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Anonymous CVs: what the evaluation in France revealed
In 2009, a randomised experiment run with the French public employment service evaluated anonymous CVs. The unexpected result: firms receiving them were less likely to interview and hire minority candidates.
"Anti-bias" Hiring Tools: What a Review of Vendor Claims Reveals
Many recruitment tools now advertise bias reduction as a core benefit. A 2020 study by Raghavan, Barocas, Kleinberg and Levy examined what these claims actually cover — and what vendors leave undocumented.
What Makes a Recruitment Process Feel Fair to Candidates
A rejected candidate judges more than the outcome — they judge how the decision was made. Gilliland's (1993) organizational justice model explains why, and what it means for designing AI-assisted recruitment.
GDPR Article 22 and Recruitment: What Keeping a Human in the Decision Really Requires
"Does the AI decide instead of me?" EU law has had a precise answer since 2018: a genuine — not just formal — human decision-making power must remain at every stage of recruitment.
Why "Black Box" Is a Problem for High-Stakes Decisions
An AI that recommends a candidate without explaining why isn't just hard to trust — according to part of the machine learning research field, it's a design choice to avoid whenever a decision genuinely affects a person.
The Structured Interview: Method Beats Gut Feeling
Twelve meta-analyses agree: how an interview is structured matters more to its reliability than any other factor. Yet organizations apply, on average, only a fraction of the best practices research has identified.
Two Identical Resumes, One Name Changes
With a strictly identical resume, a differently-sounding name changes callback odds by 50%. One of the most-cited studies in labor economics explains why consistent criteria are not a nice-to-have.
What Actually Predicts Job Performance
Degree, job title, years of experience: the three lines a recruiter looks at first on a resume rank among the least predictive of future performance, according to the field's largest meta-analysis.
Experience Doesn't Make a Better Recruiter — And Research Explains Why
Decades of research in work psychology show that a recruiter's experience doesn't mechanically improve the accuracy of their decisions. The gap comes from method, not talent.
EU AI Act and Recruitment: What's Already Mandatory Since August 2, 2026
Since August 2, 2026, the EU AI Act already imposes transparency obligations on recruiters using chatbots or AI-generated content in their processes. Here's what applies now, what's coming in December 2026, and what's still scheduled for 2027.