[blindlaw] accessibility of USAJobs

[Deepa Goraya]

Thanks Ronza. Yeah the drop boxes seem to be a common issue.

On 8/30/13, Ronza Othman <rothmanjd at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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