{"id":18225,"date":"2023-08-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/empire-group.ap.applyflow.com\/bias-in-recruiting\/"},"modified":"2023-08-12T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-08-12T00:00:00","slug":"bias-in-recruiting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.empiregroup.com.au\/bias-in-recruiting\/","title":{"rendered":"Bias in Recruiting"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>\u200b<span spantype=\"color\" >During the recruitment process, there is always the risk of bias.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span spantype=\"color\" >We all have biases, whether they are conscious or not. Sometimes though, the bias people have when looking at a candidate\u2019s professional background plays a pivotal role in their hiring decisions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span spantype=\"color\" >In the legal industry, this often seems amplified due to preconceived notions about certain firms, universities, and even high schools.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span spantype=\"color\" >As a recruitment firm dedicated to finding the best possible fit for their candidates and clients, we understand that this background is not necessarily indicative of the value a candidate can bring their potential employer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span spantype=\"color\" >As 2022 shifts our workforce, even more, diversity and inclusivity have become more of a priority in the industry.\u00a0empire group is dedicated to communicating with clients the value of our candidates despite possible contrary preconceptions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span spantype=\"color\" >We believe that a candidate\u2019s value is not formed by where they come from, but where they are going. Often, the candidates we place are those that would have otherwise been rejected by a firm due to bias.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span spantype=\"color\" >If you are a candidate or a business who shares these values, please reach out to empire group today to see how we can help!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u200bDuring the recruitment process, there is always the risk of bias. We all have biases, whether they are conscious or not. Sometimes though, the bias people have when looking at a candidate\u2019s professional background plays a pivotal role in their hiring decisions. In the legal industry, this often seems amplified due to preconceived notions about&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":18226,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.empiregroup.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.empiregroup.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.empiregroup.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.empiregroup.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.empiregroup.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.empiregroup.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18225\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.empiregroup.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/18226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.empiregroup.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.empiregroup.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.empiregroup.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}