Guest Blog: Mitigating Recruitment Bias to Hire the Best Talent

Today, most professionals and hiring managers recognize that there are biases involved in recruitment processes, but few people realize just how specific and targeted those biases can be. We have talked a little about this topic before, citing instances in which Black professionals’ hair has become a point of consideration for company leaders. Unfortunately, this is just one example of the impact of unconscious recruitment bias. However, rather than counting up additional examples of how bias can affect the recruiting processes, we want to focus on four actionable steps businesses can take to reduce these problems.