This article provides ready-to-use dropdown options that can be copied and pasted when setting up custom fields for candidates, contacts, companies, jobs, and deals, helping maintain consistent data entry across the account.
Use this when
You are setting up new dropdown custom fields in Recruit CRM.
You want to use consistent values across candidates, contacts, companies, jobs, and deals.
You need a quick way to populate dropdown options without entering each value manually.
You want to standardize data entry across your account.
Recruit CRM allows you to create custom fields for Candidates, Contacts, Companies, Jobs, and Deals. When creating a custom field with the Dropdown field type, you can define a fixed list of values that can be selected when entering data.
To create a custom field, go to Admin Settings > Data Customization and select the relevant entity.
Here is a bunch of useful drop-down values you can simply copy-paste into the new custom fields you create:
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2. Countries:
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antarctica, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Bouvet Island, Brazil, British Indian Ocean Territory, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chechnya, Chile, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling Islands), Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cote D'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Croatia (Hrvatska), Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), Faroe Islands, Fiji, Finland, France, France, Metropolitan, French Guiana, French Polynesia, French Southern Territories, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Heard and McDonald Islands, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Korea (North), Korea (South), Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Pitcairn, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Reunion, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and The Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, S. Georgia and S. Sandwich Isls., Spain, Sri Lanka, St. Helena, St. Pierre and Miquelon, Sudan, Suriname, Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tokelau, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom (Britain / UK), United States of America (USA), US Minor Outlying Islands, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City State (Holy See), Venezuela, Viet Nam, Virgin Islands (British), Virgin Islands (US), Wallis and Futuna Islands, Western Sahara, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe
3. List of states - USA:
Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
4. Color Coding - 🔴,🟢,🔵,⚫️,🟡,🟣
5. List of Counties - UK:
Bath and North East Somerset, Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Bristol, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Cornwall, County Durham, Cumbria, Derbyshire, Devon, Dorset, East Riding of Yorkshire, East Sussex, Essex, Gloucestershire, Greater London, Greater Manchester, Hampshire, Herefordshire, Hertfordshire, Isle of Wight, Isles of Scilly, Kent, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Merseyside, Norfolk, North Somerset, North Yorkshire, Northamptonshire, Northumberland, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Rutland, Shropshire, Somerset, South Gloucestershire, South Yorkshire, Staffordshire, Suffolk, Surrey, Tyne & Wear, Warwickshire, West Midlands, West Sussex, West Yorkshire, Wiltshire, Worcestershire, Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll & Bute, Ayrshire, Banffshire, Berwickshire, Borders, Caithness, Clackmannanshire, Dumfries & Galloway, Dunbartonshire, East Ayrshire, East Dunbartonshire, East Lothian, East Renfrewshire, Fife, Highland, Inverclyde, Kincardineshire, Lanarkshire, Midlothian, Moray, North Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Orkney, Perth & Kinross, Renfrewshire, Shetland, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire, Stirlingshire, West Dunbartonshire, West Lothian, Western Isles, Blaenau Gwent, Bridgend, Caerphilly, Cardiff, Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd, Isle of Anglesey, Merthyr Tydfil, Monmouthshire, Neath Port Talbot, Newport, Pembrokeshire, Powys, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Swansea, Torfaen, Vale of Glamorgan, Wrexham, Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry, Tyrone
6. Thumbs up/Thumbs down: 👍🏼,👎🏼
7. Programming Skills
HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python, Cloud computing, Front-End Development, Back-End Development, Cybersecurity, Database knowledge, Source control management, Git and GitHub, Docker and Kubernetes, Linux (UNIX), Data Structure and Algorithms, Database and SQL, DevOps, IT automation, Full-stack development, Troubleshooting, Data analysis
8. Languages across the world
Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, English, Hindi, Bengali, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, Punjabi, Yue Chinese, Vietnamese, Marathi, Telugu, Turkish, Wu Chinese, Korean, French, German, Tamil, Urdu, Javanese, Italian, Egyptian Arabic, Gujarati, Iranian Persian, Bhojpuri, Southern Min, Hakka, Jin Chinese, Hausa, Kannada, Indonesian, Yoruba, Polish, Xiang Chinese, Malayalam, Odia, Maithili, Sudanese Arabic, Burmese, Sunda, Algerian Arabic, Moroccan Arabic, Ukrainian, Igbo, Northern Uzbek, Sindhi, North Levantine Arabic, Romanian, Tagalog, Dutch, Sa'idi Arabic, Gan Chinese, Amharic, Northern Pashto, Magahi, Thai, Saraiki, Khmer, Chhattisgarhi, Somali, Malaysian, Cebuano, Nepali, Mesopotamian Arabic, Assamese, Sinhalese, Greek, Chittagonian, Kazakh, Deccan, Hungarian, Kinyarwanda, Zulu, Azerbaijani
9. Popular languages across the world-
Mandarin Chinese, Hindi, Spanish, English, Arabic, Portuguese, Russian, Javanese, German, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, French, Urdu, Italian, Turkish, Persian, Gujarati, Polish, Ukrainian, Burmese, Thai
10. Language Proficiency Level-
No proficiency, Elementary proficiency, Limited working proficiency, Professional working proficiency, Full professional proficiency, Native or bilingual proficiency
Troubleshooting
Problem: The new dropdown custom field is not visible on records.
Problem: The new dropdown custom field is not visible on records.
Likely cause: The field was created for a different entity or is not added to the layout where you are looking.
What to check: Confirm which entity (candidates, contacts, companies, jobs, deals) you selected when creating the custom field and whether it is part of the relevant view or layout.
Resolution: In Admin Settings under Data Customization, verify the entity, and ensure it is enabled/visible where required.
FAQs
Q1: Which entities support dropdown custom fields in Recruit CRM?
Q1: Which entities support dropdown custom fields in Recruit CRM?
Recruit CRM supports custom fields, including dropdowns, for candidates, contacts, companies, jobs, and deals.
Q2: Where do I go to create custom fields?
Q2: Where do I go to create custom fields?
Go to Admin Settings, then open the Data Customization section and select the relevant entity option.
Q3: Can I use the same dropdown values across multiple entities?
Q3: Can I use the same dropdown values across multiple entities?
Yes. You can copy and paste the same list of common dropdown values into custom fields for different entities such as candidates, contacts, companies, jobs, and deals.
Q4: Do I need special permissions to manage custom fields?
Q4: Do I need special permissions to manage custom fields?
You must have access to Admin Settings to create or edit custom fields. If you cannot see Admin Settings, contact your account owner.
Q5: Can I edit dropdown values after creating the field?
Q5: Can I edit dropdown values after creating the field?
Yes. You can return to the custom field settings under Data Customization and modify the dropdown options as needed.
Conclusion:
Using common dropdown values for custom fields in Recruit CRM helps you standardize data, simplify data entry, and keep records consistent across candidates, contacts, companies, jobs, and deals. The dropdown values provided in this article are suggestions based on commonly used values by Recruit CRM customers and can be customized to suit your specific requirements. If you need help setting up or refining your dropdown custom fields, reach out to Recruit CRM support for further guidance.