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Terms of Use, HoldTalent

Last updated: 8 September 2026

These Terms of Use (Terms) explain how you can use the HoldTalent website and services (HoldTalent, we, us, our).

By using HoldTalent you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, please do not use the site. These Terms do not remove any mandatory rights you have under Irish law or the law of your country of residence in the EU or EEA.

1. What these Terms cover

These Terms apply whenever you:

• browse or use the HoldTalent website
• click through to a job, an employer site or an external resource
• contact us, or ask us to list a job

HoldTalent is currently free. When we add paid listings, we will show the price and the terms for them clearly before you confirm anything, and those terms will sit alongside these Terms.

2. Who runs HoldTalent

HoldTalent is built and run by Ani Barry, based in Dublin, Ireland. It is an independent job board in its early phase: free to use while the board is being built out, ahead of paid listings.

Ani currently operates HoldTalent as an individual. HoldTalent will be registered as a business in Ireland when paid listings launch, and these Terms, including the operator details above, will be updated then.

You can reach a person at hello@holdtalent.com. Post can be sent to the correspondence address above.

3. A job board, not an employment agency

HoldTalent is a job advertising and content website. In the same way that a newspaper prints job advertisements, HoldTalent displays job listings and links you onward to the employer.

3.1. What we do

• collect, curate and display job listings in our three fields
• link people directly to the employer or to the system the employer has chosen for applications
• share some roles by email or on our own social channels
• publish general information and guides about hiring in these fields

3.2. What we do not do

HoldTalent does not:

• act as an employment agency or a recruitment agency
• search for, source, contact or select candidates on behalf of any employer
• screen, assess, rank, score or shortlist applicants
• receive, hold, forward or introduce CVs or candidates to employers
• run a CV database, a candidate profile system or jobseeker accounts
• represent any jobseeker in an application, or negotiate pay or terms for anyone
• take part in any hiring decision, offer or employment contract
• charge any fee that depends on someone being hired
• provide applicant tracking tools or AI screening to employers

Each employer, and each source a listing comes from, is solely responsible for the content of its listings, its apply links and its recruitment process.

4. How listings get here

Roles on HoldTalent come from two places:

• employers who ask us to list a role directly
• selected job listings that are already public elsewhere, which we gather, tidy up and label

Wherever we can, we link straight to the employer's own site or chosen application system. We review listings before they are published, and we may change or remove a listing at any time, for example when a link stops working, a role looks closed, or a listing appears misleading. We do not promise that any listing is current, complete or accurate.

5. Using the site

This section applies to everyone who uses HoldTalent. You agree that you will not:

• use the site for anything unlawful, misleading, harmful or abusive
• attempt to disrupt, overload or interfere with the site or its security
• copy, scrape, bulk download or re publish listings or content, or use them to build or support a competing service, without our written permission
• use bots, scrapers, crawlers or other automated tools to collect data from the site

You must use HoldTalent in line with these Terms and applicable law. We may limit or block access where we reasonably believe the site is being misused.

6. For jobseekers and visitors

6.1. No guarantees about jobs

We do not:

• guarantee that any listing is current, complete or accurate
• guarantee that you will get a reply, an interview or an offer
• take any part in a hiring decision or negotiation

HoldTalent shows roles from different sources. Employers and sources are responsible for their own content, and you should do your own checks on a role and an employer before you apply or share personal information.

6.2. Where you apply

In almost all cases you apply on the employer's own site or chosen system. Once you leave HoldTalent:

• that site's own privacy policy, cookie rules and terms apply
• that site is responsible for what happens with your data there

We do not control those external systems and we are not responsible for their content, security or practices. Section 8 explains how to report a listing that turns out to be wrong.

6.3. No legal or career advice

Anything we publish, for example on the EU AI Act, compliance topics or careers, is general information only. It is not legal advice and it is not personalised career advice. Speak with a qualified adviser about your own situation.

7. For employers and posters

7.1. Who can post

HoldTalent is for genuine roles in our fields. When you ask us to list a role, you confirm that:

• you are authorised to act for the hiring organisation
• the role is real, and is not a scam, an unpaid trial, or a pay to work scheme
• the job details and company details you give us are true, accurate and not misleading
• the application link goes to the employer's own site or chosen system, not to a third party that hides the employer

7.2. What must not be posted

Listings and related content you provide must not:

• break applicable law, including equality and non discrimination law (see section 13)
• promote illegal activity or unsafe practices
• contain hateful, harassing or obscene content
• be mainly advertising, lead generation, franchise or multi level marketing offers, or anything that is not a genuine job
• use text, images or logos you do not have the rights to

7.3. Our right to accept, edit or remove a listing

We decide which roles we publish and how they appear. We may, acting reasonably:

• decline a listing that falls outside our fields or these Terms
• make light formatting edits or fix obvious errors
• pause or remove a listing, for example if it looks misleading, is reported, appears closed, or breaks these Terms

While HoldTalent is free, we do not promise any minimum traffic, views or applications.

