Start an Inclusive Hiring Tech Consulting Practice

It requires an HR plus tech blend most consultants do not have, so companies that want fairer, skills-based hiring cannot find implementation help.

1. 1

   Get hands-on with the tool stack

   Learn skills assessment platforms like TestGorilla and Vervoe, the anonymized screening features inside ATSs like Greenhouse and Lever, and structured interview design. Implementation skill is what clients cannot find.

2. 2

   Know the compliance landscape

   Study NYC Local Law 144 on automated hiring tools and current EEOC guidance on AI in selection. Compliance risk is often the budget line that pays for this work.

3. 3

   Run one measured pilot

   Implement blind resume review and a skills assessment for one hiring team you know, and track pass-through rates, time to hire, and quality of hire before and after. The numbers are your product.

4. 4

   Productize audit plus implementation

   Package a fixed-fee hiring process audit around $5,000 and implementation projects at $10,000 to $25,000 depending on roles and tooling. Fixed scope keeps HR procurement simple.

5. 5

   Publish the case study and sell it

   Write up the pilot with real metrics and pitch heads of talent acquisition at companies announcing skills-based hiring initiatives; they have made the promise publicly and need help delivering it.

6. 6

   Add annual audit retainers

   Bias audits and tool reviews recur as laws and vendors change, so close each project with a yearly re-audit retainer. Recurring compliance work stabilizes the practice.