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Oops! I'm Biased
I am biased. And so are you. Every other week, Equalture’s CEO, experts in neuroscience, psychology, DE&I, and Talent Acquisition share their insights into making recruitment fairer, more objective, and more inclusive. This podcast is for all professionals who are passionate about making recruit...
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AI Is Changing Assessments: Why Traditional Tests Are Losing Their Value
Welcome back to another episode! Today we’re tackling a hot topic that everyone in recruitment is talking about, AI. From CVs to cover letters, and ev...
Too Fun to Be Serious? The Truth About Game-Based Hiring
🎮 Game-based assessments: playful gimmick or powerful hiring tool?
In this episode, founders Fleur and Charlotte challenge the biggest assumpti...
Standardising Hiring Assessments is a Mistake
Many organisations assume that predefined competency profiles can be applied across industries. But is that the best approach?
In this episode,...
Simplified Job Applications: A Step Forward or Backward?
Has simplifying job applications gone too far?
In this episode, Charlotte and Fleur explore how the fear of losing candidates made many companie...
The Perfect Fit: The Power of Behaviour on Employee Retention
Hiring the right candidate goes beyond assessing skills and qualifications—behaviour is a key factor in long-term success and team cohesion. However,...
Data-Driven Recruitment: How to predict the success of your hires
Hiring decisions are often reactive: we try to fill vacancies as quickly as possible, but is that the best approach? In this episode, we dive into the...
Reflecting on the Past, Building for the Future: 2025 Goals in Action
In this conversation, the speakers reflect on key lessons from 2024 and share their goals for the year ahead. From fostering team development to celeb...
Intuition Bias in Recruitment: Why gut feelings lead to biased hiring decisions
In this episode of the "Oops! I’m Biased Podcast," we explore Intuition Bias and its impact on recruitment. We start by defining Intuition Bias and di...
Attribution Bias in Recruitment: Why overemphasising personality makes us advance the wrong candidates
In this episode of the "Oops! I’m Biased Podcast," we delve into Fundamental Attribution Error and its impact on recruitment. We begin by defining Fun...
Outcome Bias in Recruitment: How judging candidates by results rather than process damages hiring quality
In this episode of the "Oops! I’m Biased Podcast," we dive into Outcome Bias and its effects on our decision-making processes. Join us as we explore t...
Recency Bias in Recruitment: Why recent impressions overshadow overall candidate evaluation
In this episode of the "Oops! I’m Biased Podcast," we delve into the concept of Recency Bias and its significant effects on recruitment. We discuss wh...
Self-Report Bias in Recruitment: The pitfalls of relying on candidate self-assessments
In this episode of the "Oops! I’m Biased Podcast," we are thrilled to have Zsuzsanna Békéssy join us to explore the intricate concept of Self Report B...
Ensuring Fairness in Recruitment with Institute of Recruitment’s CEO, Thorbjorn Bengtson
In this episode of the "Oops! I’m Biased Podcast," we are excited to welcome Thorbjorn Bengtson, a distinguished expert in recruitment and Diversity,...
Catawiki’s Glenn Ferguson on Empowering Recruiters to be Advocates of DE&I in Recruitment and Taking the Opposite Approach
In this episode of "Oops! I’m Biased Podcast," we speak to Glenn Ferguson, DE&I Lead and Manager of Talent Acquisition at Catawiki, to discuss the cru...
High-Volume Hiring Done Right: Efficiency Meets Equity with Stephen Rhyne
In this episode, we're joined by Stephen Rhyne, recruitment & onboarding expert and CEO at ConveYour, to tackle the complexities of mass recruitment a...
How to hire the right people at scale with Matthew Parker
On this episode of Oops! I’m Biased Podcast, Matthew Parker, Talent Acquisition Leader and host of the Open to Work podcast, joins us to explore how r...
Leveraging D&I Data for your Recruitment Strategy: Best practices for understanding your candidate pool with Dan Cohen
With an ever-tightening labour market, the need to fill a growing skill gap and the rising popularity of AI, recruiters are looking to technology to t...
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Implementing DE&I in the Employee Lifecycle with Adina Avram [Part 2]: From Onboarding to Exit
Part 1 explored DE&I in recruitment and talent management. Now, we continue our conversation with Adina Avram to delve into talent development and exi...
Implementing DE&I in the Employee Lifecycle with Adina Avram (part 1): Building a Diverse & Inclusive Workforce Starts Beyond Recruitment
We often hear about DE&I in recruitment, but what about the rest of the employee lifecycle? In this episode, we welcome Adina Avram, Head of DEIB & Ta...
