Tickets are Now Live for Accelerate Debates: Rethinking Recruitment

Public Practice Spring 2004 cohort, photo by Benoît Grogan-Avignon

Join us for the next Accelerate debate on Wednesday 28 May at 7pm at the Rich Mix in Shoreditch, where we will be joined by a line-up of brilliant interdisciplinary guests who are prepared to put the process of recruitment under the microscope

Recruitment processes are far from transparent, and sending out hundreds of applications with no response can often feel like you're reaching into the abyss. The top down approach of many employers leads us to criticise ourselves rather than scrutinise the system we are working within.

The best CV in the world can’t promise you a job unless the people hiring are willing to look at it with unclouded eyes. In the name of fairness, offices anonymise the applications they receive but run the risk of overlooking those who haven’t had access to the same opportunities as their more privileged peers.

In a world where who you know trumps what you know, how can we prevent excluding those less privileged? Why should we need to erase our identity in order to be considered for a job and how can we learn from those who have developed clear and fair processes?