Assessing true talent in the age of GenAI

About this event

In HR, recruitment, L&D or curious about assessment’s future? This session delivers fresh thinking and practical, actionable insights.

What You’ll Learn

Early Talent: How to effectively sift and assess high‑volume applications in an employer‑led market for graduates and entry‑level talent.

Senior Roles: How to make assessments more tangible, insightful, and meaningful for senior‑level decision‑making.

AI Challenges: Practical techniques to reduce the impact of AI‑generated responses and ensure you’re measuring true capability, not AI proficiency.

Speakers:

Fiadhna McEvoy – Psychometric Innovation Director, Arctic Shores

Fiadhna McEvoy is a chartered Occupational Psychologist (MCIPD, C.Psychol) with 20 years of experience specialising in high-stakes assessment. She has worked with organisations like GCHQ, the Met Police, and Lloyds Banking Group developing a wealth of experience in end-to-end selection process design and assessment exercise design, using psychometric tools from a variety of providers.

Today, Fiadhna is at the forefront of a critical industry shift: reclaiming talent identification in the age of Generative AI. As Psychometric Innovation Director at Arctic Shores, she leads the development of scientifically robust task-based assessments that reveal a candidate’s true potential—delivering authenticity and fairness in an era where AI-augmented applications are the new baseline.

Beyond her technical leadership, Fiadhna is a dedicated mentor, shaping the next generation of psychologists to lead with both scientific rigour and technological fluency.

Sanchia Weekes – Senior Applied Psychologist, Arctic Shores

Sanchia Weekes is a Senior Applied Psychologist at Arctic Shores. With an MSc in Occupational Psychology and over six years specialising in task-based assessment, her career sits at the intersection of human behaviour and technological innovation.

Driven by a deep interest in the evolution of psychometrics and the challenge of measuring the complexities of the human mind, she blends psychometric rigour with technology to create assessment solutions that are as engaging for candidates as they are scientifically sound.

At Arctic Shores, Sanchia has been instrumental in the design of various projects, including the UNA product and developing innovative new tasks, such as Learning Agility. Passionate about driving workplace fairness, she believes in using creative, data-led approaches to remove traditional barriers and help individuals and organisations find their ‘best fit’. Ultimately, she is driven by the conviction that when we get the science and the technology right, we create the opportunity for a more equitable, human-centric future for everyone at work.

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