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<DIV>That is so awesome! Go Monster!</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=kd4ckt@bellsouth.net
href="mailto:kd4ckt@bellsouth.net">George Stokes</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, January 31, 2013 9:59 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=nfbk@nfbnet.org
href="mailto:nfbk@nfbnet.org">nfbk@nfbnet.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [Nfbk] FW: MONSTER.COM FIRST IN INDUSTRY TO MAKE WEBSITE
ACCESSIBLEFOR BLIND USERS</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<P style="TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"> Wright, Jennifer (OFB-FK)
[mailto:JenniferN.Wright@ky.gov] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, January 31, 2013
9:42 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Flanagan, Allison A (OFB-FK); 'Ann Smits'; 'Becky Cabe';
'Bess Douthitt'; 'Bill Deatherage'; 'Cathy Jackson'; McNabb, Cora L (OFB-FK);
'David Lawson'; 'Don Gerard'; 'George Stokes'; Gordon-Brown, Gerry (CAP-FK);
Gerry Rader Slusher; Jim Shaw; Joey Couch (ki4vjd@gmail.com); Kathy Eversole;
'Kelly Foust'; 'Kim Zeigler'; Michael Freeholm; Nesbitt, Richard (OFB-FK);
Shirley, Patrick B (Education Cabinet); Paul Wiese; Paula Wiese ; 'Rebecca
Murrell'; 'Rhonda Logsdon'; Sharon Fields; Sharon Fields (Home); Deeley, Stephen
P (OFB-LV); 'Susan Ament'; Hammons, Twyla S (OFB-SS)<BR><B>Subject:</B> FW:
MONSTER.COM FIRST IN INDUSTRY TO MAKE WEBSITE ACCESSIBLE FOR BLIND USERS
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">FYI.
>From the National Federation of the Blind:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">MEDIA
CONTACT:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">January 30,
2013
Christopher Loh (AGO)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">
(617) 727-2543<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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Kristen Gugliotta (Monster)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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(978) 461-8089<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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Chris Danielsen (NFB)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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</B><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">(410) 262-1281<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class=MsoNormal align=center><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">MONSTER.COM FIRST IN INDUSTRY TO MAKE WEBSITE ACCESSIBLE
FOR BLIND USERS <o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class=MsoNormal align=center><I><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Effort a Result of Agreement Between Monster Worldwide
and the Attorney General’s Office and National Federation of the Blind; First
Job Search Website to Be Fully Accessible</SPAN></I><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Shruti','sans-serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B> </P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">BOSTON –</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Shruti','sans-serif'"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The popular job search website Monster.com will be the
first job search and recruitment website in the industry to provide job seekers
who are blind with full and equal access to all of its products and services
including mobile applications, Attorney General Martha Coakley, Monster
Worldwide, Inc. and the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) announced
today.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The announcement is the result of an
agreement with the AG’s Office and the NFB and provides meaningful benefit to
individuals nationwide who are blind or visually impaired, including
</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">more than 35,000 residents in
Massachusetts. As part of the agreement, Monster will contribute $50,000 to the
Commonwealth that will be used to fund the Massachusetts Commission for the
Blind’s (MCB) job internship program. Monster will also make a $50,000
contribution to the NFB and serve as the title sponsor of the NFB’s annual
convention in 2013. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">“Unemployment and underemployment in the blind community
are significant problems and given the extent to which computers and the
Internet have become integral to our daily lives, it is essential</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">that websites are
accessible to everyone,” AG Coakley said. “We are pleased to have worked with
the NFB and Monster to make the company’s valuable products and services
accessible and to provide better employment opportunities to job seekers who are
blind, visually impaired or have other print disabilities such as
dyslexia. We are hopeful that with the ability to access written
information in an audible text to speech format, these users will now have
access to jobs, and better jobs, than ever before. We want technology to
improve people’s lives, not create obstacles or barriers.”
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">“Over the past year, a team at Monster has been working
closely with teams from the National Federation of the Blind and the
Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office to enhance our Monster.com website in a
way that will provide more opportunities for blind job seekers to find jobs,”
said Mark Conway, Chief Information Officer, Monster Worldwide. “Although
portions of our site were already accessible, we all agreed we could do more.
Based on the work of these teams, the Monster.com site will be enhanced to
make<SPAN style="COLOR: black"> its website and mobile applications accessible
to blind job seekers.</SPAN> This has been an enormous undertaking and is an
exciting accomplishment for which we can all be proud.”<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="BACKGROUND: yellow; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-highlight: yellow"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">“The
National Federation of the Blind works for full and equal access by blind
Americans to all forms of digital information,” said Dr. Marc Maurer, President
of the National Federation of the Blind. “Access to digital information and
applications is critical to success in the twenty-first century in all areas of
life, including searching and applying for career opportunities. We are
therefore pleased that Monster is making this commitment to full and equal
access to its website and mobile applications. We also thank the Attorney
General of Massachusetts for being such a strong partner and advocate for
accessibility.”<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">“We
are excited to partner with Monster and the National Federation of the Blind to
provide access to job opportunities available to individuals who are blind,”
said Commissioner Janet LaBreck of the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind.
“The MCB internship program enables individuals the opportunity to access early
work experience. Utilizing accessible technology available on Monster’s
website to conduct a job search ensures that individuals who are blind can
independently and successfully perform the same tasks as other job seeking
candidates.” <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">To
make<SPAN style="COLOR: black"> its website and mobile applications accessible
to job seekers who are blind, Monster is making them compatible with
innovative technology called screen access software that renders on-screen
information into Braille or speech so that blind individuals can use keyboard
commands to access the same information as sighted users.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">In
accordance with the agreement, Monster is in the process of making its desktop
and mobile websites fully and equally accessible and will have its mobile
applications accessible within two years. Monster has also ensured the templates
employers use to post job advertisements on its site will be fully and equally
accessible within six months. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Monster will also train its customer service
representatives to assist users who are blind and will establish a standing
committee to oversee implementation of the agreement and other issues related to
accessibility in the future. In addition, Monster has agreed to work with the
NFB to encourage higher education programs to incorporate accessible design and
assistive technology in to their core curricula. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">
The agreement is the most recent result of collaboration between AG Coakley’s
Office and the NFB. Past collaborations have included making Apple’s iTunes
services and Cardtronics ATMs fully and equally accessible to the
blind.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">
State and federal laws not only prohibit disparate treatment of individuals with
disabilities in employment and housing, but also require that all businesses
operating places of public accommodation provide people with disablities with
full and equal enjoyment of their goods, services, and
facilities.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Monster.com is the worldwide leader in connecting people
to jobs and provides a full array of job seeking, career management, recruitment
and talent management products and services in more than 40
countries.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">This
matter was handled by Assistant Attorney General Genevieve C. Nadeau and
Paralegal Bethany Brown of Attorney General Coakley’s Civil Rights Division, and
Assistant Attorney General Maura Healey, Chief of Attorney General Coakley’s
Public Protection and Advocacy Bureau. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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