Our Commitment

Emplois Compétences is committed to ensuring that visits to our site are safe and secure, adhering to the conditions stipulated by the Canadian Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (“PIPEDA”), which regulates the collection, use, and disclosure of your personal information by Emplois Compétences. By accessing the Emplois Compétences website or choosing to use one or more of its services, you expressly consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of your personal information as outlined in this privacy policy.

Changes to the Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy may be amended by Emplois Compétences at any time to reflect changes in our collection, use, and disclosure of your personal information. Accessing and using Emplois Compétences and any services provided by Emplois Compétences at any time is evidence of your ongoing acceptance of the terms of our Privacy Policy, which may be modified from time to time. We encourage you to regularly review our Privacy Policy to ensure you have an up-to-date understanding of the collection, use, and disclosure by Emplois Compétences of your personal information. This Privacy Policy was last modified on September 20, 2023.

Disclaimer regarding privacy practices or content of other websites

This Privacy Policy applies only to the collection, use, and disclosure of information by Emplois Compétences and does not extend to any information that may be collected by or submitted to any other website. Emplois Compétences provides links and connections to other websites that it does not control. Emplois Compétences is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of these other websites. You assume sole responsibility for the use of any link or connection to other websites offered from Emplois Compétences.

Disclaimer regarding the accuracy or accreditation of information submitted to Emplois Compétences

Emplois Compétences is not responsible for the accuracy and accreditation of the information and advertisements that Employers send us to be posted on the site, nor for the accuracy and accreditation of personal information or other information (e.g., profile, CV, cover letter, etc.) submitted to the Emplois Compétences website by potential employees. It is the responsibility of Employers and potential employees to independently verify the accuracy and accreditation of all information and advertisements submitted or posted on Emplois Compétences that are of interest to the Employer or potential employee.

Minors

Emplois Compétences is intended for individuals who have reached the legal age to work in their region of residence.

Collection and use of information

Depending on the type of services you use, Emplois Compétences collects various types of information about you. The services offered by Emplois Compétences and the extent of the information that needs to be provided to access the services are described below:

Anonymous browsing

You have the option to use certain services of Emplois Compétences anonymously without registering or providing personal information about yourself. However, during all your visits to the Emplois Compétences website, we detect your IP address to collect general demographic information about you, including your geographical location, the domain name you use to access Emplois Compétences, the type and version of the browser you use, and your Internet service provider. These pieces of information are used by Emplois Compétences to help administer Emplois Compétences. We also collect aggregated data on how you use our site. This information allows Emplois Compétences to assess the number of visits, the average time spent on the site, pages visited, and other general statistics about Emplois Compétences to improve our services. This excludes any information that could personally identify our users. In addition to the collection of this anonymous information, you are always informed when Emplois Compétences collects personal or other information about you. You can then choose to refuse to provide this information at any time.

Response to job offers posted on Emplois Compétences – profiles, resumes, and cover letters

Emplois Compétences offers a convenient and quick service to registered users who wish to respond electronically to job offers posted on the Emplois Compétences website. To use this service, you submit your name, email, and/or phone number and complete by uploading your resume to Emplois Compétences. You control the content of your resume, including the amount of personal information it contains. In general, a resume includes your first and last name, contact information, a summary of your work experience, education, and specific skills, as well as additional information that may interest Employers. Finally, you can also choose to submit a cover letter to Emplois Compétences, the content of which you also control. You can modify your resume and cover letter at any time by logging into Emplois Compétences. When you choose to respond electronically to job offers through Emplois Compétences and transmit your profile, resume, and cover letter to an Employer through this service, you should expect that all information on your registration documents will be reviewed and that this information may be retained by the Employers who receive them for their personal use. Before accessing the profile, resume, and cover letter service, you must accept the conditions governing the collection, use, and disclosure of the information you submit to Emplois Compétences, as described in the Privacy Policy, by clicking “Accept” where indicated or using one of the methods proposed to confirm that you accept these conditions.

Use of cookies

Emplois Compétences uses “cookies” to facilitate estimating the volume of visits to the Emplois Compétences website, the average time of use of our services per visit, pages visited, and other general statistics. Cookies are simple text files that Internet browsers, automatically configured for this purpose, place on the hard drive of your computer when you visit a website. They do not damage files and cannot read data stored on your hard drive. By placing cookies on your hard drive, Emplois Compétences can retrieve specific information related to your previous visits. Thus, you do not have to provide certain data again each time you visit Emplois Compétences. Most Internet browsers can be set to refuse all cookies or to accept or refuse cookies on a case-by-case basis. If you choose to refuse Emplois Compétences’ cookies, you may not fully enjoy our site and you will not have access to certain features of our services.

