Our use of cookies and other information-gathering technologies

A "cookie" is a small text file that is stored on a user's hard drive or mobile device. Cookies are generated by web servers when the user enters an internet page, and are passed to the user's computer or mobile device and stored for subsequent future access. They perform a number of functions associated with browsing websites and are used for a variety of different purposes, such as tracing users from page to page on an internet site. This can enhance a user's experience on a website, enabling the site to be personalised according to e.g. a user's preferences and browsing activities.

We only use cookies in certain areas of this website and the purposes for which they are used are detailed below. You are not obliged to accept a cookie and you can modify your browser so that it will not accept cookies. However, if you do so this may affect your browsing experience and certain functions within the website may not work.

This website uses the following cookies:

First party cookies:

Cookie Purpose Duration
Navigation Helpers

1) Improving User Experience by remembering previous steps taken by the user.

- After searching for a job, the site remembers your search criteria, so that a "Back to Search" link can be displayed.

- After searching for a job, the site remembers the search results, so that these results can be displayed on the right sidebar of a job page, and user can navigate through the results.

- After visiting a Specialization page or an Insights page, the site remembers which specific page it was, so that a "Back to Specialization" or "Back to Insights" link can be displayed.

2) User authentication

- The site assigns a unique and anonymous identifier to each user to insure safe authentication.

Cookie is removed when user closes the browser

See "Expires=Date" in this document for more information. 

Cookie Policy popup

Hiding the Cookie Policy popup.

- After the Cookie Policy popup has been shown, the site remembers it has been shown, so that the popup is never shown again to the same user.

Permanent

 

Third party cookies:

Cookie Purpose Duration
Performance/analytics cookies (Google Analytics) These are third party cookies called "Google Analytics" and used to collect statistical information concerning site visits (e.g. which pages are most frequently visited, whether users receive any error messages, how the website was found). Neither we nor third party analytics organisations associate your IP address with any information that can identify the user personally. These cookies enable analytics organisations to determine whether you are a returning visitor to the site, and to track the pages that you visit during your session. Please follow this link for more information on the privacy policies of the third party sites.