AI isn’t coming to hiring, it’s already here.
AI is already being used within the hiring process in a variety of ways. Organisations, applicants, and third parties are adopting AI‑enabled tools for tasks such as CV creation, application support, document generation, identity fabrication, and automated candidate screening.
This is influencing multiple stages of recruitment, even as many hiring processes remain rooted in long‑established methods. As AI adoption grows, employers and policymakers must determine how these technologies should be implemented and governed.
The AI shift guidance has been developed in collaboration with the Better Hiring Institute, Lancaster University, Bloor Research Group, and Sky. It outlines how AI is currently used in hiring, the risks and opportunities involved, and emerging approaches to faster, fairer, and safer recruitment. It also reflects ongoing work endorsed by the UK Government and supported through parliamentary engagement with Lee Barron MP and Lord Ranger.
Reed Screening continues to review how AI can be applied within its screening platform in innovative and equitable ways. As AI expands across the workplace, human judgement and connection remain central to responsible hiring.
Why download The AI shift?
Shape a safer future for hiring: Understand how AI can improve safeguarding, reduce fraudulent applications, and support safer hiring practices across all sectors
Boost speed and efficiency: Explore how responsibly deployed AI can help the UK become the fastest hiring country globally, cutting delays, reducing admin burdens, and boosting workforce productivity
Protect fairness and trust: Learn how to mitigate AI bias, preserve transparency, and build processes that increase public confidence rather than erode it
Stay ahead of regulatory change: Gain insight into the development of AI use cases within the House of Lords and what emerging regulation means for employers, HR teams, and screening providers
Build AI literacy and readiness: Equip your organisation with a practical framework for understanding AI risks, opportunities, and responsible implementation
What’s inside?
Current use of AI in hiring across applicants, employers, and fraudsters
Key risks and opportunities affecting speed, fairness, and safety
Principles of responsible AI, based on UK best‑practice guidance
Government‑endorsed developments, including inclusion in the House of Lords AI Regulations Bill
Cross‑industry input from Lancaster University, Bloor Research Group, and Sky
The continued role of people alongside emerging AI tools
This guide is designed for HR leaders, talent acquisition teams, compliance, risk and safeguarding professionals, technology and transformation functions, employers preparing for AI‑related regulation, and anyone involved in hiring, screening, or workforce strategy.
This guidance is not just an overview of AI in hiring; it is an invitation to engage with the decisions shaping its future use. By accessing ‘The AI shift’, you will be informed on current developments, emerging risks and opportunities, and the direction of UK‑endorsed work to support responsible, effective adoption of AI in recruitment.
Download your free copy of ‘The AI shift’ to explore the evidence, insights, and collaborative work informing the future of AI in hiring. Your copy is available to download at the top of this page.