This document discusses the need for positive action and inclusion in hiring practices. It argues that current practices can be subjective and biased, rewarding confidence over competence and favoring those with access to support. The authors propose that an inclusive learning platform could help employers hire the best candidates by removing barriers, democratizing knowledge, and focusing on skills rather than attributes. The platform would provide coaching and training to help all candidates recognize their value and prepare for the hiring process. This could make recruitment more efficient and improve the candidate experience.

1. The Case for Positive Action
Olivier Vidal and Jane Hatton

3. We Don’t Discriminate!
We treat all our
candidates the
same
They just
don’t apply!
Positive action
isn’t fair – it’s
favouritism
We say we are
an “equal
opportunities”
employer

4. Kutibu kila mtu huo sio
sawa na kutibu kila
mtu kwa usawa
(Treating everyone the same isn't the same as
treating everyone equally)

5. Treating everyone
the same

6. Positive action

7. Inclusion

9. Your candidates are brilliant
Our learning platform will help you hire the best people.
Inclusively and efficiently, with your brand centre-stage

10. our
challenge
- interviews are subjective: rewarding
confidence over competence
- selection is bias to those with access to
support
- talent retention and mobility means
helping people recognise their value
- hiring is inefficient: great people and time
are often wasted
- the candidate experience damages brands

11. Coaching
Platform
Inclusive Interventions –
on soft and commercial skills

12. Limited data and
intersectionality make
targeted interventions
near impossible
Subjects
Strands
Use Cases

13. She’s
pregnant
He’s Deaf
He went to the
same university
as you
She has
qualifications
from another
country
He’s Autistic
Who is the best computer programmer?

14. Barriers - Ignorance

15. Barriers - Physical

16. Barriers - Communication

17. Your Recruitment Process
Attractive
employer?
Wide range of
advertising?
Accessible
recruitment
process?
Candidates
prepared?
Trained staff?
Flexible working
practices?

18. Inclusive action for all: remove barriers; democratize
knowledge and focus on common problems
Collaboration: with HR and diversity role models to co-
create a peer-reviewed tool
Blended Learning: for target groups
Our solution
www.fairhiringproject.com
@fairhiringproj