Good vs. Bad Anchors in Recruitment: Key Information for Hiring the Right Candidate
The first qualifications that are listed on a job description can create an anchor for a candidates’ self perception and fit, comparing their skills and experience to it and might influence whether they apply and if they do with how much confidence.
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 candidate? Anchoring bias influences an individual to base their decision on a particular reference point.
In this episode, Leonie Grandpierre, Equalture’s Head of Science, explains anchoring bias. In our conversation we cover the following topics: The definition of anchoring bias, examples of anchoring bias in everyday life, the impact of anchoring bias on the recruitment process, the moments that are most sensitive to anchoring bias in recruitment, good and bad anchors, biases that are closely related to anchoring bias, and how one can minimize its impact on decision making.
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About
Leonie Grandpierre
Heading the science team at Equalture, Leonie Grandpierre is in charge of all research and validation of Equalture’s gamified and game-based assessments, as well as research into related topics. She has a background in psychology and neuroscience and applies it to making the recruitment more equitable and inclusive for underrepresented groups.
