The bias of others can be an opportunity in recruitment.

It's common that CV readers and candidate assessors discriminate for many reasons, sometimes consciously and sometimes unconsciously.

Age, name, disability, sex, religion, typos, job hopping, institutionalisation, flight risk, West Ham supporter.

You name it.

Many of these come from ignorance, assumption, or having fingers' burnt in the past and tarring everyone with the same brush.

So when I see a CV or profile that I know will be discriminated against by the bias of others, it's an opportunity for many reasons.

One of which is that they will be less attractive to employers that are biased, so there is less 'war' for that talent.

Those same employers that struggle with candidate shortages miss out on great candidates, through their own blindness.

While, when I challenge my biases and those of my partners, we often find candidates who are brilliant and just need to be seen for who they are and how they can help.

Next time you struggle to fill a vacancy, consider how challenging your assumptions can widen your access to candidates.

Then do the same with the other vacancies.