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Inclusive recruitment in STEM training course

Turn inclusive hiring into measurable recruitment results

New dates will be available soon

About the training course

Hiring decisions directly impact performance, diversity, and risk, but many recruitment processes still rely on inconsistent and biased approaches.

If you are responsible for attracting, assessing, or selecting candidates, this course will give you the tools to improve both fairness and performance in your hiring decisions.

During this one day course, participants will explore how bias and hiring decisions influence the recruitment lifecycle - from job design and advertising through to shortlisting, interviewing, and final selection.

Using realistic STEM recruitment scenarios, the course provides practical tools to support more structured objective and legally compliant hiring processes and decision-making. 

The session takes a systems-thinking approach, by treating recruitment as a process that can be designed, tested, and improved.

Participants will learn how recruitment decisions are shaped by roles design, criteria setting, assessment methods, and panel behaviours - and how deficiencies at each stage can reduce candidate quality, limit talent pools, and increase risk. 

Who should attend?

  • HR professionals and in-house recruiters
  • Hiring managers involved in STEM recruitment
  • EDI and talent development practitioners
  • Recruitment agencies and talent partners
  • Senior leaders looking to improve hiring outcomes and diversity.

This course also links to section E of the Engineering Council’s UK Standard for Professional Engineering Competence (UK-SPEC).

Key learning objectives

  • Identify where bias and inconsistency impact recruitment decisions
  • Design roles, criteria, and selection processes that support better hiring outcomes
  • Apply structured tools for fair and consistent shortlisting, interviewing, and selection
  • Make recruitment decisions that are more transparent, defensible, and compliant with the Equality Act 2010
  • Increase access to a wider STEM talent pool without reducing hiring standards.

Topics covered

  • The impact of bias and stereotypes in recruitment
  • Legal context: Equality Act 2010 and compliance
  • Inclusive job design, advertising, and language
  • Fair shortlisting, interviewing, and selection practices
  • Engaging underrepresented talent pools
  • Practical tools and strategies for inclusive hiring.

In-company training

This training course can be delivered in-house at your company premises, either with an in-house trainer providing face-to-face learning or virtually using MS Teams.

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Course registration and pricing

Early-bird

WISE member - £449
Non-member - £549

Standard

WISE member - £549
Non-member - £649

Group booking discounts

10% discount for 3 to 5 delegates – 17533GR3TO4
15% discount for 6 plus delegates – 17533GR5PLUS
Group booking discount

 
The following discount codes are for member and non-member delegate registration only, and not applicable for student bookings.

10% discount for 3 to 5 delegates – 17533GR3TO4
15% discount for 6 plus delegates – 17533GR5PLUS

Please note that payment must be made in full when registering.

If you need to pay for your group by proforma invoice, please contact events@theiet.org.