Terms & Conditions

Terms & Conditions

Terms and Conditions of Use
These are the Terms and Conditions of Use for the Hire Investment, LLC dba Voca website maintained by Hire Investment, LLC dba Voca, and Voca’s other divisions, subsidiaries, affiliates, and their successors and assigns (collectively, as used in these terms and conditions, “Voca”).

Applicability
Use of and access to this website is subject to the terms and conditions of use set forth herein and to all applicable laws and regulations. As a visitor to and user of this website, you accept such terms and conditions of use as a condition to the privilege of accessing the information made available herein, being provided the privilege to supply information hereunder, and otherwise making use of the website. These terms and conditions of use may be revised periodically without further notice by updating this posting, and you accept responsibility for reviewing the applicable terms and conditions each time you visit or use this website in the future.

Intended Purposes of the Voca Website
The primary purposes of the Voca Website are to provide employers who are existing or prospective clients of Voca with online tools and resources to post job openings and orders and with other relevant information, and to provide professionals who are seeking jobs with online tools and resources to assess and evaluate available opportunities that may match their qualifications and preferences and to submit their resumes and other relevant information to apply for such positions. Voca maintains this website as a service to such employers and job seekers. User instructions on the website further define the intended purposes and other terms and conditions for each feature of this website.

Permitted Uses of Voca Website
Many portions of this website are available for public viewing and use, but you must register or enter into a separate agreement with Voca to access other portions of the website, such as those that enable a job seeker to submit a resume and those that enable employers to post job openings. Subject to these terms and conditions of use, the terms and conditions of any applicable license or other agreement and applicable law, Voca hereby grants you permission to:

1. view and use those portions of the website to which we have granted you access for the intended purposes;
2. make one unaltered, complete electronic copy and/or one unaltered, complete paper copy of any page on this website to which we have granted you access, provided you do not remove any copyright, trademark and other proprietary rights notices and that you use it solely for personal or internal business purposes and do not republish or distribute it;
3. submit job applications, job postings, and otherwise sign up for our services, subject to payment of all applicable charges and agreement to the terms and conditions of any other agreement associated with those services; and
4. use any links, discussion forums, contact lists, and/or e-mail links to which you have been granted access to navigate the website, Internet, and to interact with Voca and other users of our website in accordance with these terms and conditions.

 

Prohibited Uses of Voca Website
Except as expressly set forth under “Permitted Uses of Website,” to promote the security, reliability, and integrity of this website and the services we provide over this website, any other use of this website or its contents is prohibited without obtaining written permission from Voca. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, users of the Voca website may not:

1. make unsolicited offers or proposals or send spam mail to other users;
2. harass, defraud, or defame other users;
3. by any means knowingly damage or interfere with the operation of our services, any software that utilizes them, or any user’s enjoyment of them, including uploading or otherwise disseminating viruses, worms or other malicious code or scripts through making repeated or automated “visits” on this website with the intention or likely impact of causing delay, denial, or loss in availability of service on the website;
4. disable, circumvent, avoid, bypass, remove, deactivate, impair or otherwise interfere with security-related features of our software, website, or services; features that enforce restrictions or limitations on use of our software, website, or services; or features that prevent or restrict use or copying of any content or other material accessible through use of our services or software;
5. use our services to upload or otherwise make available files that contain photographs, images, software, or other materials protected by copyright, trademark or other intellectual property laws or by rights of privacy or publicity, unless you own or control the rights or have received all necessary consent to do so;
6. use our services to download any file(s) posted by another user that you know, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally distributed, reproduced, displayed, performed and/or distributed in this manner;
7. access or use our services in violation of any local, state, national, or international law or laws, regulations or orders, including without limitation those governing labor and employment, privacy, and data protection; or
8. otherwise access or make use of this website in violation of these terms and conditions of use, or use our other software or services in violation of any applicable license or service agreement or infringe any intellectual property right or misappropriate any intellectual property.

