[blindlaw] accessibility of USAJobs

[Ronza Othman]

Hi Deepa,

The only challenge I have with the site is the dynamic dropdown boxes.  Jaws
doesn't seem to like them, and it takes a long time to navigate them.
Specifically, when you have to select a set of job search criteria, such as
the agency.  Jaws tends to freeze there, and then I can't select a
sub-agency.  I ended up upgrading my RAM and that resolved the problem
somewhat.  I wonder if the site would be more accessible if they changed
this from a series of dependent dropdown boxes to another method.

The other challenge involves searching for positions and the list of job
series.  There are no headings on the page, and you can't easily skip over
all of those checkboxes.  

Overall, I think USAJobs is a lot better than it used to be.

Thanks,
Ronza

-----Original Message-----
From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Deepa
Goraya
Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2013 1:03 PM
To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org
Subject: [blindlaw] accessibility of USAJobs

Hello colleagues,

I am a visiting attorney at the Washington Lawyers' Committee and we are
interested in looking at the accessibility of USAJobs with screen readers.
Have any of you recently encountered accessibility issues on the site,
www.usajobs.gov? Specifically, anything to do with saved job searches,
uploading documents, building a resume, searching for specific job
announcements, or anything to do with applying to jobs.
Please let me know. If you'd like to email me individually, please email me
at deepa.goraya at gmail.com.

Thank you.

Deepa Goraya

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