We've included Accessible Web Design requirements in the design of our ApplicantStack client career site / application. More information on Accessible Web Design can be found here: http://www.washington.edu/doit/world-wide-access-accessible-web-design
For example, a candidate who is blind or vision-impaired would use speech assistance device to "read aloud" a website, but there are some common things you see on some websites that make this difficult or impossible.
Here are some technical details of things that we take into consideration when designing ApplicantStack public sites (i.e. career sites and application):
- Use relative font sizes so text can be resized (using the browser) for people with vision impairment
- Don't use Flash or images for key information that can't be interpreted by screen readers and speech assistance devices
- Don't rely on audio or video for key information, unless subtitles are also provided
- Allow forms to be navigated using only the keyboard
- Use a simple layout and navigation for the site
- Support different screen sizes (including mobile screens)
- Include an "alt" tag for all images
- Limit the use of frames, which can be difficult for assisted devices to navigate
One thing to note is that since we base our client career site on the client's website (when we create a custom job board skin), the extent of accessibility is somewhat dependent on the client's main website. If the client makes any changes to their website to make it more accessible, we can update their career site (i.e. skin) to match.
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