§ The result
Gem leads Korn Ferry on 6 of the 7 criteria.
Gem scores 55 and Korn Ferry 46 under rubric v1.0, a 9-point gap across the Sourcing and Assessment cohorts. Gem leads 6 of the 7 criteria and the remaining criterion is level, so Korn Ferry is ahead on none of them; the closest of the 6 Gem leads is Data Governance Disclosure, Gem 57 to Korn Ferry 52. Bias Audit Transparency is the widest raw gap and the heaviest weighted swing at once (Gem 66, Korn Ferry 48, 18% weight), but it accounts for only 36% of the weighted advantage Gem holds across the 6 criteria on that side of the table.
Vendor profile
Gem
Gem is an AI-first recruiting platform combining a talent CRM, AI sourcing and outreach automation, candidate engagement, and a newer applicant tracking system with AI-powered application review and ranking.
Vendor profile
Korn Ferry
Korn Ferry provides psychometric talent assessments (Korn Ferry Assess, the KF4D Four Dimensional assessment, KFALP leadership-potential assessment, and the Leadership Architect competency framework) used to evaluate candidates' personality, competencies, drivers, and cognitive ability for selection, promotion, and development decisions.
§ The record
Gem is filed under Candidate sourcing AI, Korn Ferry under Assessment AI. They also share 1 secondary category: Screening.
Both are in scope of EU AI Act, NYC LL 144, Colorado AI Act and Illinois HB 3773. Only Korn Ferry is in scope of Mobley v. Workday.
| Record | Gem | Korn Ferry |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | High | Enterprise |
| Headquarters | US | US |
| Founded | 2017 | 1969 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
18% weight · 36% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
Gem 66 · Korn Ferry 48
3.2 weighted points to Gem
12% weight · 54% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
Gem 47 · Korn Ferry 33
1.7 weighted points to Gem
15% weight · 71% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
Gem 35 · Korn Ferry 25
1.5 weighted points to Gem
12% weight · 83% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
Gem 61 · Korn Ferry 52
1.1 weighted points to Gem
8% weight · 92% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
Gem 62 · Korn Ferry 52
0.8 weighted points to Gem
15% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
Gem 57 · Korn Ferry 52
0.8 weighted points to Gem
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 6 figures above sum to +9.1 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 9.1 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads +9 beside that +9.1.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Gem minus Korn Ferry.
| Category | Weight | Gem | Korn Ferry | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 58 | 58 | - | - |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 66 | 48 | +18 | +3.2 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 35 | 25 | +10 | +1.5 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 57 | 52 | +5 | +0.8 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 61 | 52 | +9 | +1.1 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 47 | 33 | +14 | +1.7 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 62 | 52 | +10 | +0.8 |
| Total | 100% | 55 (F) | 46 (F) | +9 | +9.1 |
§ Evidence
Cited sources and documented absences, criterion by criterion.
An absence is a finding, not a blank: the reviewer looked for a named artefact and recorded that it is not located. Where a source sits is a fact about hosting only.
| Criterion | Weight | Gem | Korn Ferry | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 2 | 1 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 3 | 0 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 0 | 1 | — |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 3 | 0 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 3 | 0 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 3 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 3 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 19 | 2 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 10 | 7 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
Gem has 21 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 19 with a source URL, 2 documented absences; Korn Ferry has 17 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 10 with a source URL, 7 documented absences; some documentation or audit rows for Gem sit on a domain separate from the vendor's own site.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 38 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 21 for Gem, across 2 distinct source domains, and 17 for Korn Ferry, across 1 distinct source domain.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- Gem last reviewed
- June 7, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Korn Ferry last reviewed
- June 7, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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