Ensuring Equality in Applications and Interviews

Employers run a great risk if they fail to ensure that all applicants and candidates for employment are treated fairly and equally. This risk results from the legal responsibilities that must be met when recruiting, and selecting employees – responsibilities that were clearly laid out in the Equality Act 2010. This course takes the Equality Act as its base, and uses it to explain and demonstrate both the legal requirements and best practices that contribute towards a credible, and effective, application sifting and interview process. The duration of this course is 20 minutes and can be completed over multiple sessions. Learning Objectives: • Acknowledge the benefits of ensuring equality within interviews • Design an application form that complies with the Equality Act • Explain the best way to conduct a sifting exercise • State what to avoid when interviewing candidate