Judgemental errors can occur during the Recruitment process which can lead to a range of risks including:

• discriminating against candidate based on demographic characteristics (race, gender, background, attitudes, beliefs, etc.)

• jumping to conclusions about a candidate because of 'similar to us' or 'not similar to us' as a fit for your company culture

Reduce Error Rate by:

• Ensuring the recruiter is well trained in all legal aspects of recruitment and selection in relation to discrimination and equal opportunity

• Ensuring any decisions are based on merit of skills, knowledge and work experience as per the requirements in the job description

• Ensuring the interview questions are not too generic, risking validity and include specific questions related to the role characteristics

• Ensuring additional selection methods are considered after the initial interview (see below for examples)

• Ensuring chances of validity and reliablity are increased by selecting 'appropriate to the role' selection methods (eg. 2nd interview, psychometric/physical/cognitive/personality testing, work samples, etc.)