These pages have been provided to assist candidates in successfully looking for a new position.
This document provides information on how we handle your personal information.
Type of Personal Information Held
Personal information that we collect and hold usually
falls into the following categories:
What your 'personal
information' is
Personal information is any information
or an opinion (whether true or not) about you. It may range from the very
sensitive (e.g. medical history or condition) to the everyday (e.g. address
and phone number). It would include the opinions of others about your
work performance (whether true or not), your work experience and qualifications,
aptitude test results and other information obtained by us in connection
with your possible work placements. Personal information includes 'sensitive
information'.
What 'sensitive information'
is
Sensitive information is a special
category of personal information. It is information or opinion about your:
racial or ethnic origin; political opinion; membership of a political
association or religious beliefs, affiliations or philosophical beliefs;
membership of a professional or trade association or membership of a trade
union; sexual preferences or practices; criminal record; health or disability
(at any time); expressed wishes about the future provision of health services.
It includes personal information collected to provide a health service.
Purposes for which we hold Personal Information
We primarily hold personal information for the following :
- Recruitment & Placement operations
- Training
- Marketing
- Staff management
- Client and business relationship management
Who will be collecting your personal
information?
Your personal information will be collected by the ARS Recruitment
Group for its own use and on behalf of other members of the ARS Recruitment
Group who might require access to your personal information in connection
with your work placements.
The other members of the ARS Recruitment Group are:
Vaseform Pty Ltd, Chalklake Pty Ltd, Catch 46 Pty Ltd, Paxal Pty Ltd, ENP Management Pty Ltd, Noel Mitchinson and MRI Worldwide.
How your information will be collected
Personal information will be collected from you directly when you speak
with one of four of our consultants and/or submit a resume and/or provide
any other information in connection with your application to us.
Personal information will also be collected when:
- we receive any reference about you
- we receive any results of inquiries that we might make of your former
employers, work colleagues, professional associations or registration
body
- we receive the results of any competency, behavioural or medical test
- we receive performance feedback (whether positive or negative)
- we receive any complaint from or about you in the workplace
- we receive any information about a workplace accident in which you
are involved
- we receive any information about any insurance investigation, litigation,
registration or professional disciplinary matter, criminal matter, inquest
or inquiry in which you are involved
- you provide us with any additional information about you.
Disclosures
We will not disclose personal information to persons outside the ARS Recruitment
Group without your permission, except that we may disclose your personal
information where we are under a legal duty to do so, including circumstances
where we are under a lawful duty of care to disclose information.
The National Privacy Principles of the Privacy Act 1988 apply to the ARS Recruitment Group from 21st December 2002.