accessibility and accommodations

For specific accessibility information as well as to make additional accommodations prior to the job fair, contact your college/university career services office at least two weeks prior to the fair.

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Handshake Accessibility Resources

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Information on accessibility options for Handshake Virtual Career Fairs can be found here.  Highlights include:​

• Handshake virtual career fairs tool is designed to be compatible with screen readers that those with visual impairment can use to convert text, buttons, or images into speech or braille.

• The Handshake website and fairs are designed to be navigable for keyboard-only users

• Color contrast in the virtual fair design is designed so that screen elements are more easily readable for the visually-impaired

• The Handshake support team can also provide an interpreter for live captioning if requested

View the Handshake Web Content Accessibility Guidelines and VPAT PDF below (updated August 2020).

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Handshake Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.pdf