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Does Happiness Have a Price?

By
Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
Posted
April 23, 2018

They say money doesn't buy happiness, and perhaps that's true — the best things in life are free. If we can't put a price tag on happiness, can we put a score on it and measure it objectively? There is a now a way to accurately measure individual happiness both at home and at work, and the best part is it's free.

Do What You Love (And Get Paid For It)

By
Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
Posted
April 16, 2018

We all have heard the aphorism that if you do what you love, you'll never work a day in your life. The more pragmatic advice tells us to identify what we love to do and figure out how to get paid for it. This is easier said than done, right? Maybe not.

What is the Core Values Index Assessment?

By
Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
Posted
April 9, 2018

The Core Values Index assessment is easy to take and has a higher repeat reliability than any other psychometric assessment on the market today.

Performance Reviews Must Die

By
Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
Posted
April 2, 2018

Employees despise them. Supervisors dread them. The antiquated and ineffective annual performance review needs to die.

Pursuing Ethical Truth

By
Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
Posted
March 26, 2018

Facebook and Cambridge Analytica have given us a painful example of how elusive truth can be and how easily it can be manipulated. The contrast between truth and fact becomes more stark with every exposed scandal that passes over our smart phone and computer screens.

Four Steps to Remove Bias in Hiring

By
Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
Posted
March 19, 2018

Biases exist throughout the employment lifecycle whether we are aware of it or not. We filter candidates for new positions through involuntary lenses of subconscious emotion, performance is viewed through a lens of skewed expectations, and we are promoted or fired under the influence of similar effects. Here are four steps to eliminate these unconscious biases from your hiring process.

Video: Introduction to the Core Values Index Assessment

By
Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
Posted
March 16, 2018

The Core Values Index Assessment is unmatched in the field of psychometric assessments, with a repeat reliability rating exceeding 97%. Nothing else comes close.

Challenging Cognitive Biases in Hiring

By
Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
Posted
March 12, 2018

The use of objective data in hiring is growing. Psychometric assessments like the Core Values Index are revolutionizing the job market. With all this data now available, why are cognitive biases still prevalent in the hiring process? In this article, we discuss the twelve most common forms of bias in hiring and present ways to recognize and eliminate them.

One Stop Hiring: Combining Psychometric Assessments and Applicant Tracking Systems

By
Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
Posted
March 5, 2018

What if you had a one stop hiring tool that integrated psychometric assessments with an ATS, so you could not only track applicants based on where they are in the screening process, but rank them on suitability for the role based on their objective psychometric assessment score?

The Hidden Money Pit of Bad Hires

By
Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
Posted
February 26, 2018

Hiring employees is expensive and time-consuming, taking staff away from more valuable work. It gets even more expensive when the new hire is the wrong person for the role. How does the smart organization use objective data to avoid the money pit of a bad hire?

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