Hiring Bias Archives

How to avoid unconscious bias with skills-based testing

Unconscious bias can subtly seep into the recruitment process, but it significantly compromises the fairness of hiring practices. In this article, we’ve explained how skills-based testing helps to avoid unconscious bias. What is unconscious bias? Operating beneath our awareness, unconscious bias shapes decisions without our realisation. Rooted in implicit preferences and stereotypes, it influences decision-making […]

AI Bias in Hiring: What You Need to Know

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has transformed hiring by automating tasks like resume screening, candidate selection, and interviewing. AI-powered systems promise to reduce bias, increase efficiency, and deliver better hiring outcomes. However, AI is imperfect and can be biased if incorrectly designed and trained. In this article, we’ll define AI bias in hiring, explore the different types […]

How to avoid adverse impact in your pre-employment process

Creating a business that is both inclusive and diverse is essential in today’s world. Diverse teams are 35% more likely to outperform competitors, are 87% better at making decisions, and have 19% higher rates of innovation. However, despite efforts to appear inclusive, adverse impact often undermines hiring processes, hindering the chances of certain groups. Discover […]

Hiring bias: 16 types of bias (and how to prevent them)

Diversity, inclusion and unconscious bias are buzzwords in recruitment right now. The benefits of increasing the diversity of your company workforce are beyond question (more on that later), and the Black Lives Matter protests have forced CEOs to look at their own hiring practices more closely. This involves learning more about the cognitive biases that […]

Diversity Training: 5 Alternatives to Bias Training

Attitudes to diversity are changing. #BlackLivesMatter is a movement, not a moment. And it’s put recruitment and recruiter bias firmly in the spotlight. Talent Acquisition leaders across the world are desperately seeking to ascertain whether their hiring practices are fair and inclusive. A range of diversity-friendly tools and training programs are here to help, but […]

Hiring Discrimination: 6 Tips to Reduce It

Unfortunately hiring discrimination is on the rise. A recent study on employee charge trends found that 12% of U.S. businesses have had an employment charge filed against them. In this article, we’ll discuss 6 tips to reduce hiring discrimination, explain why it’s important and why fairer hiring leads to increased employee diversity. What is hiring […]