In order to achieve equal opportunity for people with disabilities in the workplace, there first needs to be equal opportunity for these people to find work. With technology becoming increasingly important, the job search and application process is moving from print to online. For a visually impaired person, using the Internet is not always an easy task because many job search sites and company employment sites are not accessible with screen reading software. If a visually impaired person is unable to navigate and read the website because of this incompatibility with screen readers, visually impaired people are at a serious disadvantage in the job search process.
A Massachusetts press release on January 30, 2013, focused on Monster.com, a job search engine, becoming the first in its industry to be fully accessible to the visually impaired. Within the next two years Monster.com will have a fully accessible website and mobile site for its users who need screen reading software to navigate. Eliminating the disadvantage of not being able to search for jobs online is a big step toward equal opportunity for the visually impaired in the employment process.
Monster.com is setting an example for other companies and job search websites to become fully accessible in the future, opening more doors for the visually impaired community to find jobs.
Check out the full article here to see everything Monster.com is doing to support the cause!
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