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EPISODE · Jan 11, 2026 · 31 MIN

Bias‑Free Hiring at Scale Powered by AI

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Get featured on the show by leaving us a Voice Mail: https://bit.ly/MIPVM  This episode explores how AI is transforming hiring, reducing bias, and helping businesses reliably identify A players. Fletcher Wimbush shares practical steps for using AI to streamline job analysis, screening, assessments, and onboarding, giving small and mid sized businesses access to talent strategies once reserved for large enterprises. 👉 Full Show Notes https://www.microsoftinnovationpodcast.com/786     🎙️ What you’ll learn  How AI accelerates fact driven hiring How CEOs can attract top talent through direct outreach How to design effective screener questions with AI How assessments surface high potential candidates How AI enabled systems cut time to offer ✅ Highlights "It starts with having a great team." "AI came along and we were able to take that entire process and accelerate the timeframe." "A lot of hiring can be done almost completely on automatic using AI." "AI is way less biased than the human." "Ask some really well worded multiple choice questions that AI created for us." "It eliminated 90 percent of those applicants right off the bat because they've self selected." "Assessments do a phenomenal job of bringing the people with the right integrity and behavioural makeup to the surface." "I almost never hire anybody with direct experience." "We built the system from an AI lens." "We onboard folks and get them up and running almost instantly." "Hiring is mostly going to be automated in the next five years." "The people who really embrace that are going to be the architects driving results." 🧰 Mentioned The FACT Driven Hiring System eLearning Course - https://discovered.ai/hiring-academy/  Discovered - https://www.discovered.ai Y Combinator -  https://www.ycombinator.comHiring Expert GPT - https://chatgpt.com/g/g-ves0BxHrx-hiring-expert✅Keywords ai hiring, recruitment, assessments, a players, smb hiring, job analysis, screening, onboarding, bias reduction, automation, talent strategy, ceo outreach Microsoft 365 Copilot Adoption is a Microsoft Press book for leaders and consultants. It shows how to identify high-value use cases, set guardrails, enable champions, and measure impact, so Copilot sticks. Practical frameworks, checklists, and metrics you can use this month. Get the book: https://bit.ly/CopilotAdoptionSupport the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

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