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Candidate Testimonial
"Although I have enlisted the help of other agencies to find me work, Lucy Walker Recruitment have been the only agencies I''''ve used due to how quick off the mark they are at finding me a suitable position, both between lectures at University and also when I needed permanent employment. I always recomended them"
"My Consultant has been brilliant throughout and so supportive - including listening to my worries and tears of job when I not only got a job but ’THE JOB OF A LIFETIME’. Thank you so much!!"
"I''d just like to take this opportunity to say thank you for the help you offered me during my short time with Lucy Walker Recruitment. I have recommended your agency to friends who may require assistance from agencies in the future as I felt you gave me the best service out of all the agencies I signed up with, of which there were about nine, I just wish I had found out about you earlier!"
"This is the second job my Consultant has found for me and she has always worked with a professional yet friendly attitude. She can''t be faulted. I‘d recommend anyone to Lucy Walker Recruitment"
"The best agency in Leeds I have been to. My Consultant provided a high standard of service, she is very professional and it was a pleasure to work with her. I‘d highly recommend your agency."
"My Consultant is by far the most diligent and effective job consultant I have ever worked with. She is an outstanding asset to Lucy Walker Recruitment and the reason that I have used the company repeatedly."
"I really enjoyed working with you ladies. Thank you for all your help in getting me a fab job. I look forward to working with you again - to find me an assistant."
"I have never used the services of a recruitment agency before and I am exceptionally pleased with the service."
Employer Testimonial
"Having signed up with various recruitment agenices upon being made redundant, I found Lucy Walker Recruitment to be the most efficient and professional. Genuinely commited to helping me find employment as opposed to just another name in the system."
"We always use your service because it is so reliable and you are very accommodating – and cheerful! - when we occasionally have to change our requirements at the last minute!"
"Our Consultant was very tuned in to our requirements and understood fully what we wanted from a candidate. I would strongly recommend her in the future."
"Within a couple of days of meeting, Lucy Walker Recruitment, they found me the perfect candidate. From start to finish all the staff were very friendly and professional. I shall definitely be using them again."
"After constant trouble with other recruitment agencies, I can not believe how different and professional Lucy Walker Recruitment is to everyone else. I want to thank everyone there for their help.
"Lucy Walker Recruitment have successfully placed many great candidates within our Company by listening to what we need and really understanding the calibre of candidates we‘re looking for. They are eager to help and it is a pleasure to work with them. They offer a truly professional service."
"I am happy to say that I have always had a courteous, prompt and professional service from the staff at Lucy Walker Recruitment. They are an excellent recruitment agency and come highly recommended."
Web Accessibility
Lucy Walker recognises the importance of providing a Web site that can be used in a variety of ways which do not depend on a single sense, ability, or technology. Building a Web site which is usable, desirable and accessible for all user groups, including the disabled, is our ongoing commitment.
Standards Compliance
Lucy Walker site conforms to W3C's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0, level A.
Below there's a list of critical requirements, which alone cover nearly 40% of highlighted by W3C accessibility problems (according to DRC report). These has been given extra attention and highest priority during expert evaluation.
- Provide a text equivalent for every non-text element
- Ensure that foreground and background colour combinations provide sufficient contrast when viewed by someone having colour deficits or when viewed on a black and white screen
- Ensure that pages are usable when scripts, applets, or other programmatic objects are turned off or not supported. If this is not possible, provide equivalent information on an alternative accessible page
- Until user agents allow users to freeze moving content, avoid movement in pages
- Until user agents allow users to turn off spawned windows, do not cause pop-ups or other windows to appear and do not change the current window without informing the use
- Divide large blocks of information into more manageable groups where natural and appropriate
- Clearly identify the target of each link
- Use the clearest and simplest language appropriate for a site's content
Accessibility Features
Navigation aids
Menu links are grouped and an option to bypass navigation is provided. Link to skip navigation has no visible anchor text, and is provided specifically for people using a screen reader.
Most browsers support jumping to specific links by typing keys defined on the web site. The following access keys are available throughout Lucy Walker site:
S - Skip navigation
1 - Home page
3 - Site map
0 - Accessibility statement
Wherever possible, they do not conflict with commonly-used screen reader and browser keyboard shortcuts.
Access Keys are selected in different ways in different browsers:
- Internet Explorer 5+:
Hold down the ALT key and select the number/letter of the access key, then press ENTER - Internet Explorer 4:
Hold down the ALT key and select the number/letter of the access key - Internet Explorer 5+ for Mac:
Hold down the CTRL key and select the number/letter of the access key - Internet Explorer 4.5 for Mac:
Access keys are not supported - Netscape 6+:
Hold down the ALT (CTRL for Macintosh) key and select the number/letter of the access key - Netscape earlier versions:
Access keys are not supported - Mozilla (includes Mozilla Firefox):
Hold down the ALT (CTRL for Macintosh) key and select the number/letter of the access key - Safari for Mac OS X:
Hold down the CTRL key and select the number/letter of the access key - Opera all versions:
Access keys are not supported
Semantic markup
Structured, semantic markup is used to represent document structure. H1 tags are used for main titles, H2 tags for subtitles, and so on.
Cascading style sheets are used for visual layout, and Javascript is used to enhance usability and for decorative purposes, however pages are still fully accessible if these technologies are ignored or unsupported.
Images
Descriptive and meaningful text equivalents are provided for all content images, graphical buttons, symbols and objects. Images are not used to represent text, all headings are styled with the help of CSS and can be resized to suit users needs.
Colours
Web site design has been tested against colour contrast to ensure that all information is still clear.
Most of the text is written as dark blue on white and is perfectly contrasting. Dark blue on white combination passes colour visibility test successfully:
- The difference in brightness between the two colours is sufficient. The threshold is 125, and the result of the foreground and background colours is 190
- The difference in colour between the two colours is sufficient. The threshold is 500, and the result of the foreground and background colours is 517
Font sizes
Relative units have been used in markup language and CSS, therefore Web site layout accommodates resizing text even in Internet Explorer for Windows.