CareerCast Resume Makeover Contest - Terms & Conditions

CareerCast Resume Makeover Contest - Terms & Conditions

  1. Entries received after the deadline set forth in the contest announcement are ineligible, null, and void. Only residents of the United States are eligible to win, and prizes will only be e-mailed to a valid e-mail address within the 50 U.S. states. The resume recipient will be randomly selected by the CareerCast.com team. Grand prize is one (1) Resume Makeover with a professional resume writer of our choice, valued at $99 U.S.
  2. All winners will be notified via e-mail. If the winner does not respond to the notification within three (3) business days, another winner will be chosen. Failure to respond within three (3) business days shall mean that the winner forfeits the prize. In the event the chosen resume makeover recipient does not accept or forfeits the prize, the CareerCast.com team will randomly select another eligible contestant.
  3. Winners may not request substitutions of prize winnings. All winners are solely responsible for any and all taxes and/or fees as well as all additional costs that may be incurred. Each person who receives a resume makeover in our giveaway will not be eligible to win the resume makeover prize again.
  4. All photos, drawings, text, and any other content or information (collectively and severally, "Materials") submitted by you to CareerCast.com for the Free Resume Makeover Giveaway shall become the sole and exclusive property of CareerCast.com, and CarerCast.com shall have no obligation to preserve, return, or otherwise make available to you or others any Materials.
  5. CareerCast.com may use, reproduce, edit, display, transmit, prepare derivative works of, modify, publish, and otherwise make use of Materials in any and all media, whether now known or hereinafter created—throughout the world and for any purpose—without compensation to you of any kind.
  6. You acknowledge and agree that CareerCast.com shall have no obligation to post, display, or otherwise make publicly available any Materials submitted by you.
  7. You acknowledge and agree that Materials submitted by you may be made available by CareerCast.com for viewing, rating, reviewing, and commenting. By submitting Materials to CareerCast.com, you waive any privacy expectations that you may have with respect to the Materials. CareerCast reserves the right to use your name and location for promotional purposes only. As a winner, your resume will not be shown to the public without your specific permission.
  8. You agree to hold CareerCast.com and its officers, directors, employees, agents, successors, and assigns harmless from and against—and hereby waive any right to pursue—any claims of any nature arising in connection with CareerCast.com’s use of the Materials submitted to CareerCast.com and used in any manner in CareerCast.com’s sole and absolute discretion.
  9. Contests involving evaluations of Materials submitted as part of the contest will be judged entirely in the sole and absolute discretion of CareerCast.com. Decisions by CareerCast.com are final.
  10. Neither CareerCast.com nor its officers, directors, employees, agents, successors, or assigns shall be liable for any warranty, costs, damage, injury, or any other claims incurred as a result of the usage of a prize by any winner. CareerCast.com is not liable for any loss arising out of or in connection with any contest promoted by CareerCast.com
  11. This contest is null and void in any jurisdiction where prohibited by law.
  12. CareerCast.com reserves the right in its sole and absolute discretion to terminate any contest at any time without prior notice. CareerCast.com reserves the right in its sole and absolute discretion to alter any contest rules at any time.
  13. By entering a contest, you conclusively are deemed to have agreed to be bound by these contest rules and terms and conditions as well as by any rules specific to such contest. This is an irrevocable condition of entry.
  14. In contests in which winners are picked at random, the odds of winning depend upon the number of entries received and cannot be determined in advance. In contests in which winners are chosen based upon skill or accomplishments, winners will be selected by CareerCast.com on the merits of each entry, in CareerCast.com’s sole and absolute discretion.
  15. No purchase or payment of any consideration is necessary to enter the contest.
  16. The deadline for the weekly drawing is each Wednesday at midnight Pacific Time until the contest ends. Winners will be contacted the following day and announced the following week. A list of winner(s) may be obtained by sending a self-addressed, stamped (first-class postage) envelope to CareerCast.com and requesting the list.
  17. CareerCast.com reserves the right to condition the award of prizes upon the execution by the winner(s) of a publicity release. Notwithstanding this reserved right, entry is conclusively deemed to be permission by the entrant to use the entrant's name (without compensation to the entrant) if the entrant is a winner to publicize the contest and otherwise, as determined by CareerCast.com, unless prohibited by law.
  18. CareerCast.com reserves the right to require the winner to execute an affidavit of eligibility as a sworn document and provide other proof of eligibility as a condition of receipt of the prize or award.
  19. CareerCast.com may end this promotion at any time.