Recruiter-Specific Rules

Talent Direct provides Recruiters with controlled access to talent profiles for the purpose of:

• identifying potential candidates
• expressing interest in individuals
• initiating contact through approved platform features

Recruiter access is granted to support ethical, proportionate and respectful engagement with talent.

Recruiters acknowledge that:

• Talent Direct is not an employment agency or employment business
• Kelloch Consultancy does not act on behalf of Recruiters or candidates
• all hiring decisions, communications and agreements are made independently

Talent Direct is a connection platform only.

Recruiter access may be:

• limited, tiered or conditional
• subject to approval, review or withdrawal
• restricted by profile visibility, messaging limits or usage thresholds

We reserve the right to:

• grant, refuse or revoke recruiter access at our discretion
• change access levels without notice where misuse or risk is identified

Recruiters must:

• engage professionally and in good faith
• respect candidate preferences, boundaries and visibility settings
• provide accurate and honest information about opportunities
• comply with all applicable UK employment, equality and data protection laws

Recruiters must not:

• scrape, copy or harvest candidate data
• attempt to bypass messaging or contact controls
• contact candidates outside the platform without permission
• misrepresent roles, organisations or intent
• spam, pressure or repeatedly contact candidates
• share candidate data with third parties without lawful basis

Recruiters are independent data controllers for any personal data they receive.

Recruiters agree to:

• process candidate data lawfully and fairly
• use data only for legitimate recruitment purposes
• store data securely
• respect data subject rights under UK GDPR

Talent Direct is not responsible for Recruiter data handling outside the platform.

Recruiters must not attempt to:

• extract emails, phone numbers or personal identifiers
• move conversations off-platform without consent
• recreate or mirror the Talent Direct database
• use automation, bots or scraping tools

Any attempt to circumvent platform controls may result in immediate termination.

Candidates may report Recruiter behaviour.

We reserve the right to:

• investigate complaints
• suspend or remove recruiter access
• permanently block organisations or individuals
• share information with regulators or authorities where legally required

Decisions are final and made to protect platform integrity.

Where Recruiter access is paid or tiered:

• fees grant access only, not guaranteed outcomes
• fees are non-refundable once access is granted
• misuse voids access without refund

Recruiter access may be terminated where:

• these rules or the main Terms are breached
• candidate trust is undermined
• platform misuse is detected
• required by law or regulation

Termination may be immediate and without prior notice.

These Recruiter-Specific Rules are governed by the laws of Scotland, and disputes fall under the exclusive jurisdiction of the Scottish courts.

Questions about recruiter access or responsibilities:

Email: info@kelloch.org.uk