Employer Introduction Policy

This Employer Introduction Policy explains how Finsimco may introduce selected participants to employers, recruiters, recruitment agencies or hiring organisations after a simulation. Employer introductions are intended to help strong participants become visible to employers and recruiters who are looking for candidates with relevant skills, interests, experience and performance profiles.

This Policy applies when you choose to opt in to be considered for employer introductions, including after a Career Launch Simulation or another Finsimco programme where employer introductions are offered. By switching on employer introductions (“opting in”), you agree to this Policy. It applies together with our Privacy Policy, Terms of Use and Simulation Policy.

1. Opt-in only

You are not automatically included in employer introductions. You will only be considered if you actively opt in.

If you do not opt in, Finsimco will not share any information about you with employers, recruiters or recruitment agencies for recruitment purposes. You may opt out at any time.

2. What opting in allows us to do

If you opt in, you allow Finsimco to use your candidate information to assess whether you may be a positive match for employer opportunities. This may include your name and contact details; your CV or résumé; your education and work experience; your role, sector and location preferences; your work authorisation and availability; your simulation participation and performance profile; your communications with Finsimco; information needed to avoid unsuitable introductions, such as not recommending you to a current or previous employer; and limited publicly available professional information, where lawful and relevant. We may compare this information with employer requirements, recruiter briefs, role descriptions, location needs, eligibility criteria and market demand.

If we believe there is a positive match, we may share the relevant parts of this candidate information with the employer, recruiter or agency, together with our positive recommendation or assessment of fit.

3. Positive introductions only

We only put participants forward where we believe there is a positive match. We do not send employers:

•      negative recommendations;

•      weak-performer lists;

•      lists of participants who did not meet an internal threshold;

•      commentary designed to harm a participant’s prospects.

If we do not believe there is a positive match, we do not put you forward for that opportunity. You will never be presented to an employer as a weak performer.

4. No guaranteed introduction or outcome

Opting in does not guarantee that you will be introduced to an employer, and an introduction does not guarantee any outcome.

Finsimco decides, at its discretion, whether to put a participant forward for a particular opportunity. Among other things, we may consider simulation performance, role fit, your CV and background, employer requirements, location, work authorisation, availability, timing, market demand, and the number and strength of other candidates. You do not have a right to be referred, introduced, shortlisted, interviewed, selected, hired or contacted by any employer or recruiter.

After an introduction, employers, recruiters and agencies make their own decisions. Finsimco does not control and is not responsible for whether an employer contacts you, invites you to interview or makes an offer; its hiring criteria, recruitment process or communications; the terms of any role; any rejection or lack of response; or how it uses your information after receiving it as an independent controller. Finsimco does not guarantee any interview, job offer, employment, feedback, salary, visa sponsorship or other recruitment outcome.

The market for early-career roles is highly competitive. An employer introduction is one possible route to opportunity, and you should treat it as one of several resources in your job search - not as your only strategy.

5. Candidate responsibilities

If you opt in, you must ensure that the information you provide is accurate, current and not misleading. You are responsible for uploading a current CV; keeping your contact details up to date; selecting only locations where you are legally able and realistically willing to work; providing accurate education and work-experience information; telling us if your preferences, availability or work authorisation change; and not including false, exaggerated or misleading statements, or unnecessary sensitive personal information, in your CV or profile.

Finsimco may decide not to put you forward, or may stop putting you forward, if we believe your information is inaccurate, incomplete, misleading, unsuitable, outdated or inconsistent with employer requirements.

6. CV checks

Before putting you forward, we may carry out limited checks to support the introduction process. These may include reviewing your CV for consistency; checking whether you currently work for, or previously worked for, a potential employer; reviewing your stated location, work-authorisation and role preferences; checking publicly available professional information where lawful and relevant; and asking you for clarification or updated information.

We will not carry out criminal-record checks, credit checks, right-to-work verification, reference checks, regulated background screening or other intrusive checks unless we provide separate notice and have a lawful basis to do so. Employers may carry out their own checks as part of their recruitment process.

7. Opting out

You may opt out of employer introductions at any time. If you opt out, Finsimco will stop putting you forward for future opportunities.

Opting out does not necessarily undo introductions already made. Employers, recruiters or agencies who already received your information may retain and use it under their own privacy notices and legal obligations. Where appropriate and reasonably possible, we may notify relevant recipients that you no longer wish to be considered through Finsimco.

8. How long we keep your introduction profile

Unless we tell you otherwise, your employer-introduction profile will normally remain active for up to 12 months after the relevant simulation, or until you opt out, whichever happens first. To stay in the pool after that, you will need to retake a simulation. After that period, we aim to delete or anonymise your identifiable introduction profile, unless we need to keep limited records for legal, security, compliance, audit, dispute or record-keeping reasons.

Once identifiable data has been deleted or anonymised, we cannot reconstruct it. Deletion happens on a routine schedule and does not indicate anything about how you performed or whether you were considered for any opportunity.

9. Internal thresholds and confidential information

Finsimco is not required to disclose internal referral thresholds; proprietary scoring methods; simulation benchmarks or ranking logic; confidential employer criteria or shortlisting logic; internal deliberations; correspondence with employers, recruiters or agencies; information about other candidates; or information that would breach confidentiality, legal privilege, data protection law or another person’s rights.

This does not limit any legal rights you may have under applicable data protection law.

10. Data and privacy

We process personal information in accordance with our Privacy Policy, which explains what data we collect, how we use it, who we may share it with, how long we keep it, and the rights you may have.

Where we share candidate data with employers, recruiters, recruitment agencies or hiring organisations, those organisations may act as independent controllers of the information they receive. They are responsible for their own use of that information.

11. Employer-specific and sponsored simulations

If you participate in a simulation run for or sponsored by a specific employer, recruiter, corporate client or other sponsoring organisation, your participation, submissions, interactions and performance data will be shared with that organisation. That organisation is responsible for its own recruitment, hiring, training, assessment, employment, progression and selection decisions.

This Policy applies where you opt in to additional employer introductions beyond the specific event.

12. No agency or representative relationship

Unless separately agreed in writing, Finsimco does not act as your personal career adviser, legal adviser, employment adviser, agent, representative or fiduciary. You are responsible for deciding whether to engage with any employer, recruiter, agency, role, interview process or offer, and you should carry out your own checks and seek independent advice where appropriate before accepting any role.

13. General

We may update this Policy from time to time. The latest version will be available on our website or platform. Where changes are material, we may take reasonable steps to bring them to your attention. Your continued participation in employer introductions after an updated Policy is made available means you accept the updated Policy.

This Policy is governed by the laws of England and Wales.

Questions about this Policy should be sent to FINSIMCO LTD, 1 Canada Square, 37th Floor, London E14 5AB, United Kingdom, or by email to info@finsimco.com.