Legal
Last updated 30 August 2026. Effective on the date first posted.
These Terms of Use (the "Terms") form a binding agreement between you and Metanlytics LLC, a California limited liability company doing business as Bolt Hiring ("Bolt Hiring," "we," "us," or "our"), governing your access to and use of bolthiring.com and any related services (together, the "Service").
Read Sections 13, 14, and 17 carefully. They disclaim warranties, limit our liability, and require most disputes to be resolved by binding individual arbitration rather than in court or by class action. Section 17 explains how to opt out of arbitration within 30 days.
By accessing the Service, subscribing to job alerts, creating an employer account, or submitting a job posting, you agree to these Terms and to our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated by reference. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.
If you use the Service on behalf of a company or other entity, you represent that you have authority to bind that entity, and "you" refers to both you and that entity.
Bolt Hiring is a message-passing service. Employers submit job postings. Job seekers subscribe to receive postings matching filters they choose. We deliver matching postings by email and display them on the Service. That is the entirety of what we do.
Bolt Hiring is not:
We take no part in selection. We do not decide, recommend, rank, score, shortlist, or influence which job seekers an employer contacts, which are invited to interview or assessment, or which resumes or candidates are put forward for any role. We hold no resumes and no candidate profiles, we are not told who applied, and we are not told the outcome of any application.
Delivery on the Service is mechanical and applies one rule to everyone: a posting reaches a subscriber when the location and the role that subscriber chose for themselves overlap the location and role the employer entered. Nothing else is weighed, and no characteristic of any person is considered, inferred, or used. Every decision about whom to contact, whom to interview, and whom to hire belongs to the employer, together with responsibility for the lawfulness of that decision.
We do not screen, vet, endorse, or vouch for any job seeker, any employer, any job posting, or any statement made by either side. One narrow exception is described under “What verified means” below, and it changes nothing else in this paragraph. We do not verify that a posted role exists, remains open, is accurately described, or is lawful. We do not participate in hiring decisions, negotiate terms, set compensation, or take any fee, commission, or markup from any placement.
Some employers display a verified marker. It means one narrow thing: at some point a person at Bolt Hiring compared the company name and the EIN or DUNS number that employer supplied against publicly available records and formed a good-faith belief that a business of that name exists in the United States. It is a check of identity, made once, on information the employer gave us.
It is not:
A verified employer can still post a role that does not exist, collect resumes with no open role, conceal that they are one of several intermediaries between you and any actual client, misdescribe the work, or misstate who they are. Information supplied to us can be false, and public records can be stale, incomplete, or wrong. We may verify an employer we should not have, and we may fail to verify one we should have. The marker is our own operational note and you must not treat it as diligence performed on your behalf or as a reason to lower your own.
Any decision to respond to a posting, to share information with an employer, or to accept an engagement is yours alone. To the maximum extent permitted by law, we are not liable for that decision or for anything an employer does or fails to do, whether or not that employer displayed the verified marker and whether or not we were mistaken in displaying it. Sections 13, 14, and 15 apply to verification exactly as they apply to everything else on the Service.
You must be at least 18 years old and able to form a binding contract. Employer accounts require a verified corporate email domain; addresses at free, consumer, or disposable email providers are not accepted for employer accounts.
Employer sign-in uses a one-time link sent to your email address. You are responsible for the security of that mailbox and for all activity under your account. Tell us promptly at info@bolthiring.com if you believe your account has been used without your authorization.
Job seekers do not create an account. A subscription is identified by a token contained in links we email to you. Anyone with that link can change or cancel your subscription, so treat those emails as you would any other personal message.
Subscription is free. We use confirmed opt-in: you will not receive alerts until you click the confirmation link we send. Every alert contains a one-click unsubscribe link, which we honor promptly.
We make no representation that you will receive any particular number of postings, that any posting is current or genuine, or that you will be contacted, interviewed, or hired. Job postings originate with employers. Evaluate every posting and every employer with the same care you would apply to any other job advertisement, and do not send money, financial account details, government identification numbers, or other sensitive information to anyone in response to a posting.
We never sell, rent, or otherwise disclose your email address to employers or other third parties for their marketing purposes. Employers do not receive subscriber lists.
Employers may submit postings subject to these Terms. Postings are reviewed before publication and we may decline any posting for any lawful reason. A published posting remains visible for up to 30 days, or until you mark it inactive or we remove it, whichever occurs first.
You are solely responsible for the content of your postings, for your hiring process, and for your communications with job seekers. Applications go directly to you. We do not receive, store, or forward applications, resumes, or candidate materials on your behalf.
Each time you submit a posting, you represent and warrant that:
Requirements stated in a posting are yours, not ours. Bolt Hiring provides neutral fields in which you describe your own requirements. We do not draft, suggest, require, or endorse any requirement, and selecting or omitting any option is your decision alone.
You may not use the Service to:
We may review, decline, edit for formatting, remove, or suspend any posting or account at any time, with or without notice, for any lawful reason, including a good-faith belief that these Terms have been breached. We are not obligated to review any content, and any review we perform does not make us responsible for it. Removal is not a determination that any content is unlawful, and declining to remove content is not an endorsement of it.
