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AI in hiring and people decisions: Fair, lawful and human-led

A ready-made course you customise for your organisation, with a live session deck and two surveys. You only add the 9 details that are specific to your organisation.

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Length
45 min
Lessons
6 lessons
Frequency
Before an AI tool is used in hiring or people decisions
Last reviewed
21 Oct 2026
Grey areas: enthusiasm scores, public chatbots, AI-drafted letters
What would you do?

An interview tool gives candidates an "enthusiasm score" from video

Try it: this is one of 17 interactive activities in the course.

What's included

Three pieces that work together

Copy once, get everything. Learners prepare on their own, you answer questions live, and the surveys tell you what stuck.

Self-paced course

Short lessons with real workplace scenarios, not walls of text.

  • 6 lessons, about 45 minutes
  • Scenario, sorting activity, accordion, process and quizzes

Live session deck

An AhaSlides presentation to run after the course, in person or online.

  • 11 slides
  • Quiz, poll, scale, open-ended slides
  • A closing slide for your contacts

Two surveys

Find out what landed, and whether people use it on the job.

  • Post-course feedback, about 2 minutes
  • 30-day check-in
  • Anonymous by default
  • Results feed your next refresher

Learning objectives

At the end of this course, learners can

Each objective and the lesson that covers it.

IDObjectiveSourceWhere it's covered
TO 109.0Achieve ≥ 80% on the final assessment-Whole course
SO 109.1Identify which HR uses of AI are treated as high-risk or regulatedEU AI Act Annex III point 4 (from 2 Dec 2027); Art. 5(1)(f)Whole course
SO 109.2Apply human review and documented reasons to AI-assisted shortlisting and decisionsGDPR Art. 22; UK GDPR Arts 22A-22DWhole course
SO 109.3Recognise and escalate signs of bias in screening toolsNYC LL 144; Illinois HB 3773; California Civil Rights Council ADS regulationsWhole course
SO 109.4Tell candidates and employees when and how AI is usedEU AI Act Art. 26(7); Art. 50; organisation's policyWhole course
SO 109.5Know what to ask a vendor before buying an HR AI tool + your infoNIST AI RMF 1.0; ISO/IEC 42001:2023Whole course

Your part: what a template can't do for you

  • Your workplace details: fill in the 9 highlighted fields so the course describes your own policies, contacts and locations.
  • Records: record completion in your own LMS or record system.

Course outline

6 lessons, about 45 minutes

Minutes per lesson are an estimate, shared out by page count.

ContentInteractiveVideoYou customise
1

A screening tool that filters out career gaps

3 pages

9 min
Before you beginNoteList
An invented storyTextImage
What would you do?ChecklistKey factQuiz
2

Risk levels, banned uses and candidate rights

3 pages

9 min
Risk levelsTabs
Sort the useSorting activity
Where the law differsAccordionYour infoMatching quiz
3

Before, during and after using AI in hiring

3 pages

9 min
ProcessProcess
Put it in orderSorting activityText
Reasons that workFlashcardsQuiz
4

Grey areas: enthusiasm scores, public chatbots, AI-drafted letters

3 pages

9 min
ScenarioScenario
ScenarioScenario
ScenarioScenarioQuiz
5

Who approves HR AI tools and handles queries

2 pages

6 min
Approval and queriesProcessYour infoYour infoYour infoYour info
Vendor questionsAccordionMulti-select quiz
6

Final assessment

1 page

3 min
PracticeQuizYour info

Live deck and surveys

11 slides to run live, two surveys to close the loop

Pink slides are interactive. Both surveys are anonymous; pink questions are written for this course.

ContentTitle, agenda, "not legal advice
PollWhich AI features in your HR systems do you use?
PollDo you know whether any HR tool is classed as high-risk?
ContentBanned, high-risk, transparency, lower risk
QuizEmotion recognition on interview video in the EU is… (Prohibited ✔)
QuizCV ranking in the EU is… (High-risk employment use ✔)
QuizA colleague pastes CVs into a free chatbot. You… (Stop it and report ✔)
ScaleHow confident are you explaining an AI-assisted decision to a candidate?
Open-endedA question I would ask a vendor
Q&AAsk the trainer anything
Content · customiseClosing {{HR_LEGAL_CONTACT}}, {{HR_AI_OWNER}}, {{SURVEY_1_URL}}, {{SURVEY_2_URL}}
Post-course feedback: 11 questions, about 2 min
  1. Overall rating 5 stars
  2. Relevant, realistic, right length, helpful activities agree/disagree grid
  3. What was most useful? multi-select
  4. Confidence before this course, and now 1-5 scale
  5. How confident are you spotting prohibited uses? 1-5 scale
  6. Which review step will you change? short text
  7. Which jurisdictions should the next version cover? ranking
  8. I would raise concerns about an HR AI tool without worrying. 1-5 scale
  9. One thing we should change or add open text
  10. Would you recommend this course? NPS
30-day check-in
  1. Have you used what you learned since the course? multiple choice
  2. How confident are you today? Compare with day 1 1-5 scale
  3. Do you know where to find the HR AI owner and approval route? yes / no / not sure
  4. A moment where the training helped, or where you weren't sure open text
  5. Which topics should the next refresher focus on? ranking

Results show whether people use the training on the job, not just whether they finished it.

Make it yours

9 fields to fill in, and you're ready

Everything else is done. These are the details only your organisation knows; each one is highlighted inside the course.

  • HR legal contact{{HR_LEGAL_CONTACT}}
  • HR AI owner{{HR_AI_OWNER}}
  • HR AI approval route{{HR_AI_APPROVAL_ROUTE}}
  • Candidate query route{{CANDIDATE_QUERY_ROUTE}}
  • AI incident route{{AI_INCIDENT_ROUTE}}
  • AI policy link{{AI_POLICY_LINK}}
Show all 9 fields
  • LMS or record system{{LMS_OR_RECORD_SYSTEM}}
  • Survey 1 URL{{SURVEY_1_URL}}
  • Survey 2 URL{{SURVEY_2_URL}}

FAQ

Common questions

Can I run AI in hiring and people decisions: Fair, lawful and human-led training online?

Yes. The course is self-paced and online, and the live deck lets you add a live session in the room or online.

How often is this training needed?

Before an AI tool is used in hiring or people decisions, annually for HR teams and hiring managers.

Who needs this training?

HR, recruiters, hiring managers and people-analytics staff.

What records should I keep?

Record completion in your own LMS or record system, so you can show who finished the course and when.

Can I edit the content?

Yes, everything. Change the wording, swap scenarios for ones from your workplace, add your logo, or remove parts that don't apply.

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Open the live deck to see how the session runs alongside the course and both surveys.

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