Terms of Use Addendum

Terms of Use Addendum
Jobstreet content teamupdated on 29 November, 2021
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In accordance with JobStreet.com’s Terms of Use (Article 8.3.16), all users agree to not use JobStreet Services to post or submit any content, profile, resume, or job posting that is implicitly or explicitly offensive, vulgar, obscene, threatening, harassing, abusive, hateful, racist, discriminatory, of a menacing character or likely to cause annoyance.

Fair Hiring Practices is now in place, according to our Terms of Use.

What exactly does this mean?

All employers will need to follow our fair hiring practices for all job advertisements and postings. Before you post an advertisement on the position you wish to fill, consider if the job advertisement is in line with fair and progressive employment principles.

A fair and progressive job advertisement clearly outlines what is required from a candidate: qualification, skills, knowledge and relevant experience. Fair hiring practice is merit-based, any criteria within the job description should be relevant to the role being advertised and not discriminatory.

Should you need to include a special requirement or are asking for information that may be viewed as discriminatory, do ensure that this is indeed needed for the job. A reason for the special requirement or any data collection should be provided to ensure that the job requirements in your advertisement are well understood.

All job advertisements should be reviewed before posting to ensure that they are non-discriminatory. JobStreet Malaysia will no longer allow for postings that includes discriminatory factors to be included in any job titles.

Adopting principles of fair and progressive employment when creating and posting a job advertisement will reflect positively on your company and help you attract a wider pool of eligible candidates.

Words And Phrases To Avoid In Job Advertisements

Job advertisement should not discriminate against nationality, age, race, gender, religion, marital status and family responsibilities, or disability.

Race

  • Avoid using race to describe job roles, such as Chinese/Malay/Indian preferred.

Language

  • Language preference should be avoided in job titles.
  • Should a language ability be a requirement in a role, this should be stated within the job description with reason.
    For example, your job posting can mention:Candidates fluent in mandarin preferred as role requires candidate to deal with mandarin speaking clients.

Age

  • Avoid words or phrases that indicates preference for an age group unless there are legal or regulatory requirements, which should be stated.

Religion

  • Religion should not be part of a job requirement unless the job role requires candidate to perform religious functions.

Marital Status

  • Avoid words or phrases that indicates preference for certain status. For example: preferably singles.

JobStreet reserves the right to remove job advertisement that is deemed in violation of our Terms of Use.

About JobStreet.comJobStreet.com is a leading online job board presently covering the employment markets in Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia and Vietnam. JobStreet.com currently services over 230,000 corporate hirers and over 15 million jobseekers in its database.

About SEEK AsiaJobStreet.com and jobsDB are part of SEEK Asia, which is the leading online employment market place in Asia. SEEK Asia covers 7 countries namely Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

SEEK Asia is the extension of the Australian Securities Exchange listed company called SEEK. The company’s purpose is to help improve people’s lives through a better career. SEEK Asia’s database consist of over 500,000 corporate hirers and over 24 million candidates.

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