AI Governance for HR & Recruitment
AI already screens CVs, ranks candidates and analyses interviews, and it is now classed as high risk under the EU AI Act, with obligations arriving by December 2027. This practical, jargon free course gives HR and recruitment professionals a clear view of where AI already sits in hiring and HR, the rules that apply, and how to govern it responsibly. Four short units, general awareness only.
- Easy-to-follow course
- 4 quizzes at 80% in every course
- Narration and captions on every screen
- Written and fact-checked in 2026
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One licence for your LMS, 12 months, for the learners you buy for, delivered as one SCORM package. Priced per learner, with volume discounts.
What your team will learn
Upon course completion, employees will gain a full and clear understanding of:
- Where AI already sits in the hiring funnel and wider HR processes
- What can go wrong when hiring AI is used without governance
- The EU AI Act's risk tiers, and why hiring AI is classed as Annex III high-risk
- The current Annex III compliance deadline, and why it moved to December 2027
- The UK's non-statutory approach and the Equality Act 2010's role in AI hiring
- How to apply practical governance to recruitment AI: vendor checks, bias testing, transparency and human review
- HR's role, and your own role, in building a responsible AI culture
Who it is for
Written for hr. No technical background is needed, and nothing in it assumes a previous course.
This course from Blocknorth gives HR, recruitment and talent acquisition professionals a clear, practical understanding of AI governance in hiring and people decisions. No legal or technical background is needed: you will learn where AI already sits in your hiring funnel, the rules that apply, including hiring AI's high-risk status under the EU AI Act, and how to build a responsible AI culture in HR.
Course contents
4 units. Each ends with a 10-question quiz; 8 correct unlocks the next unit.
AI in Today's Hiring and HR
- Where AI already sits in the hiring funnel: CV screening, ranking, video interviews, chatbots
- AI across the wider employee lifecycle: performance, promotion and attrition prediction
- Why HR carries some of the highest stakes in AI governance
- Lessons from real hiring AI bias failures, and the principles of responsible AI
The Rules and Frameworks for Hiring AI
- The EU AI Act's risk tiers, and hiring AI's Annex III high-risk classification
- The Digital Omnibus and the real compliance deadline of 2 December 2027
- Chatbot transparency duties and the ban on workplace emotion recognition
- The UK's principles-based approach, the Equality Act 2010, and voluntary frameworks
Governing AI in Recruitment and HR, in Practice
- AI policy, an AI inventory, and vendor due diligence for recruitment tools
- Bias testing and ongoing monitoring, before and after go-live
- Candidate and employee transparency, and genuine human review
- Data protection in hiring data, and documentation
Roles, Risk and a Responsible AI Culture in HR
- Who owns AI governance in HR, and when to escalate to legal, IT or a data protection lead
- Building AI literacy in the HR team, and advising hiring managers
- Keeping pace as the 2 December 2027 deadline approaches
- Learning from incidents, and building a genuinely responsible AI culture
Details
| Length | About 45 minutes, self-paced, resumes where the learner left off |
|---|---|
| Format | SCORM 1.2 package. Runs in any conformant LMS (Moodle, Cornerstone, Docebo, SAP SuccessFactors, TalentLMS and others) |
| Assessment | 4 unit quizzes, 10 questions each, 80% to pass. Score and completion reported to your LMS |
| Accessibility | Optional narration and captions on every screen, keyboard navigation, responsive on PC and tablet |
| Language | UK English |
| Publisher | Blocknorth |
| Written and fact-checked | In 2026, reviewed each quarter |
What a licence includes
One licence for your LMS, 12 months, for the learners you buy for, delivered as one SCORM package. Priced per learner, with volume discounts.
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Will it run in our LMS?
Yes, if your LMS supports SCORM 1.2, which almost every LMS does. You upload one zip file, assign it, and completions and scores report back automatically. We confirm compatibility for your platform before you buy, and the free sample package lets you test it in place.
Can we try it before we buy?
Yes. Ask for the free sample package and you will have Unit 1 of a foundation course as a real SCORM 1.2 file, so you can check it runs in your own LMS. Request it with the form below and you will have it within 1 working day.
What do we receive?
The SCORM package, a one-page quick-start for your LMS administrator, the course listing sheet for your catalogue, and preview images. Updates to the course during your licence are supplied at no charge.
How does a licence work?
You licence the course for the learners you buy for, for 12 months, on your own LMS, and you receive one SCORM package. Pricing is per learner with volume discounts as your numbers grow, and we licence from ten learners upwards.
Where teams go next
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