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Law, practice, standards and where we stand, written by people who do not just sell selection procedures but run them. Without the buzzwords.
What a no-show really costs
An empty chair in an assessment is more than an annoyance. We worked through the bill, with every item that never shows up in the accounts.
Morten Babakhani
21 July 2026 · 4 min read
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From practice
Who is allowed to staff this procedure? The question scheduling rarely asks
When selection procedures are staffed, what usually counts is who has time. What matters is who is qualified, and that can only be evidenced if it is checked before the assignment.
13 October 2026 · 5 min
Law & compliance
The rejection went out in March, the claim arrives in July
Anyone documenting a selection procedure works against two deadlines that point in opposite directions. What German equal treatment law requires, and where data protection sets the limit.
22 September 2026 · 4 min
Law & compliance
AI Act: the high-risk obligations only arrive in 2027
The Digital Omnibus moves the cut-off date for high-risk systems by sixteen months. What that means, and what applies today regardless.
03 September 2026 · 4 min
From practice
From selecting to developing: what it means for operations
More and more organisations are no longer looking for one person for one job, but for potential across several. That changes the procedures less than the logistics behind them.
19 August 2026 · 4 min
Law & compliance
The EU AI Act in personnel selection: who is affected and who is not
Systems that take part in hiring decisions count as high risk. What that means for your selection procedures, and why structured processes have the advantage.
07 July 2026 · 4 min
Standards
DIN 33430 in daily practice: standardisation you do not feel
The standard for aptitude assessment has a reputation as a bureaucratic monster. In practice it is the opposite, as long as the standards sit inside the tool.
23 June 2026 · 4 min
From practice
What the works council actually asks
A full co-determination process in a large group: the questions that really came up, and the ones everybody expected that never did.
09 June 2026 · 4 min
Where we stand
Why our AI does not judge people
It would be technically feasible and it would sell well. We leave it alone anyway, for a reason that has little to do with regulation.
26 May 2026 · 3 min
From practice
Anatomy of a disruption: 7.40 a.m., a psychologist is missing
What happens in the first ninety minutes after a sickness call, once with spreadsheets and a telephone, once with a system that thinks along.
12 May 2026 · 4 min
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