1. General Considerations
This web site (the "Site") is provided by Settlement and Integration Services Organization (SISO). Your use of the Site is conditioned by your acceptance of the terms and conditions of use (the "Terms and Conditions"). By accessing, using, and/or downloading information, data, text, messages, or other materials from this Site (the "Materials"), and by sending any information, data, text, messages, or other materials to the Site (the "Content"), you agree on your own behalf and on behalf of any entity on whose behalf you may act to accept and abide by the Terms and Conditions anytime you use this Site. These Terms and Conditions apply only to your access to and use of this Site and do not alter the terms or conditions of any other agreement you may have with SISO. In case of inconsistency between these Terms and Conditions and any other agreement you may have with SISO, the other agreement shall prevail, but only to the extent of the inconsistency.

2. Changes to Terms and Conditions
SISO has the right to add, remove, modify or otherwise change any part of the Terms and Conditions, including the Privacy Policy, in whole or in part, at any time. Changes will be effective from the date when a Notice Change is posted on this Site or emailed to you. You are responsible to check the Terms and Conditions frequently for updates. If the change is not acceptable to you, you must discontinue your use of this Site and inform us by sending and email to: atokaci@siso-ham.org. If you continue to use this Site, to download, post or otherwise use the Materials from it after any such changes are posted, your actions will constitute acceptance of those changes.

3. Changes
SISO may terminate, change, suspend or discontinue any service or feature available on this Site, including:

• Changing the availability of any features without notice or liability
• Setting or changing any fees or charges for use of the Site, including instituting new or increased fees or charges for the use of the Site or any other Site-related services (the "Services") or any features available
• Removing, adding, modifying or otherwise changing any Materials on or from this Site
• Imposing limits on certain features and Services or restricting your access to parts or this entire Site without notice or liability for any reason whatsoever.

SISO reserves the right in its sole discretion, to correct any errors or omissions in any portion of this Site at any time without notice.

4. Permitted and Prohibited Uses
The Site is dedicated to the lawful use of:

• Individuals born, trained and educated outside Canada, who are legally entitled to work in Canada and who seek employment and career information ("Job Seekers")
• Employers ("Employers") who are seeking to hire staff in the near future, or need to access information and resources pertaining to the recruitment, hiring and retention of Internationally-educated/trained professionals and tradespeople
• Recruitment companies ("Recruiters") seeking employees for jobs readily available
• Employment-Service Providers (“Service Providers”) providing free-of-charge employment services and assistance to Internationally-educated/trained professionals and tradespeople

By registering to use this Site, you agree to use the Site only to send Content and receive Materials that are proper and related to purpose of the Site.

Subject to these Terms and Conditions, SISO grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable and limited right to access, use and view this Site and the Materials contained here, solely for your own personal or internal company use, provided, that you may not, nor may you allow others to, directly or indirectly:

• Remove the copyright or other proprietary notices contained in the Materials
• Sell, reproduce, modify or attempt to modify the Materials in any way, or reproduce or publicly display, or distribute or otherwise use them for any public or commercial purpose
• Transfer the Materials to any other person
• Print or copy any of the software programs that are accessible at this Site
• Use this Site in any manner that could damage, disable or impair this Site
• Interfere with the security of this Site or otherwise abuse this Site or any services, systems, resources, accounts, servers or networks connected to or accessible through this Site
• Disrupt or interfere with any other person's use of this Site
• Send, post or otherwise transmit on this Site any Content that would negatively affect the functioning of the Site, including and not limited to computer viruses, worms or any harmful, disruptive or destructive files or computer programs
• Use any automatic or manual program, process or device to monitor, copy, or in any way extract information from this Site or the Materials available
• Use or attempt to use another person’s account, password, service, system or other information
• Create or use a false identity while accessing this Site
• Attempt to obtain unauthorized access to this Site or portions of this Site that are restricted
• Transmit on, to or from this Site any spam, chain letters, junk mail or any other type of unsolicited mass e-mail
• Harvest or otherwise collect information about others, except for the sole stated purposes provided by this Site
• Post any material which does not belong to you
• Post any resume/disclose any personal information for which you do not have the express permission from the Job Seeker
• Post an expired job ad or an ad for a job that will not start within 2 months from the posting date
• Register an user if you do not have the express permission of the user to register

You may post certain Content to the Site. You may only post Content for the lawful, stated purposes of this Site. You agree that in posting Content, you will not, nor will you allow others to, directly or indirectly:

• Post any incomplete, false or inaccurate biographical information or information which is not accurate
• Post any franchise, pyramid scheme, multi-level marketing (MLM) opportunity, "club membership", distributorship or sales representative agency arrangement or other business opportunity which requires an up front or periodic payment, requires recruitment of other members, sub-distributors or sub-agents
• Delete or revise any material posted by any other person or entity
• Post or transmit any Content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, libelous, vulgar, obscene, or tortious or materials which infringe or violate any third party's copyright, trademark, trade secrets, privacy or other proprietary or property right or that could constitute a criminal offence, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any applicable law
• Impersonate any person or entity, including and not limited a SISO employee or agent, an authorized user of SISO's Services, a Job Seeker, an Employer a Recruiter, or a Service Provider or otherwise misrepresenting your affiliation with any person or entity
• Post opinions, notices or advertisements, commercial or otherwise or solicit business from anyone who posts on the Site

In addition, you agree that you are solely responsible for actions and communications undertaken or transmitted in the course of your usage of this Site, and that you will comply with all laws that apply or may apply to your use of, or activities on this Site or in respect of the Content and Materials. SISO will investigate occurrences that may involve such violations and will solicit the cooperation of law enforcement authorities in prosecuting users who are involved in such violations.
SISO reserves the right at all times to disclose any Content provided by you as necessary to satisfy any law, regulation or governmental request, or to edit, refuse to post or remove any Content, in whole or in part, when SISO considers in its sole discretion that is objectionable or in violation of these Terms and Conditions.

