function validatephone(xxxxx) {
	 var maintainplus = '';
 	var numval = xxxxx.value
 	if ( numval.charAt(0)=='+' ){ var maintainplus = '+';}
 	curphonevar = numval.replace(/[\\A-Za-z!"£$%^&*+_={};:'@#~,.¦\/<>?|`¬\]\[]/g,'');
 	xxxxx.value = maintainplus + curphonevar;
 	var maintainplus = '';
 	xxxxx.focus;
}

function Validate(form)
  {
  if ( form.first_name.value == "" ) {
		alert('Please Specify First Name!');
		form.first_name.focus();
		return false;
	   }

	if(form.first_name.value.match(/[&<>]+/))
		{
			alert("Please remove Invalid characters from First Name (e.g. &  < >)");
			form.first_name.focus();
			return(false);
		}
		
		if ( form.last_name.value == "" ) {
		alert('Please Specify Last Name!');
		form.last_name.focus();
		return false;
	   }

	if(form.last_name.value.match(/[&<>]+/))
		{
			alert("Please remove Invalid characters from Last Name (e.g. &  < >)");
			form.last_name.focus();
			return(false);
		}
		
	if ( form.address.value == "" ) {
		alert('Please Specify Address!');
		form.address.focus();
		return false;
	   }
	   
	   
	  if ( form.phone.value == "" ) {
		alert('Please Specify Telephone!');
		form.phone.focus();
		return false;
	   }

	  

	   
var emailStr=form.email.value
var emailPat=/^(.+)@(.+)$/
var specialChars="\\(\\)<>@,;:\\\\\\\"\\.\\[\\]"
var validChars="\[^\\s" + specialChars + "\]"
var quotedUser="(\"[^\"]*\")"
var ipDomainPat=/^\[(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\]$/
var atom=validChars + '+'
var word="(" + atom + "|" + quotedUser + ")"
var userPat=new RegExp("^" + word + "(\\." + word + ")*$")
var domainPat=new RegExp("^" + atom + "(\\." + atom +")*$")
var matchArray=emailStr.match(emailPat)
if (matchArray==null) {
	alert("Email address seems incorrect (check @ and .'s)")
	 form.email.focus();
	return (false)
}
var user=matchArray[1]
var domain=matchArray[2]
if (user.match(userPat)==null) {
    alert("The username doesn't seem to be valid.")
	 form.email.focus();
    return (false)
}
var IPArray=domain.match(ipDomainPat)
if (IPArray!=null) {
    // this is an IP address
	  for (var i=1;i<=4;i++) {
	    if (IPArray[i]>255) {
	        alert("Destination IP address is invalid!")
			 form.email.focus();
		return (false)
	    }
    }
    return (true)
}
var domainArray=domain.match(domainPat)
if (domainArray==null) {
	alert("The domain name doesn't seem to be valid.")
	 form.email.focus();
    return (false)
}
var atomPat=new RegExp(atom,"g")
var domArr=domain.match(atomPat)
var len=domArr.length
if (domArr[domArr.length-1].length<2 || 
    domArr[domArr.length-1].length>3) {
   alert("The address must end in a three-letter domain, or two letter country.")
    form.email.focus();
   return (false)
}
if (len<2) {
   var errStr="This address is missing a hostname!"
   alert(errStr)
   form.email.focus();
   return (false)
}
	
	if (form.position_applied.value == "") {
	   alert('Please Specify Position Applied For.');
	   form.position_applied.focus();
	   return false;
	 }

if (form.available_from.value == "") {
	   alert('Please Specify Hours Available From.');
	   form.available_from.focus();
	   return false;
	 }

if (form.available_to.value == "") {
	   alert('Please Specify Hours Available To.');
	   form.available_to.focus();
	   return false;
	 }

if (form.start_date.value == "") {
	   alert('Please Specify Starting Date.');
	   form.start_date.focus();
	   return false;
	 }


if (form.ed_info.value == "") {
	   alert('Please Specify Name And Address Of School - Major Degree/Diploma - Graduation  Date .');
	   form.ed_info.focus();
	   return false;
	 }

 if ( form.ed_skills.value == "" ) {
		alert('Please Specify Skills!');
		form.ed_skills.focus();
		return false;
	}
	
  if ( form.company.value == "" ) {
		alert('Please Specify Employment Company Name!');
		form.company.focus();
		return false;
	   }
	   
 
	   
 if ( form.company_address.value == "" ) {
		alert('Please Specify Employment Company Address!');
		form.company_address.focus();
		return false;
	   }



  if ( form.position_title.value == "" ) {
		alert('Please Specify Position Title!');
		form.position_title.focus();
		return false;
	   }
	   
	  if ( form.employment_from.value == "" ) {
		alert('Please Specify Employment from!');
		form.employment_from.focus();
		return false;
	   }
	   
	   if ( form.employment_to.value == "" ) {
		alert('Please Specify Employment To!');
		form.employment_to.focus();
		return false;
	   }
	   
if ( form.responsibility.value == "" ) {
		alert('Please Specify Responsibilities!');
		form.responsibility.focus();
		return false;
	   }
	   
 if ( form.salary.value == "" ) {
		alert('Please Specify Salary!');
		form.salary.focus();
		return false;
	   }
 if ( form.reason.value == "" ) {
		alert('Please Specify Reason for leaving!');
		form.reason.focus();
		return false;
	   }
	   
	   return true;
  }