Featured Service · AI Hiring Signal & Risk Audit™

Is your AI hiring system making better decisions —
or just faster mistakes?

We audit your hiring funnel to determine whether your systems — human or AI-driven — are producing high-signal, defensible decisions or exposing your company to costly inefficiency and compliance risk.

Signal
The question most teams can't answer
"Of everyone we bring in to interview, what percentage actually get an offer — and is that number good?"
The compliance question few are asking
"If a rejected candidate asked why, could we give them a documented, specific answer?"
The signal question that changes everything
"Is our AI doing anything better than random selection from the same pool?"
What you walk away with
A clear, executive-level answer to:
"Can we trust the candidates our system is advancing?"
And if the answer is no — exactly what to fix, in what order, and why it matters now rather than after the next challenge.

Four dimensions.
One clear picture.

The Tipping Point Signal Model™ evaluates your hiring system across the dimensions that actually determine whether you're making good decisions — not just fast ones. Each dimension is scored 1 to 4. The composite tells you where you stand and what it's costing you.

1
Dimension One
Talent Density
What proportion of your applicant pool is genuinely viable? The quality of your sourcing, job descriptions, and employer brand determines your ceiling — before any filtering begins. Most companies overestimate this number significantly.
Critical <15% Weak 15–30% Healthy 30–50% Strong 50%+
2
Dimension Two
Signal Strength
How much does your screening process improve on random selection from your talent pool? A 1.0x ratio means your process adds no predictive value above chance. 3.0x means it's genuinely identifying talent above the base rate.
Noise 1.0–1.3x Moderate 1.3–2.5x Strong 2.5x+
3
Dimension Three
Noise Load
What percentage of your interviews result in no hire? High noise load wastes recruiter capacity, burns out hiring managers, and signals that your filters are letting the wrong candidates through — often at significant cost per interview.
Failure >70% High 50–70% Acceptable 30–50% Efficient <30%
4
Dimension Four
Decision Defensibility
Are your hiring decisions — especially those involving AI — documented, auditable, and consistent? Under EEOC guidance and state AI hiring statutes, employers bear the legal risk. Not their vendors. This dimension measures whether you can prove your process is fair.
High Risk Moderate Managed Strong

Structured.
No consultingware.

The audit is designed to deliver a complete picture in days — with no templates to fill out ahead of time, no workshops to schedule, and no 80-page deck at the end. One intake call. Your own data. A clear scorecard.

01

Intake Call

A structured 60-minute guided conversation with your TA or HR lead. We navigate to your data together — live in your ATS — so you don't need to prepare anything in advance.

60–65 minutes
02

Signal Analysis

Your funnel data runs through the Tipping Point Signal Model™ — all four dimensions scored, the signal ratio calculated, and findings documented with specificity rather than generality.

Internal — 48 hours
03

Signal Scorecard

A clean, executive-ready report: four dimension scores, a composite rating, specific findings for each dimension, and prioritized recommendations with effort and impact ratings.

Delivered within 5 days
04

Readout & Q&A

A focused debrief to walk through findings, answer questions, and discuss what remediation looks like — with or without ongoing Tipping Point involvement.

45 minutes

Not an AI tool.
Not a recruiting engagement.
Something rarer.

  • Not thisAI software or vendor recommendations
  • Not thisA recruiting retainer or search engagement
  • Not thisGeneric compliance training or policy templates
  • ThisConfidence in your hiring decisions in an AI-driven world

Most companies have added AI to their hiring process without ever asking whether it's improving the decisions being made — or just accelerating the ones they were already making badly. The two feel identical until you measure the signal ratio.

AI hiring tools optimize for what they were trained on. If they were trained on your historical hires, they're optimizing to replicate your past decisions — including your past biases, your past sourcing constraints, and the candidates you happened to find. That's not signal. That's amplified pattern-matching.

The audit doesn't tell you whether to use AI. It tells you whether the AI you're using is making your hiring better or just faster — and whether you can defend every decision it touches when someone asks.

A hiring system that can't explain itself is a liability, not an advantage — regardless of how confident the vendor sounds.

Three ways
to engage.

Each option includes the full audit methodology — the Signal Scorecard across all four dimensions with a prioritized recommendations report. The difference is what happens after delivery.

Engagement Type 01

Signal Audit

The complete audit: four-dimension scoring, signal ratio calculation, regulatory exposure summary, and prioritized findings with a 45-minute readout. Everything you need to know what's wrong and what to fix first.

60-minute guided intake call — no prep required Signal Scorecard across all four dimensions with composite rating Funnel metrics summary and signal ratio calculation AI regulatory exposure summary (EEOC, NYC Local Law 144, IL AEIA, CO SB 205) Prioritized recommendations with effort and impact ratings 45-minute readout and Q&A session
Starting at $2,500 · Scope-dependent
Engagement Type 02

Audit + Redesign

Everything in the Signal Audit, plus hands-on redesign of the elements the scorecard identifies as broken. Job description rewrites, screening criteria builds, AI oversight protocols, and an implementation roadmap with owners and timelines.

Everything included in Signal Audit Hiring funnel redesign for the dimensions rated Critical or Weak Outcome-based job description framework and rewrites for top roles Structured screening rubric with role-specific criteria AI oversight protocol and human review documentation standard Implementation roadmap with 30/60/90-day milestones and owners
$8,000–$15,000 · Scope-dependent
Engagement Type 03

Ongoing Advisory

Quarterly signal re-calibration plus ongoing advisory access as your hiring system evolves — new tools, new markets, new roles. Includes monitoring of emerging AI hiring regulations as they come into effect.

Quarterly Signal Scorecard re-run as your funnel data updates Ongoing optimization support as new AI tools are adopted Emerging AI regulation monitoring with 60-day forward flags Priority access for new role types, departments, or geographies Hiring strategy advisory and sounding board access
$3,000–$8,000 / month

The legal landscape
for AI hiring is moving fast.

Most companies using AI in hiring don't know what their vendor contracts actually say about who owns the risk when a decision is challenged. The answer is almost always: you do.

U.S. jurisdictions are moving quickly to regulate automated employment decision tools. New York City, Illinois, and Colorado have already passed AI hiring statutes. The EEOC has clarified that employers — not vendors — are responsible for adverse impact from AI screening tools under Title VII.

The companies that will navigate this well are the ones that can already answer: what does our AI actually do, has anyone reviewed it for bias, and can we document every decision it touches. Most can't. That's what the Defensibility dimension of the audit measures — and what the recommendations address.

The vendor whose AI flagged the candidate takes no legal risk. You do. Every time.
New York City · In Effect 2023

Local Law 144

Requires annual independent bias audits of Automated Employment Decision Tools before use in hiring. Employers — not vendors — bear audit and disclosure obligations.

Illinois · In Effect 2020

Artificial Intelligence Video Interview Act

Prohibits AI-analyzed video interviews without candidate consent. Requires annual bias reporting for employers using AI to evaluate candidates via video.

Colorado · Effective 2026

Senate Bill 205

Requires impact assessments, record retention, and candidate notification for AI use in consequential employment decisions. Employer accountability — not vendor accountability.

Federal · EEOC Guidance 2023

Title VII & The Four-Fifths Rule

EEOC holds employers responsible for adverse impact from AI tools under Title VII. Selection rates for protected groups must not fall below 80% of the highest-performing group — including AI-assisted selection.

Let's Talk

Ready to know
what your system is actually doing?

A short call is usually enough to scope the engagement. Reach out and we'll find out if the timing is right.

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Phone 303.618.9207
Location Denver, CO — Hybrid / Remote