Issue: How Top Echelon Network handles "John Doe" candidates

Date: 06/20/95; Revised: 5/18/07

Definition
A "John Doe" candidate is a candidate submission to Top Echelon Network without the candidate’s contact information and resume. The candidate’s name, address, phone number, current employer, etc., are all omitted. A John Doe submission is simply a blinded candidate "profile."

Spirit of this Policy
The following five rules illustrate Top Echelon Network’s Policy for handling John Doe candidates:

Rule #1: Top Echelon Network will allow John Doe candidates to be submitted by any Member for any reason. NOTE: Members using the software have the option to receive (or not receive) John Doe candidate profiles in their software at their discretion.

Rule #2: A candidate submitted as a "John Doe" will consist of the candidate’s profile (Resume Data Sheet - RDS) only. Actual "resumes" will not be included with John Doe candidates. NOTE: John Doe candidates were initially intended to be a vehicle to submit a "blinded profile" for a candidate. The software does not permit the "uploading" of a resume with a John Doe candidate. Top Echelon Network does not permit hardcopy resumes to accompany John Doe profiles. This "rule" by itself makes John Doe candidates much less desirable than candidates accompanied with full contact information and a resume.

Rule #3: Top Echelon Network will not attempt to prevent the duplication of John Doe candidate profiles.NOTE: Top Echelon Network does not attempt to stop duplication of John Doe candidates because we do not know the candidate’s identity, nor do we have the candidate’s resume.

Rule #4: Top Echelon Network Members are free to specify any fee they desire on any candidate they submit to Top Echelon Network, including John Doe candidates.

Rule #5: Top Echelon Network will purge a John Doe candidate after a period of three months, as opposed to the six-month period for all other full-contact candidates.