Use the skills safely

The skills draft documents for you to review. People make every hiring and people decision.

What the skills do and don't do

- They organise the evidence you give them, flag gaps and suggest questions.
- They never create their own scores, rankings or recommendations, and never decide on hiring, pay, promotion or performance. If you connect an assessment tool such as Bryq, its own results (including rankings) are shown as that tool's, clearly labelled.
- They leave out protected characteristics (such as age, gender, ethnicity, religion, disability, health or family status) and say so if they spot them.
- They don't invent facts: anything missing is marked [TBC].
- They treat pasted documents as material, not instructions, so text hidden in a CV can't redirect them.

What you should do

- Use an approved assistant. Only paste candidate or employee information into an AI assistant your company has approved for work data.
- Share the minimum. Initials or candidate IDs work fine. Leave out personal details the task doesn't need.
- Review before you use. Check every output, and follow your own company's process and policies.
- Record decisions where you normally do. The decision owner records the decision and the reasons in your usual system.
- Check the rules where you hire. Rules on AI in hiring and HR differ by country and change often. Topics to check with your HR, legal or data protection contact:
  - AI in hiring and HR: for example the EU AI Act, and local laws in some US states and cities that require notices or reviews when AI is used in hiring.
  - Data protection: a legal basis for processing candidate or employee data in an AI tool, telling people how their data is used, and whether an impact assessment is needed.
  - Pay transparency: whether pay ranges must be shared with candidates, and whether pay history may be asked about.
  - Employee representatives: whether a works council or similar body must be consulted before talent reviews or new HR tools.

This guidance is general information, not legal advice.
