privacy

Regional Recruiters Australia Pty Limited is committed to providing you with the highest levels of professional service. This includes protecting your privacy. We understand the importance placed on the privacy of your personal information. We comply with the National Privacy Principles (NPP).

Regional Recruiters Australia will take all reasonable steps to protect the privacy of the personal information that we collect and use from our clients and candidates who provide us with their personal information.

What is personal information?

Personal information is any information that can be used to identify you.

Why do we collect personal information?

We collect personal information of job applicants to facilitate the placement of candidates whilst offering the best possible service to our clients. We also collect and use personal information for the following purposes:

• to provide you with further information about the recruitment opportunities or services you requested;
• for assessing and facilitating your application for employment with prospective employers; and
• for placement operations and recruitment purposes generally.

What personal information do we collect and use?

Personal information that we collect and use may include your name, date of birth, current address, email address, telephone numbers, work history, performance appraisals, qualifications, health information, personal history, opinions from referees and our assessment of you as a prospective candidate for recruitment.

The personal information that we collect and hold usually falls into the following categories:

• personal information obtained from job applicants in connection with previous periods of employment or work;
• work performance information and qualifications;
• information about incidents in the workplace;
• information and opinions from referees;
• information obtained to assist in managing client and business relationships.

We will not use your personal information for any purpose which is not related to the service we provide to you or for any purpose for which you would not reasonably expect us to use your personal information.

We will take all reasonable steps to ensure that the personal information that we hold is accurate and up to date. If you feel that information about you is not accurate or your details have or are about to change, please inform us and we will correct or update your personal information.

How do we collect personal information?

Where possible, we collect your personal information directly from you. If you feel that the information that we are requesting, either on our forms or in our discussions with you, is not information that you wish to provide, please feel free to raise this with us.

In most situations we will also obtain your personal information from third parties such as referees, educational institutions and former employers.

When do we disclose your personal information?

For the purposes referred to in this policy we may disclose your personal information to:

• prospective employers;
• external organisations seeking labour;
• your referees;
• your former employers;
• educational institutions;
• our clients;
• our referees;
• our professional advisors including our accountants, auditors and lawyers; and
• our related companies and our contractors and suppliers.

Security of your information

We will take all reasonable steps to secure your personal information. Electronic information is protected by various security measures and access to information and databases is restricted to staff of Regional Recruiters Australia that need access to the information in order to perform their duties.