The Problem

If AI is supposed to make hiring easier, why are we so afraid of it?

Hiring is at a breaking point. The business needs people with the right skills, and there’s no margin for error — but the noise has never been greater.

The market is flooding with AI-first vendors — all of whom claim to be the solution to your pain.

Telling them apart is a difficult and risky challenge. As regulations tighten globally, your choices have serious consequences.

You can’t defend what you can’t explain.

3 out of 4 AI-first vendors have no real science behind the scenes — and no documentation of how their solutions actually work.

According to the TA Tech Navigator — our independent database with profiles and risk ratings for 540 vendors. Explore our Navigator →
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Why Rocket-Hire

You need expertise in your corner.

Rocket-Hire has been an unbiased technical and business advisor to the world’s largest companies. For 25 years, we have helped clients manage risk within their hiring process and technology while realizing rewards. The foundation of our work revolves around the science — from vendor selection to the design and validation of the assessments themselves.

Charles Handler

Our founder and principal, Charles Handler, Ph.D., brings a holistic approach built on a blend of multi-faceted domain expertise — balancing science and technology within a business context, and distilling complex concepts into actionable strategy. His background includes:

Compliance / litigation support Psychometrics Technology Business strategy Job/skills profiling Assessment design and validation
Service Offerings

What we do

Every organization faces different challenges when it comes to AI and hiring. That’s why we begin by understanding your needs and customizing our core service offerings to them.

Advising & Auditing for AI Hiring Tools

For teams buying, deploying or defending AI-driven hiring technology.

01

Vendor Evaluation & Selection

Our rigorous, unbiased framework puts the conversation on your terms, holding vendors accountable. We inspire confidence in your choices, ensuring the best fit with your needs.

02

AI Bias Audit

An independent, expert bias audit of a vendor’s AI, products, and risk profile — adverse-impact analysis and a credible, defensible basis for due diligence.

03

AI Regulations Briefing

Education and strategy on a shifting regulation landscape — the EU AI Act, EEOC guidelines, NYC Local Law 144’s bias-audit mandate, and pending state legislation.

Talent Selection & Assessment Science

For organizations building or rebuilding how they evaluate people.

04

Assessment Strategy

What to measure, where in the hiring process, and why — designed around the roles you actually need to fill.

05

Workforce Skills Analysis & Validation

Document the critical skills via job analysis and profiling, then develop, validate, and document accurate, fair candidate-assessment tools.

06

Assessment Design & Development

Build the screening, testing and interviewing that fits your roles — and stands up to scrutiny.

07

Validation Studies

Prove your tools predict performance and hold up under scrutiny. More on validation →

Educational resources

Free to download.