A career site only works if every candidate can use it. That includes people who browse with a screen reader, navigate with a keyboard instead of a mouse, or need stronger color contrast to read a page. For career sites we deploy we check them for accessibility, automatically, every single week.
What we check
Each Monday, our audit opens every live career site in a real web browser, on both desktop and mobile, and tests it against WCAG 2.1 AA, the accessibility standard most often used to judge whether a website meets the Americans with Disabilities Act. It looks at the things that most often stop a candidate from applying:
- Text and buttons with enough color contrast to read easily
- Form fields with clear labels that screen readers can announce
- Pages that work from the keyboard alone, including job search and the apply button
- A skip link so keyboard users can jump straight to the content
- Pop ups and maps that keep keyboard focus where it belongs
Why it matters for hiring
Hourly and frontline roles draw from every part of your community. When a career site is hard to use, good candidates leave before they ever reach the application, and the employer is exposed to accessibility complaints it never saw coming. A weekly check means a problem introduced by a design change or a new feature gets caught in days, not discovered by a frustrated applicant.
Our live career sites currently pass with zero conformance findings on desktop and mobile, and every new career site we launch joins the weekly audit from day one.
Want an accessible career site?
Our career site and map based career microsite services include accessibility checking as standard. Book a consultation and we will walk you through how it works.