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Ideas on fairer hiring
Product updates, perspective, and practical guides on verified, anonymous-first hiring.
The biases that actually change hiring outcomes
Awareness training does not fix bias. A guide to the biases that measurably move hiring decisions, and the process change that neutralises each one.
July 30, 2026
What "meaningful human oversight" actually requires
A reviewer who rubber-stamps 200 rankings is not oversight. What regulators mean by meaningful human involvement, and how to build a process that holds up.
July 30, 2026
Name-blind recruitment: the weakest form of blind hiring
Name-blind screening is the most adopted and least effective form of blind hiring. What a name signals, what survives redaction, and what to do instead.
July 30, 2026
NYC Local Law 144: a practical compliance checklist
Local Law 144 requires an annual independent bias audit, a published summary, and advance notice to candidates. What each obligation means operationally.
July 30, 2026
How to prepare for an AI interview
AI interviews reward specificity, structure and reasoning you make visible. What they actually assess, how to prepare, and what your rights are.
July 30, 2026
How to write rejection feedback that is actually useful
Most rejection feedback is either a form letter or a risk. How to write something specific and safe, using the scores you already have.
July 30, 2026
How to write a skills-based job description
Most job descriptions are a wish-list of proxies. How to write one around measurable skills, plus the wording that shrinks your applicant pool.
July 30, 2026
Structured interviews: the highest-return change most teams never make
Same questions, same order, same rubric, scored independently. Structured interviews are unglamorous, uncomfortable to adopt, and the best value in hiring.
July 30, 2026
Time-to-hire is a throughput metric. Quality-of-hire is the one that matters
Speed metrics are easy to collect and easy to game. How to measure whether your hiring decisions were any good, and which metrics to pair with which.
July 30, 2026
UAE PDPL and candidate data: what recruiters in the Emirates need to know
The UAE has a federal data protection law plus separate free-zone regimes. Which applies to your hiring, and what changes about handling candidate data.
July 30, 2026
Why webcam proctoring is the wrong fix for assessment integrity
Webcam proctoring flags disabled candidates, people with darker skin and anyone without a private room. What it costs, and what to measure instead.
July 30, 2026
What counts as an automated employment decision tool?
The AEDT definition turns on whether a tool substantially assists or replaces discretionary decisions. Where the line falls, and the cases teams get wrong.
July 30, 2026