1.   But most job openings are not appropriate for someone with no high school diploma, a spotty work history and limited skills.

2.   He continued his education at Arizona State University, again studying computers, but had a spotty work record at the menial jobs he found to support himself.

3.   It cannot help, Ms. Seefield acknowledged, to have an application form that shows a spotty work history.

4.   These people may be poorly educated, or have spotty work records or a history of crime.