The Service is free for job seekers and will remain so.
Employer posting is free for a limited introductory period. We may introduce a subscription fee for employers on at least 30 days' advance notice to the email address on your account. Any subscription will be a flat recurring fee for unlimited postings, billed in advance through our payment processor, renewing automatically until cancelled.
If fees apply: you authorize recurring charges to your payment method; fees are stated exclusive of taxes, which you are responsible for; cancellation takes effect at the end of the then-current billing period; and except where required by law, fees already paid are non-refundable. We may change fees prospectively on 30 days' notice, and your continued use after the change takes effect constitutes acceptance.
You retain ownership of the content you submit. You grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable license to host, store, reproduce, adapt for formatting, publish, transmit, and distribute your content for the purpose of operating and promoting the Service, including distribution by email to matching subscribers. This license ends when your content is removed, except for copies retained in routine backups and to the extent already distributed by email.
Our handling of personal information is described in our Privacy Policy. By subscribing, you consent to receive job alert emails at the frequency you select. By creating an employer account, you consent to receive service and transactional emails, which are not marketing and may not be opted out of while your account is active.
The Service, including its design, text, graphics, logos, and software, is owned by us or our licensors and is protected by intellectual property laws. We grant you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to access and use the Service for its intended purpose. No other rights are granted, and all rights not expressly granted are reserved.
THE SERVICE AND ALL CONTENT ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
Without limiting the foregoing, we do not warrant that any posting is genuine, accurate, current, or lawful; that any employer or job seeker is who they claim to be; that use of the Service will result in any application, interview, offer, hire, or placement; or that the Service will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free. Any dealings between a job seeker and an employer are solely between them.
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA, GOODWILL, BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY, OR EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SERVICE, WHETHER BASED IN CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR ANY OTHER THEORY, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
OUR TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SERVICE WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE AMOUNTS YOU PAID US IN THE TWELVE MONTHS BEFORE THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM, OR (B) ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS ($100).
Some jurisdictions do not allow certain exclusions or limitations, so parts of this Section may not apply to you. Nothing in these Terms limits liability that cannot be limited under applicable law.
You will indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Metanlytics LLC and its members, officers, employees, and agents from and against any claim, demand, proceeding, loss, liability, damage, penalty, cost, or expense, including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising out of or relating to: (a) content you submit; (b) your use of the Service; (c) your breach of these Terms or of any representation or warranty in Section 6; (d) your violation of any law or of the rights of any third party, including any claim by a job seeker or applicant arising from your posting or hiring practices; or (e) any employment or engagement arising from the Service. We may assume exclusive defense and control of any matter subject to indemnification, in which case you will cooperate with us.
These Terms apply while you use the Service. You may stop at any time: job seekers by unsubscribing, employers by ceasing use and requesting account closure. We may suspend or terminate access at any time for any lawful reason. Sections 6, 10, and 12 through 19 survive termination.
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of California, without regard to its conflict of laws rules.
Before starting any proceeding, you agree to contact us at info@bolthiring.com and attempt informal resolution in good faith for 30 days.
If informal resolution fails, any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Service will be resolved by binding individual arbitration administered by JAMS under its Streamlined Arbitration Rules, before a single arbitrator, seated in California, with judgment entered in any court of competent jurisdiction. The arbitrator decides all issues except the enforceability of the class waiver below, which is for a court.
Class action waiver. Disputes will be brought only in an individual capacity. Class, collective, consolidated, and representative proceedings are not permitted. If the class waiver is found unenforceable as to a claim, that claim proceeds in court and the remainder stays in arbitration.
You may opt out of arbitration by emailing info@bolthiring.com with the subject line "Arbitration Opt-Out," including your name and the email address associated with your use, within 30 days of first accepting these Terms. Opting out does not affect any other part of these Terms.
Either party may bring an individual claim in small claims court, and either party may seek injunctive relief in court to protect intellectual property or to stop unauthorized access to the Service.
We may update these Terms. If a change is material, we will provide reasonable notice, such as by email or a notice on the Service, before it takes effect. Continued use after the effective date constitutes acceptance. If you do not agree, stop using the Service.
Entire agreement. These Terms and the Privacy Policy are the entire agreement between us on this subject and supersede prior discussions.
Severability. If a provision is held unenforceable, it is modified to the minimum extent necessary and the remainder stays in force.
No waiver. Failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver of it.
Assignment. You may not assign these Terms without our written consent. We may assign them in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets.
No third-party beneficiaries. These Terms create no rights in any third party.
Force majeure. Neither party is liable for delay or failure caused by events beyond its reasonable control.
Notices. We may give notice by email to the address associated with your use or by posting on the Service.
Questions about these Terms:
Metanlytics LLC, doing business as Bolt HiringCalifornia residents. Under California Civil Code section 1789.3, you may contact the Complaint Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the California Department of Consumer Affairs in writing at 1625 North Market Blvd., Suite N 112, Sacramento, CA 95834, or by telephone at (800) 952-5210.