Responsible AI in Recruitment guide

Guidance for procuring and deploying AI responsibly in the HR and recruitment sector.

• From: Government Digital Service
• Published: 29 January 2025

• Ethical theme: Safety, Security and Robustness, Appropriate Transparency and Explainability, Fairness and Contestability and Redress
• Organisation: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
• Project phase: Across Lifecycle
• Technology area: AI

Description

This guidance identifies potential ethical risks of using AI in recruitment and hiring processes. It further outlines how AI assurance mechanisms can provide organisations with the tools, processes and metrics to evaluate the performance of AI systems, manage risks, and ensure compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements.

It is intended for organisations seeking to procure and deploy AI systems in their recruitment processes. The guidance is written for a non-technical audience and assumes a minimal understanding of AI and data-driven technologies, and is appropriate for organisations with or without a comprehensive AI strategy.

Through this guidance, readers will gain an understanding of:

• key considerations: Core areas organisations should consider when procuring and deploying AI responsibly in recruitment.
• assurance mechanisms: Actions which aim to directly address these considerations and support alignment with the UK government’s AI regulatory principles.
• justified trust in suppliers: Examples of what constitutes acceptable evidence of a supplier’s claims around their system.
• key risks: Examples of the key risks arising from use cases of AI in recruitment.

Read the Responsible AI in Recruitment guide

Published 29 January 2025