As AI and data become increasingly influential in hiring, it’s easy to focus on what technology can measure. But some of the most important qualities a candidate brings – potential, resilience and lived experience – can’t always be captured by a CV or an algorithm.
At RecFest UK, Liz Knight of Blue Sky Botanics Ltd joins Andrew Menniss for a fireside chat that explores the human side of hiring and why recognising potential remains one of the most valuable skills a recruiter can have.
Looking beyond the CV
Through Liz’s personal journey from cancer treatment and self-employment back into the workplace, this session explores how hiring decisions can be shaped by more than qualifications or career history alone.
The conversation highlights why experience, resilience and potential deserve to be considered alongside the information that appears on a CV, particularly at a time when data and automation are playing an increasingly prominent role in recruitment.
The human judgement behind great hiring
While AI can help organisations process information and identify patterns, this fireside chat asks an important question: what happens when someone’s greatest strengths aren’t immediately visible?
Centred on the idea of seeing the person behind the circumstances, the discussion considers why human judgement remains an essential part of the hiring process and how recognising potential can open doors that data alone might overlook.
A timely conversation for talent professionals
As recruitment continues to evolve, this session offers a reminder that technology and human insight don’t have to compete, they can complement one another.
Watch the full RecFest UK fireside chat to hear Liz Knight and Andrew Menniss discuss resilience, opportunity and why great hiring still begins with seeing the person behind the application.