From: jethro_uk@hotmailbin.com
On Sat, 16 Aug 2025 15:21:18 +0100, Roland Perry wrote:
> In message <107q3b4$1d7qn$34@dont-email.me>, at 14:07:32 on Sat, 16 Aug
> 2025, Jethro_uk remarked:
>>Recently registered with a job site.
>>
>>Thanks to it's "curated" approach, I am unable to enter the
>>establishment where I got my degree.
>>
>>It doesn't allow you to add to the list or provide space for "other".
>>The only way to proceed is to enter one of it's listed places.
>>
>>Assuming this outfit were to advance me to an employer who selects me
>>for consideration and potentially employment, and assuming I tell the
>>truth (if possible) when commencing employment, would there be any
>>issues ?
>>
>>Is there any general legal principle when very bad (or more often US)
>>design results in someone being required to lie to advance an automated
>>process ? Or is the strict legal answer that if you cannot answer the
>>question truthfully, you are excluded from the process ?
>
> In the past I've had the same sort of problem when filling in forms
> which ask for my occupation. There never seemed to be anything remotely
> close to what I was actually doing. For example, being an MP's
> researcher's researcher. Probably doesn't even have "MP's researcher".
>
> I've sometimes fallen back on "Computer programmer", although that's a
> bit of an oversimplification.
That could be open to interpretation though. Unlike "Where did you
graduate from ?"
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