Ready to Recruit: Unconscious Bias

This session supports organisations to understand how bias shows up in systems, behaviours and decision-making — and how to take practical steps to reduce its impact and create fairer, more inclusive workplaces.

Participants will learn how to:

• Understand what unconscious bias is and how it develops
• Recognise common types of unconscious bias and how they appear at work
• Identify where bias can influence recruitment, interviews and selection decisions
• Understand how bias affects performance reviews, progression and access to opportunities
• Reflect on how assumptions and habits can shape workplace behaviour and culture
• Apply practical strategies to reduce bias in interviews, meetings and decision-making

The session is interactive and discussion-based, using real workplace examples and case studies to support reflection, learning and action.

A Q&A session at the end allows participants to explore challenges relevant to their own organisation.

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Society Matters CIC in partnership with the Northeast Combined Authority, is delivering this workshop to help employers across the region strengthen the financial wellbeing of their workforce.

Please note; this event is funded by the North East Combined Authority therefore only available to those whose business or organisation is located in the areas of Newcastle, Gateshead, Northumberland, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, Sunderland and Durham.