Recruiting without bias.

evidence-based techniques

to attracting the best talent

"What can we do about bias?

A lot."

Why it matters

Most organisations genuinely want to recruit based on competence and potential. Yet in practice, recruitment decisions are often influenced by unconscious bias.

Research shows that organisations with greater cultural diversity:

make better decisions
innovate more
achieve stronger financial performance

And still, bias keeps creeping in — not because of bad intentions, but because our brain prefers what is familiar.

Unconscious bias is predictable, systematic, and hard to eliminate through awareness alone.

What this enables

When recruitment processes are designed with behavioural insight, organisations can:

attract and recognise diverse talent

make fairer, more accurate selection decisions

reduce noise and bias in interviews and assessments

improve both diversity and quality of hires

Recruiting without bias is not about “trying harder”.
It is about designing better processes.

Our approach

Because bias is largely automatic, we focus on context and choice architecture, not just mindset.

In this training we combine:

behavioural science and decision psychology
evidence-based recruitment methods
practical tools that reduce bias structurally

By redesigning the recruitment context, the best choice also becomes the easiest choice.

Programme

1. Why our thinking fails in recruitment

System-1 and system-2 thinking
Predictable thinking errors in selection decisions
Why good intentions are not enough

2. Understanding unconscious bias

What implicit bias is — individually and organisationally
How bias undermines diversity and decision quality
Why diversity matters for performance and innovation

3. Evidence-based recruitment design

Why unstructured interviews don’t work
Which commonly used methods amplify bias
What evidence-based alternatives look like

4. Your cases & Personal Action Plan

How leading organisations redesigned recruitment using behavioural insights
Translating insights into your own recruitment context

Format

In-company training: 2 days
In-company essentials: 1 day
Interactive and hands-on

Reviews

“One of those rare workshops where I think 'I can actually do something with this!' Really happy about that.

It was eye-opening for me to see how stereotypical thinking doesn't only play during interviewing, but throughout the whole recruitment process. I will be more mindful of this from now on."

Laurens Van den Hurk, Recruiter, Brunel

“Thank you very much for yesterday's webinar. I loved it! Very clear, very structured and plenty of take-aways."

Audrey Froidbise, Recruitment Officer, Umicore

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