Recruiting Ethics Guidelines

Symbiotic Group stands for the pursuit of relationships that are mutually beneficial and strives to maintain a high ethical standard in its business operations. Our aim is to provide valuable services that help job seekers find assignments and employers find new team members.

Our vision and mission statements summarize our objectives in more detail but in short our goal is to provide the following value:

Symbiotic will provide meaningful opportunities and services to job seekers that will help them grow and improve as people and as professionals.

Symbiotic will provide clients with professional, reliable, measurable, quality services that ensure value is gained through providing excellent resources quickly and accurately.

Our success is determined by the success of both our clients and the service we provide to job seekers - we share a relationship of mutual benefit, a symbiotic relationship.

Symbiotic Group Ethics Statement

• We will never forward your resume to a company without your prior knowledge.
• You will always be kept aware of your status once presented for a position.
• We do not 'make up' positions or candidates.
• We do not falsify information.
• When presenting opportunities we will do so in an honest and straightforward manner.
• We attempt to answer all questions in an honest and truthful manner.
• We will not knowingly misrepresent a company to a prospective candidate.
• We will not knowingly misrepresent a candidate to a prospective hiring company.

Ethical Hiring Guidelines & Standard

• We will observe the highest principles of integrity, professionalism and fair practice in dealing with clients, candidates, employees and all regulatory authorities; and will respect the confidentiality of records in accordance with law and good business practices.
• We will provide leadership in the adherence to both the spirit and letter of all applicable human rights, employment laws and regulations. We will treat all candidates and employees without prejudice and will not accept an order from any client that is discriminatory in any way.
• We will take all reasonable steps to provide clients with accurate information on each candidate's employment qualifications and experience; and will only present those candidates who have given us authorization to represent their application for employment.
• We will supply candidates and employees with complete and accurate information as provided by the client, regarding terms of employment, job descriptions and workplace conditions.
• We will not recruit, encourage or entice a candidate whom we have previously placed to leave the employ of our client, nor will we encourage or coerce an individual to leave any temporary assignment before the stated completion date.
• We will not restrict the right of a candidate or employee to accept employment of their choice.
• We will not misuse membership privileges for the purpose of recruiting a member's staff, or in any way that may otherwise injure our candidates, employees or competitors.
• We will derive income only from clients and make no direct or indirect charges to candidates or employees unless specified by a license.
• We will maintain the highest standards of integrity in all forms of advertising, communications and solicitations; and will conduct our business in a manner designed to enhance the operation, image and reputation of the employment, recruitment and staffing services industry.
• We will recognize and respect the rights and privileges of competitors in the true fashion of individual initiative and free enterprise, and will refrain from engaging in acts of unfair competition.
  We will ensure that our clients, candidates and employees are aware of our duty to abide by this Code of Ethics & Standards and such supporting policies and guidelines.