Cookies
This statement relates to the get careers advice and information service, formerly known as the National Careers Service.
How we use cookies
We put small files, called 'cookies', onto your computer when you use this website.
Cookies collect information about how you browse the site. They also:
- measure how you use the site so we can improve it and meet your needs
- remember the notifications you've seen so that we do not show them to you again
We do not use cookies to identify you personally. You'll usually see a message before we store cookies on your computer.
Third party cookies
Some cookies may be placed on your computer by third parties and partners we work with.
We use these cookies to:
- help us understand how you use our website
- capture your comments and feedback through surveys
- provide online support if you need to speak to a careers adviser
Sometimes we'll include content from other sites, such as YouTube, who may set their own cookies.
We might also share information about your use of our pages with our social media and advertising partners, such as Facebook. We do this to help improve the relevancy of advertising campaigns you receive from us.
If you decide to share a link to one of our pages, the service you share it on might set a cookie. We have no control over cookies set on other websites and you can turn them off but only through the website you've used.
Find out more about how to manage cookies.
Change your settings
You can change cookie preferences for this website at any time from the cookie settings page.
Cookie list
We use 2 types of cookie. You can choose which cookies you're happy for us to use.
Cookies that measure website use
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics software to collect information about how you use this website. We do this to help make sure the site is meeting the needs of its users, and to help us to make improvements.
You can opt out of Google Analytics cookies at any time.
We do not allow Google to use or share our analytics data.
Google Analytics sets the following cookies:
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| _ga_L65BHQ84T0 | This persists session state | 2 years |
| _ga | This helps us count how many people visit this website by tracking if you've visited before | 2 years |
| _gat | Used to manage the rate at which page view requests are made | 10 minutes |
| _gid | Stores and updates a unique value for each page you've visited to help us improve your experience | 1 day |
We also set our own cookies to understand how people move through the site:
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| ai_session | This helps us count how many people visit this website by tracking if you've visited before | 30 mins |
| ai_user | Used to manage the rate at which page view requests are made | 1 year |
Microsoft Clarity
We use Microsoft Clarity to understand how you use this website. This information helps us to improve the website.
Microsoft Clarity uses the following cookies:
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| _clck | Checks if you've visited the website before and makes sure you're given the same ID | 1 year |
| _clsk | Connects your page views into a single session recording | 1 day |
| CLID | Identifies the first time Microsoft Clarity saw you on any website that uses Microsoft Clarity | 1 year |
| ANONCHK | Indicates whether the MUID cookie is sent to ANID, a cookie used for advertising. ANID is not used by Microsoft Clarity, so is set to expire at the end of your session. | when you close your browser |
| MUID | Identifies unique web browsers visiting Microsoft sites. These cookies are used for advertising, analytics and operational purposes | 1 year |
| MR | Indicates whether to refresh the MUID cookie | 7 days |
| SM | Used to synchronise the MUID cookie across Microsoft domains | when you close your browser |
Survey cookies
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| JP Survey | Remembers if you've given feedback on one of the job profile pages you've visited | 1 month |
Strictly necessary cookies
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| .AspNetCore.Antiforgery.DPgQGqt-4Gs | Provides protection against cross site attacks | when you close your browser |
| .AspNetCore.Mvc.CookieTempDataProvider | Used to store page data between http requests at our server | when you close your browser |
| BBNIS__utm_is1 | Used to manage site security | 1 year |
| BBNIS__utm_is2 | Used to manage site security | 3 hours |
| BBNIS__utm_is3 | Used to manage site security | when you close the browser |
| BNIS_vid | Used to manage site security | when you close your browser |
| BNES_* | Cookies with this prefix are a secure counterpart to the original cookie. They contain an encrypted copy of the original cookie, allowing our firewall to validate that your session data has not been altered to provide an extra layer of security | same as its counterpart |
| cookies_policy | Saves your cookie consent settings | 1 year |
| cookies_preferences_set | Lets us know that you've saved your cookie consent settings | 1 year |
| ncs_main_session | Used to store session id for DYSAC is not persisted when your browser closes | when you close your browser |
Youtube cookies
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| __Secure-ROLLOUT_TOKEN | Used by YouTube to manage feature rollout and experimentation. It helps Google control which new features or interface changes are shown to you as part of testing and staged rollouts, ensuring a consistent experience for you during an experiment. | 180 days |
| __Secure-YNID | May enable personalised recommendations on YouTube based on past views and searches | 180 days |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | May enable personalised recommendations on YouTube based on past views and searches | 180 days |
| VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA | Used by YouTube to store your privacy and consent settings for embedded videos. It helps ensure that your privacy choices (like consent for personalised ads or tracking) are respected when watching embedded YouTube content. | 180 days |
| YSC | Used to detect spam, fraud, and abuse, ensuring that requests within a browsing session are made by you. | when you close your browser |