5. Registration and Password
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your registration information and password. You shall be responsible for all uses of your registration, whether or not authorized by you. You agree to immediately notify SISO of any unauthorized use of your registration or password. In any such case, you are responsible to directly contact: employment@siso-ham.org

6. Proprietary Rights
Copyright. This Site is protected by Canadian and worldwide copyright laws and treaty provisions. You agree to comply with all copyright laws in your use of this Site and to prevent any unauthorized copying of the Materials.
Trademarks. The names, company names and logos used on this Site may be trademarks, including registered trademarks of SISO or other companies. Such names, company names and logos may not be copied, imitated or used, in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of their owner.

Reservation of Rights. SISO' Services, and some of the services available on this Site may be covered by patents or other statutory intellectual property rights, and are subject to trade secret and other proprietary rights. SISO and its collaborators reserve all such rights.

Software. Any software, as well any files, images, code and data used or accessible through this Site is the copyrighted work of its licensors. Unless provided for elsewhere, you are licensed to use the Software on a non-exclusive basis for the purposes expressly stated on this Site. Except as permitted by law, you may not use the Software for any other purpose or attempt to decipher, disassemble or reverse engineer any of the Software comprising or in any way making up a part of the Site.

7. Links and Third Party Content
This site contains certain links, which may take you to other web sites. SISO provides these links only as a convenience and added service to you. The linked sites are not under the control of SISO. SISO is not responsible for the contents of any such linked page or any other page not under its control. Links do not imply that SISO sponsors, endorses, is affiliated or associated with, or is legally authorized to use any trademark, trade name, logo or copyright symbol displayed in or accessible through the links, or that any linked site is authorized to use any trademark, trade name, logo or copyright symbol of SISO.

8. Linking Agreement
SISO welcomes links to this Site. If you want to link to this Site, you may do so, provided you agree to the link conditions (the "Link Conditions") described below. By establishing a link to this Site, you will be deemed to have agreed to these Link Conditions:

8.1 A link may be established only to the Home Page of this Site: . Links may not be established to any other pages on this Site without SISO's written permission.

8.2 If you link to this Site, SISO grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, royalty-free license to use the SISO’s and Skillsadvantage.com logos, 

8.3 If you link to this Site, your web site will abide the following conditions:

• will not create frames around any part of this Site or use other techniques that alter the visual presentation of this Site;
• will not imply that SISO is endorsing you or your products or services;
• will not imply an affiliation between your company and SISO without the prior written consent of SISO;
• will not misrepresent your relationship with SISO or present false or misleading impressions about SISO' Services;
• will not contain materials that may be interpreted as distasteful or offensive

8.4 SISO shall have no responsibility or liability for any content appearing on your web site;

8.5 SISO may at any time, in its sole discretion, terminate your right to link to this Site, with or without cause. If SISO exercises this right, you will immediately remove all links to this Site and cease using the Licensed Marks and Logos;

SISO may revise these Terms of Use at any time. You agree to abide by these Terms of Use and other legal terms and conditions on this Site, as amended from time to time.

9. Additional Terms of Use
Certain areas of this Site may be subject to Special Provisions and Additional Terms of Use. By using such areas, or any part thereof, you agree to be bound by the additional terms of use applicable to such areas.

Special Provisions

9.1 Employers
To register with this Site and gain access to post jobs and view resumes you shall register by providing the following information:

• Company Name and Address
• Contact Information (your first and last name, email address and phone number)

Please note that it takes approximately 24 hours (workdays) for the process to be completed. Our staff may need to contact you to ensure accuracy of the information provided. If you need assistance during the registration process or any kind of assistance in using this Site, please contact: employment@siso-ham.org

9.2 Job Seekers
Your use of this Site is restricted to view the Links and Resource Page. To have your resume posted on this web site, you shall:

• Be registered with an Accredited Service Provider
• Be an internationally-educated professional or trained tradeperson or a person born outside Canada
• Be legally entitled to work in Canada
• Give permission to the Accredited Service Provider to post your resume on this Site

9.3 Employment-Service Providers
To register with this Site and gain access to post resumes and view jobs you shall become an Accredited Service Provider. To become an Accredited Service Provider you shall:

• Prove that you provide employment-related services to immigrants/refuges legally entitled to work in Canada
• Provide the aforementioned services free of charge
• Attend SISO training regarding Skillsadvantage.com
• Sign the Service Provider Agreement

9.4 Recruiters
To register with this Site and gain access to post resumes and view jobs you shall become an Accredited Recruiter. To become an Accredited Recruiter you shall:

• Prove that you provide employment-related services to immigrants/refugees who are legally entitled to work in Canada
• Attend SISO training regarding Skillsadvantage.com
• Sign the Recruiter Agreement

Please note that certain service fees are applicable to Recruiters