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3808071 - Keyboard focus not set to content when opening Careers tabs; focus resets after "Search Jobs" action – SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting

Symptom

  • When opening the Careers tabs "Job Applications", "Saved Jobs", "My Candidate Profile", "Saved Applications", and "Referral Tracking", keyboard focus moves to the top of the page (for example, the site logo) instead of the tab’s content.
  • On the "Job Search" tab, activating the "Search Jobs" button moves keyboard focus to the first element of the workspace instead of remaining on the button.

Environment

SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting Management

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Home>Careers
  2. Using the keyboard, navigate to the "Job Applications" tab and select it.
  3. Press the Tab key and observe the current focus location.
  4. Repeat for the tabs: "Saved Jobs", "My Candidate Profile", "Saved Applications", and "Referral Tracking".
  5. Go to the "Job Search" tab and activate the "Search Jobs" button, then observe where focus moves.

Resolution

This will be fixed in 2H 2026

Keywords

accessibility, keyboard focus, focus order, wcag 2.4.3, careers tab, job applications, saved jobs, my candidate profile, saved applications, referral tracking, job search, search jobs button, focus moves to logo, screen reader, tab order, recruiting management , KBA , LOD-SF-RCM-ACC , SuccessFactors Recruiting Management Accessibility , Problem

Product

SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting all versions