Use of information

The data we collect and that you submit to Emplois Compétences are used to provide you with our services, to help us improve these services, and to inform you of new developments and changes to our services. Emplois Compétences compiles certain demographic data that we collect from you and other users to assess the use of our services and the level of user satisfaction. This collected demographic data may be transmitted to our clients and used for marketing purposes. At no time does the use of this collected data compromise the confidentiality of your personal information and your rights regarding the protection of your privacy.

By submitting your resume and cover letter and transmitting your data to Employers, you should expect that Employers will study and evaluate them in detail and use the personal and other information contained therein to make a hiring decision. You should also expect that Employers will use your personal information to communicate with you to propose interviews and job offers related to positions you have applied for or not.

While we take all reasonable measures to protect your privacy, our control over how Employers retain and use your personal information is limited. We remind you that you are responsible for keeping confidential the password you have chosen to access the services offered by Emplois Compétences.

Disclosure of information

The personal information you provide to us will be disclosed to authorized users of Emplois Compétences as described in this Privacy Policy. Emplois Compétences does not sell, share, or rent the information you submit to us in any way, unless otherwise stated in the Privacy Policy or with your express permission. Emplois Compétences reserves the right to disclose your personal information to companies with whom we have contracted and to individuals we employ to perform functions on our behalf only to the extent necessary to perform these functions. In addition, there may be circumstances under which Emplois Compétences is required to disclose your personal information to comply with the law, prevent an offense, or protect its own interests. Emplois Compétences may also disclose your personal information to third parties who acquire all or part of our company, including through merger or sale of assets. In such cases, this Privacy Policy will continue to apply.

Updating/storage/deletion of information

Emplois Compétences takes all reasonable measures to ensure that the personal or other information you provide to us is presented as you have transmitted it to us. You can view, correct, update, modify, or delete this personal or other information on Emplois Compétences at any time by logging into your account and following the provided instructions.

We have established and implemented guidelines for managing personal information that is no longer necessary or useful for achieving the defined objectives or that is no longer legally required or permitted to be retained. We retain personal information only for the duration necessary to achieve the objectives defined by this Privacy Policy, subject to the retention of archived information concerning the account, as described earlier.

External electronic communication policy

Emplois Compétences adheres to the strictest principles of integrity in all advertising, communication, and solicitation; Emplois Compétences conducts its operations in a manner that promotes the activities and enhances the image and reputation of the placement, recruitment, and staffing services industry. Emplois Compétences subscribes to the Canada Anti-Spam Law (CASL). According to CASL, recipients who subscribed to electronic message distribution lists before July 1, 2014, are deemed to have given implied consent to receive electronic messages. Implied consent includes:

A recipient who has provided us with their email address to obtain a job;
A recipient who has received a service and provided us with their email address;
A recipient whose email address has been freely disclosed on a company’s website or during a business card exchange;
A recipient with whom a business relationship has existed in the last 2 years and whose electronic message corresponds to the recipient’s business activities.

Emplois Compétences has put in place the necessary mechanisms to unsubscribe and subscribe to various services using external electronic communications. From July 1, 2014, adding a recipient to Emplois Compétences’ mailing lists will correspond to voluntary registrations for which Emplois Compétences holds the “express” (explicitly expressed) authorization of the recipient.

We offer you the opportunity to opt out or stop receiving information from Emplois Compétences using the specific online function.

Security

Emplois Compétences has taken reasonable precautions to protect your personal information and your rights regarding the protection of your privacy. When you submit personal or confidential information to our website, your information is protected both online and offline. We have established physical, electronic, and managerial procedures suitable for securing and backing up the information collected.

Our employees and third parties with whom we contract to provide you with services do not access user data unless such access is necessary for the maintenance of Emplois Compétences and the services we offer. All our employees and third parties with whom we contract to provide you with services have been made aware of the confidentiality of your personal and other information and the importance we attach to the protection of privacy. We are committed to protecting your privacy.

Contact us

If you have any questions or comments regarding this Privacy Policy or a request related to the collection, use, and disclosure by Emplois Compétences of your personal information, please contact Charles Martel, Director of Finance and Administration, at: [email protected] or 819-566-4070 ext. 216.