Consequences of Unacceptable Use
We reserve the right to take any and all action we deem appropriate if we become aware of conduct that we believe does not conform to the requirements of these terms and conditions of use, any agreement pursuant to which you use our services or any software that utilizes them, or applicable law, but we do not assume any responsibility for such conduct or any obligation to act to prevent it or stop it after it has occurred. We disclaim all liability for refusal or failure to take action with respect to conduct prohibited by this policy or for delay in taking action if we choose to act. We reserve the right, without limiting the foregoing, to terminate service to anyone whom we become aware is repeatedly using our services in violation of copyright law. It is your sole responsibility to use these services in compliance with all applicable copyright and other laws.

User Accounts, Security, and Passwords
If any service available to you on this website requires registration or the opening of a user account, you must complete the registration process by providing us with current, complete and accurate information as required by the applicable registration form. You may be asked to create a username and/or password. You are entirely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your username, password, and account. Furthermore, you are entirely responsible for any and all activities that occur under your account, whether used by you or by someone who has knowingly or unknowingly obtained your account information from you. You must notify Voca immediately of unauthorized use of your account or any other breach of security. Voca will not be liable for any loss that you may incur as a result of someone else using your username, password, or account, either with or without your knowledge. You may not use anyone else’s account at any time without the permission of that account holder.

Accuracy of Information on Voca Website
Voca has made its best attempt to include current and accurate information on this website at the time of its initial posting and with each update, but makes no representations or warranties as to the accuracy or completeness of such information. Voca undertakes no duty to supplement or update the information on this website in the future, and any voluntary efforts by Voca to do so do not constitute an undertaking of such a duty. Users of this website accept that all information made available herein “as is” without any representation or warranty. Voca accepts no responsibility for any action taken by users of this website or other persons based on the data and information presented herein. All access to and use of this website, and any and all content presented herein, is at the user’s own risk.

Opinions and Third-Party Statements
Voca is not responsible for any advice, recommendations, opinions, or statements made by third parties. Except as required by law, we have no obligation to monitor user postings or to remove or retain user-supplied content, though we reserve the right to do so.

Privacy Policy
Voca has adopted a Privacy Policy that governs Voca’s collection, use, retention, sharing, care, and disposal of personal information and business information of users of this website.

Use and Posting of Non-Confidential Information
Except for personal and/or confidential business information that is governed by our Privacy Policy, any communications or materials you transmit to Voca or other persons through this website or any other means of communication, such as a participation in a forum, blog or discussion group, is transmitted by you on a non-confidential basis. Voca makes no promise, express or implied, not to use such communications or materials for any purpose whatsoever, including commercialization of any ideas or information contained in such communication or the disclosure, reproduction, publication, broadcast and/or posting of such information, without any financial or other obligation to you.

Inherent Risks of Internet Communications
Users of this website understand that the Internet is a publicly accessible medium. Communications between users and Voca over the Internet are inherently insecure, and may therefore be subject to the risk of being viewed by other parties. You accept all risks relating to any transmissions of information to Voca over the Internet and associated mediums.

Third-Party Website Terms and Conditions
Voca may provide links to other websites and other websites, including search engines and aggregator sites, may contain links to the Voca website. Other websites are not under Voca’s control, and are subject to different terms and conditions than this website. Voca accepts no responsibility for such terms and conditions, and strongly recommends that all users of this website who click on a link to another website carefully review the terms and conditions of use, and privacy policy, relating to such website before interacting further with that website. In addition, third parties may provide or develop tools or other software applications or components, materials, data, content or other products or services for use with our products or services, some of which may be accessible on or via this website. Voca makes no representation or warranty with respect to the reliability, quality, or non-infringement of any third-party product, service or material accessible on or via this website. Your rights with respect to third party products, services, data, or information may be subject to the terms and conditions of separate agreements with the third parties providing them.

Outbound Links
This website may contain links to external and/or third-party websites. These links are provided solely as a convenience to you and unless explicitly stated otherwise, they are not intended as a certification or endorsement of the owner of the website, the website’s content, or any products or services available via the website. Voca does not control and is not responsible for linked websites or any websites that are linked to Voca.

