Privacy policy
Source of personal information
We collect personal information from you, including your:
Name
Contact information
Location
Type of employment, pay and job location preferences
Your health and safety
Previous criminal or traffic offences, as may be relevant to the employment sought and in keeping with The Criminal Records (Clean Slate) Act 2004
Interactions with us
Copy driver licence and/or passport
We may collect personal information from your nominated referees, and this includes information about your:
Past employment, conduct and interpersonal skills
Other skills and experience attained in that employment
Other detail as volunteered by the referee
With your consent, we may collect personal information from third party agencies who provide pre-employment checks as required by some employers, including:
Ministry of Justice
Credit reporting agencies
Drug & alcohol detection services
Medical health professionals, such as a GP
Skill testing and assessment service providers
Purpose for collection and who will receive it
We collect your personal information in order to:
Assist us and prospective employers to confirm your legal entitlement to work in New Zealand, details relating to your health & safety, past employment, and to build up an understanding of roles that you may be suited to.
Besides our own team, we share this information with:
Employers, who are clients of Changing Jobs, and with whom you are being considered for employment, in order to assist them to assess your suitability for employment in their business.
Referees you have named, and third party agencies you have authorised us to contact, to the extent required to conduct pre-employment checks.
What if you do not want to provide information?
Providing personal information is optional
You may choose to not provide information that we request in our registration, interview and shortlisting process. If this impacts our ability to provide employers with the detail that assists them to make well-informed decisions, then we may elect not to represent you in your application for employment.
Storage and security of personal information
Digital
We keep your digital information safe by storing it with a cloud services provider who utilises encryption. Our cloud services provider does not access information entrusted to them. We allow only our current employees to access the information we hold digitally as and when required for the purposes of doing their job, as outlined above.
Hard copy files
Hard copy documents are kept safe in locked cabinets and buildings, or in locked vehicles when travelling between off-site appointments and office. Documents that are no longer required, or which have been saved to the digital cloud platform, are destroyed.
Mobile phones & electronic devices
All mobile phones and electronic devices on which information is stored are password protected and locked or switched off promptly when not in use.
Access to and correction of personal information
You have the right to ask for a copy of any personal information we hold about you, and to ask for it to be corrected if you think it is wrong. If you’d like to ask for a copy of your information, or to have it corrected please contact us via email rose@changingjobs.co.nz phone +64274399001 or mail to PO Box 137, Whangārei 0140.