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

By
Steve Williamson, VP Digital Content at eRep
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 Content at eRep
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 Content at eRep
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 Content at eRep
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 Content at eRep
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 Content at eRep
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 Content at eRep
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.

Wanted: Soul-sucking job with no satisfaction

By
Steve Williamson, VP Digital Content at eRep
Posted
March 11, 2019

We spend nearly a third of our lives at work. Surveys have shown that up to 70% of workers are unhappy in their job and 23% are actively disengaged. Another survey shockingly found that two-thirds of workers think about changing jobs up to once per second. Do you really want to spend a large portion of your life doing something you don't enjoy?

A Q&A About the Core Values Index Psychometric Assessment

By
Steve Williamson, VP Digital Content at eRep
Posted
March 4, 2019

Many people and organizations use the Core Values Index psychometric assessment for various reasons. In this article, we answer some common questions about the CVI and describe how it can help you find personal happiness and business success.

Would you trust a surgeon or airline pilot that doesn't love their job?

By
Steve Williamson, VP Digital Content at eRep
Posted
February 25, 2019

Do you find yourself several years into a career that seems to require more effort than it should to reach the desired level of success? Do you find yourself thinking about other jobs a bit more often than you'd like? Why do others who achieve the same level of success seem to find it with greater ease?