Last updated: 16.04.2024

1. Definitions

OpenTalent – Open Technologies B.V.

Platform – An online infrastructure developed by Open Technologies B.V. that aims to establish interactions between different users.

Website – OpenTalent's website located at www.opentalent.com

User – A natural person – in a personal capacity or as a representative of a legal person or company – who uses the website and the Platform.

Freelancer – A natural person who participates in employment law as a self-employed person.

Customer – A buyer of goods and/or services from OpenTalent.

Consumer – A Customer who is also an individual and who is not acting in the exercise of a profession or business.

Job Offer – Any offer of employment on a permanent contract, fixed-term contract, or any job offer posted on the Website by a Company.

Candidate – Any natural person who has been recommended by a Consultant and has accepted to be potentially contacted by the Company.

Consultant – Any natural or legal person, registered on the Website, wishing to recommend and present Candidates to Companies who have posted a Job Offer on the Website.

Work Contract – Any type of contract signed between the Company and a Candidate formalizing the hiring of the Candidate following a Job Offer.

Credentials – The information required by the Website from Registered Users at the time of registration, and entered by them.

Company – Any legal person under private law or under public law, registered on the Website, placing a Job Offer on the Website to receive recommendations from Candidates by Consultants.

Guarantee Period or Warranty Period – The period commencing on the date a Candidate takes office, during which OpenTalent guarantees the Company a reposting of the Initial Job Offer to relaunch a new recruitment campaign, at no cost to the Company, in the event that a Candidate recruited by the Company leaves, on their own or due to the Company. The duration of this period is indicated on the job description, defaulting to 30 calendar days. This period is automatically extended to the number of days of sick leave that the recruited candidate may have to ask his employer.

Fee – The successful compensation that the Company agrees to pay to OpenTalent when the Company and a Candidate recommended by a Consultant via the Website decide to sign a Work Contract.

Consultant Fee – The amount that OpenTalent pays to the Consultant when a Candidate, which he or she has recommended to a Company for a Job Offer, is recruited by the corresponding Company.

Service – The recommendation and recruitment follow-up services offered by OpenTalent to Companies and Consultants.