Ikigai: Finding Your Personal Happiness
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- Steve Williamson, VP Digital Content at eRep
- Posted
- September 3, 2018
The Japanese have a concept called ikigai that roughly translates into English as 'reason for being.' Pursuing this state can be made much easier through the Core Values Index psychometric assessment. Its ability to identify the areas of activity within a person's life where they will feel the most fulfillment and happiness is powerful and life-changing.
Should I Stay or Should I Go? The Death of High Turnover
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- Steve Williamson, VP Digital Content at eRep
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- August 27, 2018
Unhappiness and disengagement is one of the leading reasons people leave a job. If the pay is relatively equal between two jobs but one drains your soul, it's easy to understand why workers can be eager to jump ship and work for the competition.
Six Things You Didn't Know About the Core Values Index
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- Steve Williamson, VP Digital Content at eRep
- Posted
- July 23, 2018
The Core Values Index is a psychometric assessment (personality test) that measures and objectively quantifies an individual's innate, unchanging nature. The CVI is used by Human Resources teams and hiring managers as well as recruiters in organizations from mom-and-pop small businesses all the way up to large corporations.
Getting To Know Your Authentic Self: A Personal Journey With the CVI
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- Steve Williamson, VP Digital Content at eRep
- Posted
- July 16, 2018
After learning more about how the CVI works and reflecting on my past experiences, I realized that whenever I was in a place that contradicted my profile, it took a lot more work and effort to achieve success than would have been necessary if I had been living within my 'happy place.'
The Principle of Fueling Performance
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- Steve Williamson, VP Digital Content at eRep
- Posted
- July 9, 2018
A great algorithm or principle needs a set of tools that implement its objectives in an efficient way. The Performance Fuel application provided by eRep.com takes the performance fuel formula and turns it into a powerful reality.
How to Hire a Top Performer
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- Steve Williamson, VP Digital Content at eRep
- Posted
- June 4, 2018
Hiring top employees is an expertise that all businesses should seek out, either outsourced or internally. How does the smart organization know what a top employee looks like? How is 'top' defined?
Can a Personality Test Help You Find a Job?
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- Steve Williamson, VP Digital Content at eRep
- Posted
- May 14, 2018
A personality test can help you land a job. In my case, it created a job specifically for me where one didn't previously exist.
Do's and Don'ts of Core Value Profiles
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- Steve Williamson, VP Digital Content at eRep
- Posted
- April 30, 2018
We all have our preferred ways of communicating with others and having others communicate with us. The Core Values Index gives us a greater understanding of ourselves that includes how we like to work, play, communicate, and learn. Wouldn't it be great if you could use the CVI to understand how to work and interact with others, too?
Does Happiness Have a Price?
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- Steve Williamson, VP Digital Content at eRep
- 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)
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- Steve Williamson, VP Digital Content at eRep
- 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.
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