Name, company and job title checks

Names, companies and job titles share the same kinds of problems — bad capitalization, placeholder text, leftover LinkedIn scraping noise, and values leaked from the wrong field. This topic lists the actual checks behind those issues.

Name checks#

Capitalization: Name in ALL CAPS, Name in all lowercase, Unusual Capitalization (e.g. "jOHN"), Partial ALL CAPS in Name (e.g. "Frank KOHLER"). Content problems: Missing Name, Placeholder Name ("test", "N/A"), Single Character Name, Name Too Long, Invalid Characters in Name, Numbers in Name, Identical First and Last Name. Field mix-ups: Full Name in Field, Email in Name Field. Scraping/format artifacts: Title Prefix in Name (Dr., Prof., Herr, Frau), Suffix in Last Name (Jr., III), Credential Suffix in Name (MBA, PhD, CPA), Connection Degree in Name (LinkedIn's "· 1st"), Middle Initial in Name, Encoding Issues, Emoji in Name, Invisible Characters in Name.

Company checks#

Empty Company, Placeholder Company, Company in ALL CAPS, Company in all lowercase, Encoding Issues, URL as Company Name, Legal Suffix Normalization (GmbH, Ltd, Inc, AG casing), LinkedIn Status Text ("We're hiring!"), Tagline in Company Name, Emoji in Company Name, Invisible Characters.

Job title checks#

Empty Job Title, Placeholder Job Title, Job Title in ALL CAPS, Job Title in all lowercase, Suspicious Characters in Job Title, Job Title Too Long, Former/Ex Role ("former", "ex-", "retired"), Company Name in Job Title (company data leaked into the title field), Emoji in Job Title, Invisible Characters in Job Title, LinkedIn Status Text in Job Title ("Open to Work").

AI checks in this area#

Four checks need real-world judgment and run only with Include AI Analysis turned on: Fake/Test Name (e.g. "Max Mustermann"), Person Name as Company (a person's name sitting in the company field), Department Name Instead of Job Title (e.g. "Marketing" instead of an actual title), and Seniority Classification (sorts titles into C-Level, VP, Director, Manager, IC, Intern). See "ai-checks" for how they work and what data they see.

Fixing what these checks find#

These checks have a Fix button that corrects every affected row for free: the ALL CAPS, lowercase and capitalization checks for names and companies, Job Title in ALL CAPS, Title Prefix in Name, Credential Suffix in Name, Connection Degree in Name, Legal Suffix Normalization, the LinkedIn Status Text checks, Tagline in Company Name, and the Emoji and Invisible Characters checks. See "Fix and Fix all — correcting issues automatically" for what Fix and Fix all do and don't cover. All other checks here, including Encoding Issues, Suffix in Last Name, Placeholder, Former/Ex Role, Company Name in Job Title and all four AI checks, show only an affected-row count to select and review.

Related topics: quality-checks-overview · fixing-issues · ai-checks · select-rows-by-checks.

FAQ#

What name checks does ListPlus run?#

Capitalization (ALL CAPS, lowercase, partial caps), missing/placeholder/too-short/too-long names, invalid characters or numbers, and LinkedIn-scraping artifacts like title prefixes, suffixes, credential suffixes and connection-degree markers ("· 1st").

Can ListPlus strip "Dr." or "Prof." from a name automatically?#

Yes — the Title Prefix in Name check flags a title/honorific in the first name field and offers a Fix (Strip Title Prefix) that removes it from the field.

Does ListPlus catch company names that are really a person's name?#

Yes, with the AI-powered Person Name as Company check (part of Include AI Analysis) — it flags when the company field actually holds a person's name rather than a company.

What does ListPlus check on job titles besides format?#

Beyond formatting (ALL CAPS, special characters, length), it flags Former/Ex Role titles (the person may have left), Company Name in Job Title (company data leaked into the title), department names used as a title (AI check), and classifies seniority (AI check).

Does ListPlus remove LinkedIn scraping noise like "We're hiring!" from company or job title fields?#

Yes — LinkedIn Status Text (company) and LinkedIn Status Text in Job Title both catch this and offer a Fix to remove it.

Are these checks free?#

The checks listed above under Name, Company and Job Title checks are all free and run automatically. Only the four AI checks (Fake/Test Name, Person Name as Company, Department Name Instead of Job Title, Seniority Classification) are part of the separate, optional Include AI Analysis setting — see "ai-checks".

Where do I fix the issues these checks find?#

Open Analyze, and use Fix on any check that offers one for a free automatic correction; checks needing judgment (placeholders, former roles, company-in-job-title, the AI checks) only let you select and review the rows. See "fixing-issues" for details.