Allow non registered users to apply for job

Access to the job posting application form is governed by the function job_posting_menu() -- a single line change in the code is all it would take to remove this restriction. However the application procedure depends on an active profile to determine a valid email address for the confirmation message destination as well as the 'From' header for the application itself, though only the latter is a major concern as I already have a check in place to determine whether a user is logged in and a confirmation is even sent. You'd need to change the application form to collect a seeker's email address (and replicate whatever filtering and validation is already handled by Drupal core) or else hard-code a generic address and rely on job seekers providing adequate contact information in the cover letter or attached resume.

When writing this module I made a conscious decision not to do this. Why? My main concern was the potential for mail spam abuse. What is to stop automated spam programs from stuffing the forms on every job posting with junk? Of course miscreants can still do this but at least forcing them to register first tests their resolve and slows them down considerably. Sure you could add a CAPTCHA or some other control to the form instead but I didn't want to go this route personally. Also, I reasoned (perhaps incorrectly) that the vast majority of potential users of this module would want their visitors to register if for no other reason than record-keeping/analytics.

Using 5.x-1.3 see http://drupal.org/node/305805