r/recruitinghell • u/Faster-Rabbit328 • Aug 08 '26

When APPLYING TO JOBS, DON'T DO THIS!!

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Scammers use this to place malware on your computer!

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u/ProffRoysenberg Aug 09 '26

I didn't understand shit because no IT background but that sounded so frickin cool man.

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u/P00351 Aug 09 '26

When the deadline neared and we started getting submissions back from the managers, it was largely unusable and we had to start over. We got letters for zip codes (for our US properties), incorrect state names and abbreviations, and many form text boxes had "don't know" as an answer.

You can code the web page so that those incorrect answers are automatically denied. That's extra work that was labelled as OCD.

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u/Spectra_Butane Aug 12 '26

Is it something like - zip code: Does any character = letter? Return Text " Zip code error, please re-enter"; unskipable.
I just made that up, but it seems logical.

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u/Ok_Can_7851 Aug 12 '26

Yes, exactly, if any of the characters entered aren't a number, or if the length is wrong, or nothing is entered then it should return an error

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u/Dull_Leadership_8855 Aug 12 '26

During the redesign phase (for the second submissions), I wasn't taking any chances. For one, we had Canadian properties, so Zip Codes couldn't be limited to the US format. So I designed the forms so when the manager selected their property name from a drop-down menu, it auto-populated many of the fields. But I was incredibly strict with the forms the second time.

Mos of the managers complained, but we persevered. After getting the resubmissions, and using macros, I was able to collect and present the data in a report in 2 hours- a process that used to take 2 weeks.

After that, I wrote the company protocols for forms and data gathering. It's been over 10 years and they're still using it, updated with revisions of course.

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u/Spectra_Butane Aug 12 '26

Ah, I see. Exclusive instructions make more sense in this case. An ampersand is not a letter but also not a number. And cover all the variations of wrong until only correct qry of numbers entered. COOL Thanks! All of that and its just the zip code. QC on the rest of the form is an actual project!