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Guides for fair CV screening.

• 24 Oct 2026

  CV screening and UK GDPR: the DPIA, LIA and candidate notice

  Screening CVs with software means processing personal data. The documents UK employers usually prepare, and the drafts HireSieve provides.

• 18 Oct 2026

  Hidden text in CVs: what a document integrity check catches

  Some CVs carry hidden text aimed at screening software. How a document integrity check flags it for a person, without rejecting anyone.

• 12 Oct 2026

  What fair CV screening leaves out: gaps, schools, spelling and AI detectors

  HireSieve refuses to score career gaps, part-time work, schools, spelling or AI-writing detection. Why each one is left out of a fair screen.

• 06 Oct 2026

  Building a CV screening rubric from your job advert

  A rubric turns a job advert into weighted requirements you can score fairly. How to write one, set weights that add to 100, and avoid proxy criteria.

• 30 Sep 2026

  How HireSieve scores a CV: quotes, weights and plain arithmetic

  HireSieve builds a rubric from your job advert, quotes the CV line behind each score, and does all arithmetic in code. Nothing auto-rejects.