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Report Summary

  • 30

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    51% of other websites

  • 81

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 52% of websites

  • 92

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    82% of websites

  • 86

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    61% of websites

randstad.ca

Full-Time Jobs, Temp Jobs, Staffing & Recruitment Agency

Page Load Speed

5.1 sec in total

First Response

1.8 sec

Resources Loaded

2.8 sec

Page Rendered

460 ms

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About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Randstad.ca page load time and found that the first response time was 1.8 sec and then it took 3.3 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 55% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

randstad.ca performance score

30

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.9 s

54/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value10.8 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value5.6 s

53/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,740 ms

10/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.091

92/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value10.2 s

25/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

www.randstad.ca

1788 ms

css

95 ms

css

90 ms

css

94 ms

WebResource.axd

135 ms

Our browser made a total of 31 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 90% of them (28 requests) were addressed to the original Randstad.ca, 6% (2 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com and 3% (1 request) were made to Bat.bing.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.8 sec) belongs to the original domain Randstad.ca.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 451.4 kB (32%)

Content Size

1.4 MB

After Optimization

972.5 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Randstad.ca main page is 1.4 MB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. 40% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 846.5 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-86%

Potential reduce by 85.0 kB

  • Original 98.7 kB
  • After minification 71.2 kB
  • After compression 13.7 kB

HTML content can be minified and compressed by a website’s server. The most efficient way is to compress content using GZIP which reduces data amount travelling through the network between server and browser. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 27.5 kB, which is 28% of the original size. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 85.0 kB or 86% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-4%

Potential reduce by 32.7 kB

  • Original 846.5 kB
  • After minification 813.8 kB

Image size optimization can help to speed up a website loading time. The chart above shows the difference between the size before and after optimization. Randstad images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-70%

Potential reduce by 323.8 kB

  • Original 460.6 kB
  • After minification 455.0 kB
  • After compression 136.9 kB

It’s better to minify JavaScript in order to improve website performance. The diagram shows the current total size of all JavaScript files against the prospective JavaScript size after its minification and compression. It is highly recommended that all JavaScript files should be compressed and minified as it can save up to 323.8 kB or 70% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-55%

Potential reduce by 10.0 kB

  • Original 18.1 kB
  • After minification 18.1 kB
  • After compression 8.2 kB

CSS files minification is very important to reduce a web page rendering time. The faster CSS files can load, the earlier a page can be rendered. Randstad.ca needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 10.0 kB or 55% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 12 (40%)

Requests Now

30

After Optimization

18

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 30 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Randstad. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 10 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 4 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

www.randstad.ca

www.randstad.ca

1788 ms

css

css

95 ms

css

css

90 ms

css

css

94 ms

WebResource.axd

WebResource.axd

135 ms

ScriptResource.axd

ScriptResource.axd

144 ms

ScriptResource.axd

ScriptResource.axd

152 ms

ScriptResource.axd

ScriptResource.axd

150 ms

jquery-1.10.2.min.js

jquery-1.10.2.min.js

196 ms

General

General

194 ms

autocomplete

autocomplete

150 ms

BxSlider

BxSlider

150 ms

WebResource.axd

WebResource.axd

237 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

175 ms

logo-randstad.png

logo-randstad.png

118 ms

snp-section-header-0357.png

snp-section-header-0357.png

501 ms

wsb-2015-cover-arrow.jpg

wsb-2015-cover-arrow.jpg

165 ms

canada-map-no-borders.png

canada-map-no-borders.png

165 ms

167 ms

170 ms

166 ms

287 ms

252 ms

253 ms

254 ms

255 ms

sprite.png

sprite.png

142 ms

sprite.png

sprite.png

143 ms

collect

collect

48 ms

bat.js

bat.js

205 ms

134 ms

Accessibility Review

randstad.ca accessibility score

81

Accessibility Issues

ARIA

These are opportunities to improve the usage of ARIA in your application which may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

[aria-*] attributes do not match their roles

Contrast

These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.

Impact

Issue

High

Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio.

Names and labels

These are opportunities to improve the semantics of the controls in your application. This may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Tables and lists

These are opportunities to improve the experience of reading tabular or list data using assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

Lists do not contain only <li> elements and script supporting elements (<script> and <template>).

High

List items (<li>) are not contained within <ul> or <ol> parent elements.

Best Practices

randstad.ca best practices score

92

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

SEO Factors

randstad.ca SEO score

86

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Content Best Practices

Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.

Impact

Issue

High

Links do not have descriptive text

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

Mobile Friendly

Make sure your pages are mobile friendly so users don’t have to pinch or zoom in order to read the content pages. [Learn more](https://developers.google.com/search/mobile-sites/).

Impact

Issue

High

Document uses legible font sizes

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    EN

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Randstad.ca can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and it matches the claimed language. Our system also found out that Randstad.ca main page’s claimed encoding is utf-8. Use of this encoding format is the best practice as the main page visitors from all over the world won’t have any issues with symbol transcription.

Social Sharing Optimization

randstad.ca

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Randstad. Lack of Open Graph description can be counter-productive for their social media presence, as such a description allows converting a website homepage (or other pages) into good-looking, rich and well-structured posts, when it is being shared on Facebook and other social media. For example, adding the following code snippet into HTML <head> tag will help to represent this web page correctly in social networks: