Molson Coors Beverage Company, one of the largest suppliers of beer to the UK hospitality sector, will no longer require candidates to provide details such as level of education and previous experience for a range of roles including in its HR division and on-trade sales and technical services teams.

The brewer, which employs more than 2,000 people in the UK, has selected Arctic Shores’ task-based psychometric assessment to scrap the CV and recruit people based solely on potential, rather on specific competencies. This will help to make the recruitment process more inclusive and encourage a more diverse range of people to apply, says a statement from Molson Coors.

Applicants for these roles will undergo a task-based psychometric assessment, developed in partnership with assessment specialists Arctic Shores, which detect natural aptitude for a role and neuroscientific behavioural assessments that chart psychological traits and model how a person will react in different situations.

Phil Whitehead, managing director for Western Europe at Molson Coors Beverage Company, said: “CVs simply aren’t necessary for all job roles. They encourage recruiters to focus on details, like the school or university someone went to, that don’t really speak to the person’s true potential. This increases the chances of unconscious bias creeping into the selection process and disadvantages those who didn’t get the opportunity to attend a great school or access internships and work experience.”

The approach launches alongside Molson Coors agreeing a new partnership with Bridge of Hope Careers, a recruitment portal that connects businesses with applicants from less advantaged backgrounds.

The brewer has also partnered with Working Mums & Dads to help improve support for parents returning to work.

In 2019, the company launched ‘Life leave’ in the UK, giving employees an extra two weeks of annual leave they can use for significant life moments like moving house or helping a new pet to settle.

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