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Can psychometric assessments be fooled?

By
Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
Posted
May 20, 2019

An implicit characteristic of a quality psychometric assessment, especially regarding its reliability, is the inability of the individual taking it to manipulate or control their results.

Measuring the Effectiveness of HR Initiatives with the Happiness Index

By
Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
Posted
May 13, 2019

It is easy to measure the effectiveness of projects that yield hard data. How do you determine if more subjective initiatives, such as Human Resources policy changes, are successful?

Hiring Hard or Hiring Smart?

By
Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
Posted
May 6, 2019

Stop hiring the hard way by bringing on warm bodies who's only qualification for the role is having a pulse. Hire smart by selecting top candidates with an accurate and reliable psychometric assessment, the Core Values Index.

Get lucky: Find your best career path with a psychometric assessment

By
Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
Posted
April 29, 2019

They say luck occurs when preparation meets opportunity. Success is when a challenge becomes aligned with the solution designed to match it. When looking for job satisfaction, is this something that can be planned, or is it just happenstance?

Have you put your job into the friend zone?

By
Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
Posted
April 22, 2019

Do you love your job? If not, you may be like 119 million other workers in the U.S. that share something in common: you've put your job into the friend zone.

There is a 93% chance you are ____ in your current job

By
Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
Posted
April 15, 2019

Studies have discovered a shocking statistic about the workplace that has a trillion dollar negative impact on the economy each year. Ask yourself two critical questions to find out if you are part of the other 7%.

Pay Equity as an Employer, Pay Equity as an Employee

By
Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
Posted
April 8, 2019

Do you pay your employees equitably? As a worker, are you paid fairly? How do you know?

Trial and error is a terrible way to find your true vocation

By
Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
Posted
April 1, 2019

It is shameful how much trial and error goes into the hiring process. Not only do employers reluctantly rely on it when placing workers, but many people look back on their career and realize every job they had was an almost random attempt to find their true vocation.

I nearly changed my career because of a bad boss

By
Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
Posted
March 25, 2019

I enjoyed the work, my coworkers respected and appreciated me, and my advancement up the ranks was rewarding. Despite all those things that were going well, I was profoundly unhappy in my job. I was in the right role for my psychometric profile, but my boss was not.

Hiring with the Core Values Index (CVI) Psychometric Assessment

By
Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
Posted
March 18, 2019

Many hiring companies use the Core Values Index (CVI) psychometric assessment to screen candidates in the hiring process. Some applicants might view the prospect of taking a test as a burden they'd rather skip, but completing a psychometric assessment benefits them more in the end. Here's how.

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