Inbound Links, Framing, and Meta Tags
You may make referential links to any publicly accessible pages on this website that are not password protected, subject to review and termination by us at any time and for any reason. Please be aware that we continually update and revise our website including these terms and conditions of use. We do not accept responsibility for ensuring that any page to which you may provide a link will remain available or that its content will remain unchanged. You may not link to our website in any way that might lead others to believe that our website or any of its content were created, are offered, or are operated by you or any party other than Voca. Unless you have entered into a separate written agreement with us permitting you to do so, you may not frame or otherwise display any portion of our website or any of its contents, nor may you place any text or other content on your website, in a manner that states, implies, or suggests that there is any association between you and Voca. You may not use any of Voca’s trademarks, trade names, or any of the textual content of our website as metatags in your own website, unless we have granted you a license explicitly permitting you to do so.

Voca’s Intellectual Property
Unless indicated otherwise, all contents of this website are the private property of Voca and/or its licensors, affiliates, vendors, and other content providers, including employers and job seekers who submit job openings or employment applications, and Voca and such persons reserve all rights with respect to this website’s content. The contents of this website, including images, text, data, software, photographs, animations, graphics, videos, music, sounds and other information, and the overall layout, look, and feel of the Voca website, are protected by copyright, trade secret, trademark and other applicable intellectual property or privacy laws. Such contents may not be distributed, downloaded, reproduced, shared, copied, displayed, transmitted, modified, reused, removed, reposted, incorporated into derivative works, or otherwise used except as provided herein without the express written permission of Voca. Any other use, or any misuse, of such contents is contractually prohibited by these terms and conditions and may violate applicable copyright, trademark, communications and other intellectual property or privacy laws.

Trademark and Service Mark Usage
Voca and its brand names and logos are trademarks and service marks of Hire Investment, LLC dba Voca. Use of Voca’s trademarks and service marks is subject to the terms and conditions of our trademark usage policy, which is available from us upon request. Other company names, service marks, trademarks, product names, and logos appearing on this website are the property of their respective owners. You must obtain permission from those owners before copying or otherwise using their trademarks, product names, company names, or logos.

Website Intended Only for Users in the United States
This website is hosted and operated in the United States of America, and Voca makes no representation or warranty that the information or services on this website are appropriate or available for use in other locations. Access to this website from territories where its contents may be illegal is strictly prohibited. Those who choose to access the Voca website from other locations and territories do so at their own risk and are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws.

Accessibility
Voca is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please email either [email protected], or call 1-800-359-0199 and provide us with the nature of your request and your contact information.

No Warranties
This website and its contents are provided to you on an “as available” and “as is” basis with no implicit warranties. Voca, and its directors, officers, management, employees, controlled or controlling entities, business partners, vendors, agents, third-party content providers, licensors and suppliers (collectively, “affiliates”), make no representations or warranties of any kind about this website or its contents, and they disclaim all warranties regarding this website and its contents, whether express, implied or statutory, including, without limitation, warranties of description, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy or completeness of content, or the availability or quality of any products or services available via this website.

Limitations on Types of Damages
Neither Voca nor any other person involved in creating, producing, updating, or delivering this website will be liable for any incidental, consequential, indirect, special or punitive, or other damages, loss of use, loss of data, loss caused by virus or other malicious code or software, loss of income or profit, loss of or damage to property, claims of third parties, or other losses of any kind or character, even if Voca has been advised of the possibility of such damages or losses, arising out of user’s access, use, or inability to use this website, or any errors or omissions in the services provided through this website or the other contents of this website.

Limitations on Amount of Liability
In no event will Voca and its affiliates be liable or liability with respect to all claims arising out of or related to use of this website. If such limitation on liability is unenforceable under applicable law, then their aggregate liability will be limited to the maximum extent permitted by law.

Waiver
No delay or failure to take any action or exercise any right that Voca or its affiliates may take or exercise pursuant to these terms and conditions or applicable law will constitute a waiver of that action or right by Voca.

Severability
If any part of these terms and conditions is declared invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, then such declaration will not affect the validity of any remaining portion of these terms and conditions of use and such remaining portion will remain in full force and effect as if the invalid portion had been eliminated.

Dispute Resolution
These terms and conditions of use are governed by the laws of the state of Minnesota, United States of America. Users of this website consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of federal and state courts sitting in Minnesota for the resolution of any and all legal disputes that may arise under these terms and conditions or with respect to this website or the information made available herein. Users waive any and all objections or defenses against such jurisdiction and venue and covenants not to bring any suit or other legal action against Voca involving the foregoing in any other jurisdiction, venue or forum.