Windows doesn't help much on USA Jobs. The Feds dodge most real disability accommodations in favor of legacy solutions that have not worked in the mainstream.
Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 16, 2015, at 16:11, Karen Lewellen <klewel...@shellworld.net> wrote: > > Sounds like something to be reported directly to the President's liaison for > people with disabilities. Let's face it, sometimes the fastest avenue to a > solution is a human who resonates with the problem. > Kare > > >> On Tue, 16 Jun 2015, gs wrote: >> >> I mean I hate to seem so hopeless when it comes to using the Mac with the >> USAJOBs site, but I have not had good luck with it even when changing user >> agents. And I know employment is a serious thing. So when there is a job >> that closes in two days or maybe just a few hours and you are trying to find >> a reliable method to complete the application process, the last thing you >> want are these kinds of issues. So for those times, use Windows at this >> point. We need to probably try to work together to get these issues resolved >> for the future. >> >> I agree that it is a shame that we have standards that are supposed to >> insure federal government web sites work with assistive technologies and in >> some cases they just do not. Since the USAJOBS site was "updated" in either >> late 2011 or early 2012, it has been far less accessible with whatever >> screen reader you choose. And it's hard to stay motivated enough to document >> and report each issue if that's what we're expected to do. It would be nice >> if enough forethought was applied that things would just work. But that's a >> utopia we may never enjoy. >> >> >> >> >> On Jun 16, 2015, at 5:41 PM, Christine Grassman <cgrassman1...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> Dear All: >> I am at my wit’s end. I am using a MacBook Air, running Yosemite, and I have >> tried Safari and Internet Explorer 10. I attempted to apply to an on-line >> job on a federal government website specifically for that purpose. >> 1. When I used Safari, I kept getting messages that it quit unexpectedly and >> either hit Ignore and things were as they had been before this happened, or >> I had to hit “reload page”. >> In addition, every time I tried to execute the last task required, it would >> not go through, yet the system said I had executed the task. (I checked with >> a Human Resources person who indicates that none of my attempts have gotten >> through.) I also kept getting warnings that I had no documents saved to my >> account, even though I definitely do and they were actually being listed, >> and the correct one was selected. >> >> 2. When I used Internet Explorer 10, I did not get the quitting problem, but >> had the same problem with the same warning that I had no documents uploaded >> to my account, despite the fact that they were listed and the correct one >> selected. Again, I could not get past a certain point in the process. >> >> 3. I ad my daughter, also blind and using a Windows PC with Firefox, fill >> out the application. It seemed to go smoothly; we got to “Finish” and >> received a message to check my status for updates. When I checked my >> status, it said “Received”. However, the Human Resources specialist checked >> last evening and this morning, and my application is nowhere to be found. >> >> So: >> a. Has anyone successfully used a federal government website; I am >> especially interested in hearing from anyone who used >> usajobs.gov <http://usajobs.gov/> specifically. >> >> b. Can anyone fathom what might be going on? Is there anything in particular >> I should try, or anything I should bring to the attention or suggest to the >> Help desk? >> C. They apparently work with Career Connector, overseen by Monster.com >> <http://monster.com/>. Although I saw a list that stated that Safari is a >> compatible browser, Monster.com <http://monster.com/>’s help desk said >> Safari was not compatible, which is why I used Internet Explorer 10. >> Just a note: I did reboot several times, emptied my cache and history, and >> refreshed the screen after going into the user agent menu and suggesting a >> different browser. >> I would truly appreciate help here; if I have to write to an HR person for >> each and every federal job application, things are going to become very >> tedious very fast, and frankly, there is no earthly reason why I should not >> be able to do this with commonly used technology. >> >> Thanks so much in advance. >> Christine >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries >> <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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