Help Wanted Frequently Asked Questions

About Help Wanted

Help Wanted is a site devoted to the thoughtful presentation of slacker lifestyles perfected by the X,Y,and Z generations. Created by the Boston Globe Electronic Publishing, Inc., a massive,all encompassing, multi-national organization which hopes to perpetuate web peace and virtual bar-b-ques, Help Wanted draws information from several sources including the Boston Globe, The Executive Office of Consumer Information, The Boston University Police, The Towns of Somerville, Boston, Newton, Brookline, and Cambridge, and most importantly you, our esteemed visitor. Our aim is to please, so get back to us if something hits you (right or wrong.)

All material within Help Wanted, unless otherwise indicated, is © 1995 Boston Globe Electronic Publishing, Inc.


Contacting Us

To contact the Help Wanted staff, please e-mail [email protected]. All submissions of content or artwork should be sent to [email protected], and all feedback should go to [email protected]. Our telephone number is 929-7900. Pulp-based mail may be sent to:


Advertising

To learn about advertising opportunities on Help Wanted (and other sites within Boston.com), please contact Lauren Oelgeschlager at 929-7900.


Blanket Disclaimer

Boston Globe Electronic Publishing, Inc. accepts no responsibility for user-posted information on this web site.


Terms of Service

Boston Globe Electronic Publishing Inc.
Terms of Service Agreement

1. Services and Conditions of Use

Welcome to Help Wanted ("the Service"). As part of our service, Boston Globe Electronic Publishing Inc. ("BGEP") agrees to provide you with information libraries, bulletin boards, and other computer services that BGEP may decide to offer, subject to the terms of this Agreement. You agree to use the Service in a manner consistent with all applicable laws and regulations and in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth below.

2. Rules for On-line Conduct

By using the Service, you agree that you will not upload to the Service or post in the Service�s bulletin boards or other forums ("postings") any of the following material:

  1. Material which defames, abuses or threatens others.
  2. Statements that are hateful or offensive.
  3. Material that advocates illegal activity or discusses illegal activities with the intent to commit them.
  4. Copyrighted material including, without limitation, text, photographs, sound, video and music, unless authorized by the copyright holder.
  5. Material that contains vulgar or obscene language or images.
  6. Advertising or any form of commercial solicitation unless specifically authorized.

BGEP reserves the right to remove statements or postings which violate the above terms.

3. Free Service

At present, the Service may be freely accessed on the Internet. At some point in the future, BGEP may add pay services. BGEP will notify you if and when this change occurs. In the meantime, please enjoy the free access to the Service.

4. Links to BGEP Web Sites

Links from outside sites to any page on this site are permitted (and encouraged).

5. Copyrighted Materials

All information contained within this site, unless otherwise indicated, is copyrighted 1995 by Boston Globe Electronic Publishing Inc. Reproduction or retransmission by any means without the prior permission of Boston Globe Electronic Publishing Inc. is prohibited. To obtain permission to reuse copyrighted information on this site, you may send e-mail to: [email protected], or write to: Boston Globe Electronic Publishing Inc., 699 Boylston St., Boston, Mass., 02116.

You may download copyrighted material only for your own use. You may not copy, reproduce, retransmit, distribute, publish, commercial exploit or otherwise transfer any copyrighted material. The burden of determining that any information, software or any other content on the Service is not protected by copyright rests with you. You acknowledge that BGEP and/or third party-content providers remain the owners of posted materials, and that you do not acquire any of those ownership rights by downloading co pyrighted materials.

6. Limitation of Liability and Warranty

You agree that use of the Service is entirely at your risk. The Service is provided "as is," without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including without limitation any warranty for information, services, or products provided through or in connection with the Service, including without limitation: (1) any warranties concerning the availability, accuracy, or content of information, products or services; and (2) any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

This disclaimer of liability applies to any damages or injury caused by any failure of performance, error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, computer virus, communication line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, alteration of, or use of record, whether for breach of contract, tortious behavior, negligence, or under any other cause of action.

User specifically acknowledges that BGEP is not liable for the defamatory, offensive or illegal conduct of others including, but not limited to, providers of material to the Service and other users of the Service, and that the risk of injury from the foregoing rests with you.

Neither BGEP nor any of its agents or affiliates shall be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages arising out of use of the Service or inability to gain access to our use of the Service or out of any breach of any warranty.

7. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold BGEP harmless from any dispute which may arise from a breach of terms of this Agreement, and to hold BGEP harmless from any claims and expenses, including reasonable attorney fees and court costs, related to your violation of this Terms of Service Agreement, or to any information, software or other content placed on the Service by you.

8. Choice of Law

This Agreement and any dispute arising under the terms thereof shall be construed in accordance with, and shall be governed by, the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

9. Entire Agreement

This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter contained herein and supersedes all previous and contemporaneous agreements, proposals and communications, written or oral between BGEP�s representatives and you. BGEP may amend this Agreement at any time upon notice from BGEP to you as published through the Service.


Internship Opportunities

Help Wanted is a project of Boston Globe Electronic Publishing, Inc., and we're always looking for motivated interns with broad skill sets. If you're interested in publishing on the web, and have had some experience with journalism, the arts, design, HTML, photography, research, these newfangled computing devices, advertising, or Koosh basketball, send a resume and a brief letter describing how you would improve Help Wanted (or any other part of Boston.com) to:

If you'd prefer, you can e-mail your letter and resume to [email protected]. But please, no calls, even if you are using 1 (800) Collect.

Interns are expected to work at least ten hours a week, and will earn college credit and/or cold, hard cash for their efforts.

Job listings are updated every Monday with the current week's listings.
Listings Provided by Boston Globe Classifieds, (617)929-1500 / [email protected]

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