Recruiting Future with Matt Alder - What's Next For Talent Acquisition, HR & Hiring? Ep 747: Rethinking Fairness in Hiring
Nov 19, 2025
In this insightful discussion, Brittany Davies, a business psychologist and managing consultant at Talogy, focuses on fair and inclusive hiring, while Laura Kate Ruttle, also a business psychologist and principal consultant at Talogy, specializes in accessibility. They explore the pitfalls of treating accessibility as mere compliance, emphasizing the benefits of true inclusivity for all candidates. The conversation dives into AI's role in enhancing accessibility, best practices for encouraging disclosure, and how personalized adaptive assessments can shape the future of hiring.
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Equity Over Uniform Standardisation
- True fairness means equitable opportunity to perform, not identical treatment for everyone.
- Standardised processes can unintentionally disadvantage neurodiverse or disabled candidates.
Audit Before Asking For Disclosure
- Audit your recruitment process to find hidden barriers before asking candidates to disclose.
- Proactively design accessible steps so candidates can perform without ad-hoc adjustments.
Accessibility Benefits Everyone
- Designing inclusive hiring widens the talent pool and brings diverse thinking that reduces groupthink.
- Accessibility improvements often benefit every candidate, not just those with disabilities.