Eliminating Bias and Elevating Your Recruitment Process - The Future of Recruitment with Geoff Reid-Hughes

In the latest instalment of the Recruitment Leadership Podcast, your host Alison Humphries is joined by Geoff Reid-Hughes, head of UK sales for AssessFirst.

AssessFirst harnesses the behavioural science and the power of AI technology to eliminate bias and allow you to make the best possible decisions in hiring, management and talent development. 

Before moving to AssessFirst, Geoff worked in recruitment for a total of 16 years. He helped to place technical and IT-based staff within organisations, working across a number of well-known recruiting businesses in the UK. Geoff then went on to work for a popular publisher, and now works within his successful role at AssessFirst. 

In this insightful episode, Geoff and Alison discuss the benefits of using AssessFirst and provide examples of how using services like this can aid in differentiating your recruitment business, a key factor of success in both today's world and in the future.

As a special thank you to our listeners, Geoff is offering a 10% discount for AssessFirst services. To qualify for your 10% discount with AssessFirst, book in a meeting with Geoff here:  https://bit.ly/3xmJTSf

Timestamped Guide:

 

1:22 - Introduction 

 

2:27 - What made you want to work with AssessFirst?

 

04:29 - What would you say are the business challenges of today that AssessFirst can actually address?

 

06:47 - The barriers of success

 

13:18 - How does GDPR work with using AssessFirst at an early stage of the selection process?

 

17:18 - What in your view are the reasons why recruiters don’t engage with assessment tools?

 

25:23 - What can we actually understand better about a candidate using AssessFirst?

 

33:05 - What do recruiters get with Assess First?

 

34:00 - How does AssessFirst contribute to diversity and inclusion 

 

38:44 - If AssessFirst or something similar is introduced at the earliest possible opportunity, what difference will that make to just scrutinising CV’s?

 

41:44 - Are there any situations in recruitment when it is not appropriate to use AssessFirst?

 

If you have any questions, queries or comments, please contact Alison Humphries: alison@recruitmentleadership.co.uk

 

Connect with Geoff Reid-Hughes on LinkedIn.