eRep Blog

What Does it Take to Love Your Job?

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

If you are unhappy in your job, you don't need to read industry statistics (up to 70% of workers are disengaged) to confirm it, you just know.

Myths and Misconceptions About Psychometric Assessments

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

There are a lot of misconceptions about psychometric assessments, and a fair share of myths, too. People seem to fall into one of three groups: they love them, they hate them, or they don't know anything about them.

What is the connection between psychometric profiles and job satisfaction?

By
Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
Posted
June 24, 2019

Many of us have taken assessments or personality tests of one stripe or another in our lives. They are frequently used to determine our best educational or occupational path forward. Our first introduction to these tests is often in middle or high school.

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.

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.

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