Cookie Notice
Last updated: October 27, 2026
Cookies are small files a website stores in your browser. We use as few as we can: essential ones to keep you signed in, and Google Analytics only if you say yes. We don't use advertising cookies, and we don't let other companies track you across sites through ours.
Your choice
If you turn analytics off, we delete the Google Analytics cookies and stop loading Google's script. If your browser sends a Global Privacy Control signal, analytics stay off automatically.
Cookies we use
| Cookie | Type | What it does | How long |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staff sign-in (__Secure-next-auth.session-token) | Essential | Keeps TradeRecruit staff signed in. | 24 hours |
| Staff sign-in security (__Host-next-auth.csrf-token, __Secure-next-auth.callback-url) | Essential | Protects the staff sign-in form and remembers which page to return to. | Until you close your browser |
| Client portal sign-in (client_session) | Essential | Keeps an employer signed in to the client portal. | 72 hours |
| Candidate portal sign-in (candidate_session) | Essential | Keeps a candidate signed in to the candidate portal. | 72 hours |
| Cookie choice (tr-cookie-consent, stored in your browser) | Essential | Remembers whether you accepted or rejected analytics. | Until you clear it |
| Google reCAPTCHA (_GRECAPTCHA, set by Google) | Essential, only if you sign in with a phone number | Lets Google check that you're not a robot before it texts a sign-in code. | Up to 6 months |
| Google Analytics (_ga, _ga_…) | Analytics, only if you accept | Counts visits and shows which pages are used, so we can improve the site. | Up to 6 months |
Essential cookies are only set when you sign in or open a sign-in page. They're needed for the portals to work, so they can't be turned off. When an employer pays an invoice online, Stripe's payment pages may set their own cookies for security and fraud prevention, under Stripe's privacy policy.
More information
See our Privacy Policy for how we handle personal information.
WilWrx LLC (doing business as TradeRecruit), Illinois. Email: david@wilwrx.com.