Cookie Policy
Last updated November 10, 2026
Cookies are small files a website stores in your browser. This page lists every cookie and similar item SkillsTradeJobs uses, why, and for how long, and how to change your choice. How we handle personal information in general is in our Privacy Policy.
Your choices
The first time you visit, a banner lets you accept all, reject all, or choose by category. Until you choose, our own analytics and Google Ads measurement are on; you can turn them off at any time, and strictly necessary cookies are always on.
- Global Privacy Control. If your browser or an extension sends the Global Privacy Control signal, we treat it as a “no” to advertising cookies on every visit, whatever else you chose.
- Your browser. You can also block or delete cookies in your browser's settings. Blocking the sign-in cookie signs you out; blocking the others changes nothing else on the site.
- Selling and sharing. We never sell your information. Some state laws may count Google Ads measurement as “sharing”; “Reject all” or Global Privacy Control opts you out of it.
Strictly necessary
Keep you signed in, remember your cookie choice and the area you picked. The site can't work without them, so they're always on.
| Name | Set by | What it's for | How long |
|---|---|---|---|
| stj_session | SkillsTradeJobs | Keeps you signed in. | 30 days |
| stj_consent | SkillsTradeJobs | Remembers your cookie choice. | 1 year |
| stj_chat | SkillsTradeJobs | A random id that keeps your conversation with our assistant together when you aren't signed in. Only set when you use the chat. | 30 days |
| stj_chat_msgs(session storage) | SkillsTradeJobs | Keeps your chat with our assistant on screen as you move between pages. Only set when you use the chat. | Until you close the tab |
| stj_near | SkillsTradeJobs | Remembers the area or ZIP code you picked for nearby jobs. Only set when you pick one. | 1 year |
Analytics
A random visitor id, so we can count visits and pages, see which websites send people to us, and tell employers and unions how many people we sent them. When we have it on, Microsoft Clarity also records how pages are used (scrolls, taps, where people stop) so we can make the site easier to use; what you type and your account details are hidden from it. Never sold, not used for ads. We don't use Google Analytics. You can turn these off.
| Name | Set by | What it's for | How long |
|---|---|---|---|
| stj_v | SkillsTradeJobs | A random visitor id for counting visits, job views and taps, and which website sent you. | 1 year |
| stj_arrived(session storage) | SkillsTradeJobs | Marks that this tab's visit was already counted, so it's counted once. | Until you close the tab |
| stj_s(session storage) | SkillsTradeJobs | A random id for this visit, so the pages you open in it are counted together. | Until you close the tab |
| _clck | Microsoft | Microsoft Clarity: a random id so visits from the same browser are recognized. | 1 year |
| _clsk | Microsoft | Microsoft Clarity: joins the pages of one visit into one recording. | 1 day |
Google Ads measurement
Google's tag helps us see how well our Google ads work. Ad personalization is off, and we never send Google your name, phone or email. You can turn these off.
| Name | Set by | What it's for | How long |
|---|---|---|---|
| stj_conv | SkillsTradeJobs | Lets Google's tag count a visit from an ad once, then is deleted. | 10 minutes |
| stj_conv_alert | SkillsTradeJobs | Lets Google's tag count a visit from an ad once, then is deleted. | 10 minutes |
| _gcl_au | Remembers that you came from a Google ad, so Google can tell us how the ad did. | 90 days | |
| _gcl_aw, _gcl_gs | Remember which Google ad you clicked. | 90 days |
Google may also use cookies on its own websites (such as google.com) under Google's policy. We turn ad personalization off, and our ads are measured only while we advertise.
What we don't use
No other advertising or tracking cookies, no outside analytics (such as Google Analytics), no social media trackers, and no cookies that follow you across other websites. Your browser's exact location is used only if you tap “Use my location”, and only to find your ZIP code; it isn't stored.
Videos. Practice, career and trade pages and some guides show pictures of YouTube videos from YouTube's image server (i.ytimg.com), which sets no cookies. The video player loads only when you tap play, from youtube-nocookie.com, under Google's policy.
Changes and questions
When we add a cookie we list it here and update the date above; when we add a new kind, we ask you again. Questions: hello@skillstradejobs.com.