Start here with implementing inclusive recruitment: Best Practices with Sacha Martina
In this episode, Sacha Martina, co-founder of House of Inclusion, joins us to talk about inclusive recruitment. With 12 years of experience in recruit...
Boosting Candidate Experience Through Skill-based Hiring: Best practices from Emnify’s Matthias Schmeisser
In this podcast episode, Charlotte Melkert (CEO at Equalture) talks to Matthias Schmeisser, Global Senior Director, Talent Acquisition & Employer Bra...
Authority Bias in Recruitment: Understanding the Dynamics Shaping Recruitment Decisions
In this episode, Mari Järvinen sheds light on the impact of authority bias in recruitment. She uncovers the subtle yet significant stages within the r...
Enabling unbiased recruitment through stakeholder management & training: Best practices from HashiCorp's Linda Hermanspann
What do Talent Acquisition roadshows, interview trainings, DEIB ambassador networks, and stakeholder management have in common at HashiCorp? They all...
Bringing Ethnic Diversity into Corporate Leadership Positions with Sergio Panday
Making the recruitment process more objective and unbiased is a pillar of providing equal opportunities to all candidates. But is it enough to see mor...
Why companies are losing out on women in the recruitment process with Leonie Kennepohl
Companies are losing out on women in the recruitment process; whether it be in employer branding, the step from interview to hire, or at the offer sta...
Treat every candidate like a perfect 10: Unbiased recruitment at Miro with Zanina Katira
In this episode, Zanina Katira, Senior Recruiter at Miro, joins us to talk about unbiased recruitment. Zanina joined Miro before their high growth per...
Inclusive Recruitment: Best practices with Mews’ Naomi Trickey
Inclusive recruitment expands the talent pool, and who wouldn’t want a bigger and more diverse range of candidates to hire? But the question is how do...
How to hire & retain Gen Z: Ageism in recruitment with Emma Agricola
Why are the expectations of gen Z so debated? And what does ageism have to do with the discussion?
In this episode, Emma Agricola, D&I expert a...
Inside the Mind [Part 2]: Exploring Psychological Safety and Inclusion at Work with Bogdan Manta
“If you don’t consciously include, you consciously exclude.” Psychological safety is the underpinning of employee engagement, participation, collabora...
Inside the Mind (Part 1): Exploring Psychological Safety and Inclusion at Work with Bogdan Manta
“If you don’t consciously include, you subconsciously exclude.” Psychological safety is the underpinning of employee engagement, participation, collab...
The smart thing to do: Unbiased Recruitment with Frank Poll
What is the basis for unbiased recruitment? What does an ideal recruitment process look like and what are unbiased hiring decisions based on?
In...
Conservatism Bias in Recruitment: Why embracing innovation is hard despite the evidence
Why is it so hard to change a recruitment process even if there is substantiated evidence that supports the change? What happens in our brains in the...
Attracting diverse talent: Inclusive job descriptions with Maureen Brinkman
Who does your job description attract? Does it speak to a diverse range of people who are a fit for the role? Job descriptions carry a lot of weight,...
Social & Cultural Bias in Recruitment: Mari Järvinen on highlighting the impact of culture on your recruitment process
What is culture? Given the general nature of the definition (i.e. a set of common norms and beliefs a group of people adheres to), the term is hard to...
Thriving in the Changing Labour Market: Insights into Uncertainty and Decision Making for HR and TA Leaders with Chris Marshall
The changing talent acquisition landscape is rooted in the disruption through budget cuts, hiring freezes, talent shortages, skill gaps and DE&I discr...
Good vs. Bad Anchors in Recruitment: Key information for hiring the right candidate
What piece of information serves as a bad anchor in the recruitment process? What could be a good anchor when deciding to hire or not to hire a candid...
Hiring for Skills and Competencies with Tony de Graaf
With the increasing talent shortage and the rise of ChatGPT and other technological advancements, enterprises are looking to shift their recruitment p...
Extraversion Bias in Recruitment: Why you might overlook the right candidate because they are quiet
The recruitment process generally favours extraverts: When setting up job requirements, looking through CVs, interviews and assessments, we generally...
Inclusive Leadership with Gwen Kolader: Commitment, Curiosity, Courage and Collaboration (Part 2)
Leading a team doesn’t make you a leader, especially not an inclusive leader. So what does it take?
Gwen Kolader, Global Head of...
Inclusive Leadership with Gwen Kolader: Cognizance of Bias & Cultural Intelligence (Part 1)
Cognizance of Bias and Cultural Intelligence are two of six traits that all inclusive leaders should have, as defined by Deloitte. Leading a team does...