Building high-quality norms
Demographic data helps us create more accurate and representative norms, which are the benchmarks we use to evaluate candidates. It’s not just about having a large dataset but rather ensuring it reflects different groups—based on gender, age, nationality, and more. This makes our assessments more valid and applicable to a diverse workforce.
Reducing bias and ensuring fairness
Psychometric assessments can sometimes have unintended biases, where certain questions might resonate more with one group than another, not due to real differences but cultural biases. By collecting demographic data, we can identify and correct these biases, ensuring that the assessment results are fair for everyone involved.
Minimising adverse impact
We use demographic data to track and minimise adverse impact, ensuring no group is disadvantaged. By understanding how different demographic groups respond to our assessments, we can adjust our tools and provide guidance to clients on avoiding discrimination, which ultimately supports fairer decision-making.
Supporting multi-purpose assessments
Demographic data allows us to ensure that our assessments are suitable across different roles and purposes—whether for recruitment, development, or leadership evaluations. It ensures that data comparisons between employees and candidates are relevant, regardless of their position or background, enhancing the overall utility of our tools.
Helping recruiters prove fair hiring practices
With growing regulatory demands like the CSRD directive, recruiters may need to demonstrate equal and fair hiring practices. The demographic data we collect allows us to help our customers to document their compliance and show their commitment to fairness in their hiring processes, should they need it.
Commitment to transparency and fairness
We de-indentify demographic data to protect candidate privacy, using it solely to improve our assessments. Candidates also have the option to opt out of providing this information without any impact on their results.
By contributing demographic information, candidates help us create fairer assessments, not only for themselves but for future applicants. At Assessio, we’re dedicated to making recruitment processes as equitable as possible, benefiting individuals and organisations alike.
