It is a poor user experience when your site visitors must go through a 5-step job or resume submission process without any guidance or information. That is several page reloads containing 2 or even 3 forms. Imagine the frustration increasing with each page reload because of uncertainty.
This potentially leads to a high number of abandoned submissions. Employers and candidates may never return back to an idea of becoming your clients after failing once.
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