8. Reporting a problem listing

If you believe a listing is illegal, a scam, discriminatory, misleading or otherwise breaks these Terms, email hello@holdtalent.com with the listing link and a short explanation.

We review reports and remove or correct listings where that is warranted. If we remove a listing that you posted, we will tell you why. This does not affect any right you have to complain to a public authority.

9. The Verified Employer badge

Some listings show a Verified Employer badge. This means we carried out basic checks, for example matching the application domain to a known company, based on information available at the time.

It does not mean we certify:

• the employer's legal compliance
• the employer's processes, tools or working practices
• the quality or safety of any role

We may add, change or remove the badge if information changes or an issue is reported.

10. Job listings and AI

HoldTalent does not use AI to screen, rank or reject applicants, and does not provide screening tools to employers. Anything we publish about AI in hiring, including about the EU AI Act, is general information, not legal or compliance advice.

11. Intellectual property

11.1. Our content

The HoldTalent site, name, branding, layout and original content, for example explainer text, guides and design, are owned by us or used under licence. The HoldTalent name is a registered trade mark.

Without our written permission you must not:

• copy or re publish our content or design
• build a competing service by systematically scraping or copying from the site
• remove or obscure any notice of our rights

11.2. Employer content and licence

Employers keep ownership of the job text, logo and other material they send us. By sending us content to publish, you give HoldTalent a non exclusive, worldwide, royalty free licence to:

• host, lightly edit and display that content on the site
• share the listing in email updates, social posts and similar channels connected to HoldTalent

This licence runs for as long as the content is in use on the site, and for a reasonable period afterwards in backups and archives.

12. Privacy and cookies

Our Privacy Policy explains how we handle personal data and cookies, including when you contact us, when an employer sends us a role, and when you browse the site.

Please read the Privacy Policy alongside these Terms. If the two conflict on a privacy question, the Privacy Policy applies to that question.

13. Non-discriminatory job ads

HoldTalent is an EU focused job board. When you ask us to list a role, you agree to follow the equality and anti discrimination law that applies where the job is based, as well as EU rules against discrimination in access to work.

Under Irish law, job advertisements must not indicate an intention to discriminate on any of the nine protected grounds: gender, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, race, and membership of the Traveller community. EU law also prohibits discrimination based on nationality in access to employment. A publisher, as well as an advertiser, can be responsible for a discriminatory advertisement, which is why we review and may edit or refuse listings.

Job ads must be merit based and free of unlawful restrictions or wording. You are responsible for the content of your listings and for making sure your recruitment practices follow local and EU law. We may edit, refuse or remove any listing that appears discriminatory, misleading or otherwise unlawful.

14. Disclaimers and limits on liability

14.1. The site is provided as is

We work to keep listings and content accurate and current, but we do not promise that:

• every listing is current, accurate or complete
• the site is always available or free of errors
• any listing will get a particular number of views, clicks, applications or hires

14.2. Third parties

We are not responsible for:

• the content, security or practices of employer sites, application systems or other external links
• how an employer, a course provider or any other third party treats you or your data once you leave HoldTalent
• any agreement you make directly with an employer or other third party

14.3. Our liability

Nothing in these Terms limits or excludes any liability that cannot be limited or excluded by law, including liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, or for fraud.

Subject to that, and so far as the law allows, HoldTalent will not be liable for:

• loss of profit, business, opportunity or expected savings
• loss of data that you did not back up
• indirect or consequential loss or damage

Because HoldTalent is currently provided free of charge, our total liability to you in connection with the site is limited to the maximum extent the law allows.

15. Suspension, changes and ending use

We may at any time:

• change, update or remove parts of the site
• pause or limit access, for example for maintenance or security
• suspend or end access for anyone who seriously or repeatedly breaks these Terms or misuses the service

You can stop using HoldTalent at any time. There is no account to close.

16. Governing law and disputes

These Terms are governed by the law of Ireland.

If a dispute cannot be resolved informally, the courts of Ireland have jurisdiction. If you are a consumer resident elsewhere in the EU or EEA, this does not take away the protection of mandatory consumer law in your country of residence, and you may also be able to bring proceedings there.

17. Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. If we make a significant change, we will update the date at the top and, where appropriate, show a notice on the site. If you keep using HoldTalent after a change takes effect, you accept the updated Terms.

18. Contact

Questions about these Terms: email hello@holdtalent.com, or write to 77 Camden Street Lower, Dublin, D02 XE80, Ireland (correspondence only).