Jobbies.co.za Privacy Policy

Jobbies.co.za respects your privacy & abides by the following privacy policy, which may change from time to time. Please visit this page occasionally in order to familiarize yourself with the latest version. Should you feel that Jobbies.co.za is not abiding by this policy, please send a message to “admin” from your Private Message Centre in the Member control panel.

Jobbies.co.za is primarily a community service exclusively for use by South Africans seeking employment or Employers or Recruitment Agents offering employment, within South Africa.

Jobbies.co.za will not sell, share or rent any user information to any third party apart from as described in this privacy policy unless it is required to comply with applicable laws or valid legal processes or to protect the rights or property of Jobbies.co.za.

During registration, all users are required to provide the following basic contact information in case Jobbies.co.za needs to contact the user:
First name, Surname, Email address, Cell number & Fax number if applicable. Employers & Agents also need to provide a Company name & Website URL if applicable. The Email address & Cellular number may validated during registration.

In order to facilitate employers and agents in finding suitable candidates, Job Seekers are required to provide the following typical profile information in their online advert:
Current Job Level, Highest Qualification, Employment Equity Status, Date of Birth, Current Location (City & Province), Willingness to Relocate, Type of Employment (Permanent, Temp etc), Desired Job Title, Target Annual Salary & Availability to start. To complete the online Resume, for viewing by Employers & Agents, Job Seeker may upload a small portrait photo before providing the following additional information:
A custom title for the advert with a short self description, listing two or three competencies & core characteristics, career objectives, language abilities, education history, employment history (optional), skills list (optional), any special achievements (optional) & most recent references if applicable.

In order to facilitate Job Seekers in finding suitable Job Offers, Employers & Agents are required to provide the following searchable information:
Employment Equity Requirements, Employment Type (Permanent, temp etc), Job Level (Manager, Executive etc), Annual Salary Range (Min & Max) & Education Level Required for the position.
To complete the Job Offer advert, Employers/Agents may upload their company logo, but must provide a suitable Title for the advert, Job Title, Job Description, List of Company Benefits & Experience Requirements for the position.

The “Tell A Friend” feature on the home page launches the users default mail client such as Outlook, providing the user with total control of the content of the email. The “Send To Friends” link at the bottom of Job Offers merely forwards the advert to the email address provided. In both cases, the email address is not stored.

The site uses cookies for computer recognition session control. A cookie is a short code of data that is saved on the user’s computer for the website to recognize the user so that the user does not have to keep logging in during the same session. Once the user exits the system, the cookie terminates unless the user has specified that it remains present in his/her user preference settings, in which case it will not be necessary to login upon returning to the site days later. This is not recommended for shared computers such as internet café’s. Apart from being used as a recognition key, no other personal information is collected via Jobbies.co.za cookies. However, certain advertisers on the site may make use of cookies. This is beyond the control of Jobbies.co.za & as such this privacy policy only applies to Jobbies.co.za & not the use of cookies by advertisers.

Jobbies.co.za may contain links to other sites. Jobbies.co.za is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. This privacy statement applies exclusively to Jobbies.co.za.

Jobbies.co.za reserves the right to send service related announcements & the occasional newsletters or promotional email to users from time to time. Users may terminate their membership with Jobbies.co.za at any time, in which case they will no longer be a user & as such, not receive any further material from Jobbies.co.za.

Jobbies.co.za makes use of standard security measures to protect user information from being viewed by unauthorized persons online. However, apart from the internet not being entirely safe, users are further reminded that they are making their information freely available by placing it on an interactive database such as Jobbies.co.za & as such, users use this site entirely at their own risk. Although a backup is made of the data every 24hours by the internet service provider that Jobbies.co.za makes use of, Jobbies.co.za accepts no responsibility for the loss or theft of data. No data is stored offline. Only Jobbies.co.za administrators may access user information & only in the process of delivering this service or for legal reasons.