Inclusive and Skills-Based Hiring Consultancy

Balance was founded by Jennie Child, a Talent Acquisition leader with over fifteen years of experience working inside organisations and shaping hiring decisions.

Our work is rooted in practical, real-world recruitment, with a focus on inclusive and skills-based hiring that improves fairness and decision-making.

Through audits, training, e-learning and advisory, we support talent acquisition teams, hiring managers and leaders to reduce bias and build fair, defensible recruitment processes.

  • "Balance was brilliant in supporting us with our inclusive hiring project. They are collaborative and everything was done in a co-creation, making the work more impactful. They designed and delivered engaging training for hiring manager and a comprehensive playbook and toolkit to carry on the learning."

    Bertille Calinaud | Regional Director | Diversity, Equity and Inclusion | McCann Worldgroup

  • "I have no hesitation in recommending The Inclusive Recruitment Foundations e-learning modules as a comprehensive and accessible way to ensure anyone involved in the hiring process can engage with that responsibility in the most inclusive way possible and achieve great hiring outcomes. It is a fantastic product."."

    ALICE YOUNG | Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Lead | Talent Acquisition | Atlassian

  • "The workshop was truly enriching, as it enabled us to reflect with our entire team on potential barriers within our process and how to overcome them, ultimately paving the way for continuous improvement."

    Mireya Sanchez | Global Head of Group Talent Acquisition | Verisure

  • "Jennie brings a wealth of experience into her sessions that means she brings everyone along on the learning journey. The sessions are interactive and informal therefore creates space for organic conversation, encourages participation, questions and reflection. Working in this way means participants can contextualise based on their own environments. I would recommend investing in the workshop as part of your broader DEI strategic business. ambitions."

    BUKOLA GARRY | Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion | adam&eveDDB

  • "The training was relevant, insightful, well run, thought-provoking and teamwork focused. Jennie is a great coach – I found the structure engaging and her willingness to share her own personal experiences added authenticity and context to the subjects we covered. It’s also great we have a body of work we can continue to fine tune as a team."

    Andrew Bott | Director, Talent Acquisition - EMEA & APAC | Medidata Solutions

  • "Jennie at Balance successfully led the discovery phase of the inclusive hiring transformation project with clarity of purpose and excellent business partnering. With her brilliant experience and hands-on, collaborative approach she was able to gain a rich understanding across the business, distil this into clear insights and champion tailored, actionable solutions."

    Laura Yeoman | Head of HR | adam&eveDDB

  • "One of the best and most enabling recruitment workshops that I have ever attended."

    Frances Gambino | VP, Medidata Global Education | Medidata, a Dassault Systèmes company

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Training & Enablement


We design and deliver practical, research-based training — in person, virtually, or via e-learning — to help hiring managers, recruiters, and leaders embed inclusive, accessible, and equitable recruitment practices at scale. Our programmes have supported global teams across EMEA, APAC, LATAM, and North America.

Audit & Discovery

We analyse your entire recruitment ecosystem—from attraction to offer—to uncover structural barriers and bias. With experience auditing hiring practices in diverse markets and cultural contexts, we convert insight into action through clear, evidence-based recommendations.

Advisory & Support

We partner with organisations to redesign hiring processes so they are fair, structured and workable in real operating conditions.

Our advisory and design support focuses on building skills-based, evidence-informed approaches to hiring, with clear and objective selection and scoring frameworks, structured and inclusive interviewing, and bias mitigation embedded into process design.

We also support the development of governance and accountability models so hiring decisions are consistent, defensible and aligned to organisational values.