or program.

11. Prohibited Conduct and Content

Users must not use Horizon Job Connect to:

• Post a fake, nonexistent, filled or unavailable job.
• Publish a test record, placeholder employer or meaningless description on the public site.
• Provide materially false, contradictory or incomplete information.
• Misrepresent an employer, representative, job seeker, government body or position.
• Charge a prohibited applicant or recruitment fee.
• Collect personal information for an unrelated or undisclosed purpose.
• Publish unlawful or discriminatory content.
• Promote illegal goods, services or activity.
• Send spam, harassment, threats or unsolicited commercial messages.
• Distribute malware, deceptive links or harmful code.
• Attempt unauthorized access, interfere with security or disrupt website operation.
• Scrape, copy, republish or commercially exploit website content without authorization or another lawful basis.
• Use automated systems in a way that places unreasonable demand on the website.
• Violate intellectual-property, privacy or other legal rights.

12. Review, Moderation and Enforcement

Horizon Job Connect may use automated checks, manual review, user reports and requests for additional information to assess content or account activity. We do not undertake to review every item before publication.

Where we reasonably believe content or conduct is incomplete, inaccurate, suspicious, unlawful, harmful or inconsistent with these Terms, we may request correction or verification, delay publication, edit formatting without changing material meaning, pause or remove content, restrict account functions, suspend or terminate an account, preserve relevant records or cooperate with a lawful request from an appropriate authority.

An employer may contact support regarding a moderation decision. Review or republication is not guaranteed. We may act without advance notice where reasonably necessary to protect users, the platform or others.

13. User Content and Licence

Users retain ownership of content they submit, subject to any rights held by others. Users must have the right and authority to provide that content.

By submitting content, you grant Horizon Job Connect a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence to host, store, reproduce, format, display, transmit and otherwise process the content only as reasonably necessary to operate, secure, promote and improve the service, provide requested functions and comply with law. This licence ends when the content is deleted, except for reasonable backup, legal, security and record-retention needs.

14. Intellectual Property

Unless otherwise stated, Horizon Job Connect's branding, website design, software, original text, graphics and other original materials are owned by or licensed to Horizon Job Connect and are protected by applicable law.

You may use the website for legitimate personal job searching or authorized employer hiring. You may not copy, resell, republish or commercially exploit protected website content except with permission or as permitted by law.

15. Privacy

Personal information is handled as described in the Privacy Policy. By using the website, you acknowledge that information may be collected, used, stored and disclosed for the purposes described there. Employers receiving applications become responsible for their own handling of applicant information.

16. Third Party Services and Links

The website may use or link to third-party services, including hosting, analytics, email delivery and payment processing. Horizon Job Connect does not control external websites and is not responsible for their content, availability, security or privacy practices. Review the terms and privacy notices of services you choose to use.

17. Website Availability and Changes

We aim to keep the website available and functioning, but continuous or error-free access is not guaranteed. Maintenance, security events, service-provider interruptions, technical problems or circumstances beyond reasonable control may affect availability.

We may add, change, suspend or discontinue website features where reasonably necessary. We may also correct obvious errors in site content or package descriptions.

18. No Endorsement and No Guaranteed Outcome

Publication of a job does not constitute an endorsement or guarantee of the employer, position or offer. Presence of a profile, resume or application does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation of the job seeker.

Horizon Job Connect does not guarantee the accuracy of user-submitted content, a particular number of views or applications, an employer response, an interview, a job offer, a successful hire, continued employment or any legal, regulatory or program outcome.

19. Disclaimers

The website and its content are provided on an "as available" basis. To the extent permitted by law, Horizon Job Connect disclaims warranties that are not expressly stated in these Terms, including implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement.

Career and employer resources provide general information only. They are not legal, immigration, financial, tax or professional advice. Nothing in these Terms limits a right or warranty that cannot lawfully be excluded.

20. Limitation of Liability

To the extent permitted by applicable law, Horizon Job Connect is not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary or punitive loss arising from use of the website, user-submitted content, employer or applicant decisions, communications between users, employment relationships, third-party fraud that could not reasonably have been prevented, external services or temporary interruption.

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability that cannot legally be excluded or limited. Any monetary limitation should be reviewed and approved by Canadian counsel before publication.

21. Suspension, Termination and Account Closure

We may restrict, suspend or terminate an account or remove content where we reasonably believe these Terms have been violated, fraud or misrepresentation has occurred, a posting is not genuine, a user presents a security risk, or continued access may harm users, the platform or another person.

Users may request account closure through the methods described in the Privacy Policy. Provisions that by their nature should survive termination, including intellectual property, disclaimers, limitations and applicable records obligations, continue to apply.

22. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms to reflect changes in the service, law, technology or business practices. The current version will be posted with a revised Last Updated date. Where a material change requires additional notice or consent, we will take reasonable steps to provide it.

Continued use after updated Terms take effect constitutes acceptance where permitted by law.

23. Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the Province of British Columbia and the applicable federal laws of Canada, without limiting mandatory rights that may apply in another jurisdiction.

24. Contact

Questions about these Terms may be directed to: