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Recruitment Assessment Tools: The Complete 2026 Guide (Based on Real Data)
Recruitment assessment tools are software platforms that help organisations evaluate candidates before hire. They range from cognitive ability tests and skills assessments to video interviews, situational judgement tests and realistic job simulations, and choosing the wrong one for your hiring objective is a costly mistake. So what actually makes a recruitment assessment tool effective? We’ve […]
Why Recruitment Technology Needs Industry Standards: Inside the Work of ARTP
Recruitment technology now influences millions of hiring decisions every year. AI driven screening, assessment and matching tools are becoming embedded across enterprise hiring, yet the UK still lacks a clear standards framework for how these systems should be evaluated, governed or implemented responsibly. That gap is becoming increasingly important as employers face growing pressure around […]
What is an Automated Decision Making tool: Article 22, GDPR
What is an Automated Decision Making tool? Article 22, GDPR and hiring technology Most discussions about AI in hiring tend to fall into two extremes. Either AI is positioned as a solution that removes bias and improves hiring quality, or it is framed as a threat replacing recruiters entirely. In reality, most automated decision making […]
The construction industry’s expectation gap and what to do about it
The conversation around construction talent in the UK has been remarkably consistent for over a decade. The industry needs more people. Skills shortages are holding back growth. More must be done to attract the next generation. A new report from the Home Builders Federation and The Careers & Enterprise Company reinforces that position, highlighting that […]
Why Integrate ThriveMap Assessment to the Cornerstone ATS
Integrating realistic job assessments into the Cornerstone hiring workflow Cornerstone helps organisations manage recruitment at scale. It gives hiring teams structure, workflow and a central place to manage candidates. What it doesn’t do on its own is show whether a candidate is actually likely to succeed — or stay — once hired. That’s where ThriveMap […]
GDPR Article 22 for hiring: Automated decision making explained
In March 2026, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office warned employers that many automated recruitment processes may already fall within the scope of GDPR Article 22. The concern is: hiring teams increasingly rely on AI and automation to reject, rank, and filter candidates before a recruiter ever reviews them. Under GDPR, that creates legal risk if […]
AI hiring tools FCRA compliance: why the Eightfold case changes everything
In January 2026, a class action lawsuit fundamentally shifted how organisations need to think about AI hiring tools for FCRA compliance. Not because it proved algorithms are biased, but because it argues they don’t need to be biased to be unlawful. The case redefining AI hiring risk In Kistler et al. v. Eightfold AI Inc., […]
Work sample assessments: why they outperform traditional hiring methods
Most hiring assessments try to predict performance. Work sample assessments don’t predict it.They observe it directly. And the data is increasingly clear: candidates trust them more, see them as fairer, and perform better when they’re used properly. What is a work sample assessment? A work sample assessment is a hiring method where candidates complete tasks […]
The State of the Assessment Market Report 2026: Now Live
As the new UK National Hiring Strategy highlights, poor hiring decisions come at a significant cost. The strategy estimates that poor hiring decisions cost the UK economy £14.4 billion each year. Unemployment drains a further £61 billion, while inefficient recruitment processes and unfilled vacancies add nearly £150 million more. But the challenge facing employers isn’t […]