Molson Coors scraps CVs for job interviews to increase diversity

Molson Coors Beverage Company, one of the largest suppliers of beer to the UK hospitality sector, will no longer require candidates to provide a CV when applying for certain roles.

The brewer, which employs more than 2,000 people in the UK, said it wanted to recruit people based solely on potential, rather than specific competencies, to make the recruitment process more inclusive and encourage greater diversity.

The range of roles include HR, on-trade sales, and technical services teams, collectively employing over 500 people.

Instead of providing level of education and prior experience, applicants for these roles will undergo gamified, task-based psychometric assessments.

Task-based assessments aim to detect natural aptitude for a role and asses the candidate’s neuroscientific behaviour and model how a person may react in different situations. The tests have been developed in partnership with task-based assessment company, Arctic Shores.

Hannah Butler joined the HR team as a junior talent acquisition consultant without providing a CV.

She said: “It can be quite off-putting when you see some roles that ask for a certain number of years’ experience or qualifications. It’s frustrating too when you know you‘d be great at a job but aren’t able to tick certain boxes on the application.

“Taking away some of those requirements gave me the confidence to apply and a belief that I really could get the job. It makes a real difference and I hope it will give others like me the same confidence to apply for a role at Molson Coors.”

Phil Whitehead, managing director for Western Europe at Molson Coors Beverage Company, said CVS aren’t necessary for all roles, pointing out that it is better to consider candidates on fit, rather than skills: “We believe in finding people who are the right fit for our business that demonstrate the raw talent, drive and inclusive values that we look for. It’s then up to us to provide them with the training and support they need to reach their full potential.”

He added the beer company, which supplies major beer brands including Carling, Coors, and Madrí Excepcional, “constantly look[s] for new ways to remove barriers that prevent people with lots to offer getting into good jobs” and how the onus is on companies to find talented people.

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.

It comes after research from KAM and Hospitality Rising released last month showed that 67% of 18 to 30-year-olds found CVs to be "tedious".