Can You Hear Me Now? Effective Communication is Crucial to Employee Success
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- Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
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- June 11, 2018
When employees are engaged, they not only outperform their peers, they become motivated and inspired contributors to the company mission instead of jumping to the next opportunity with the competition. With today's tight job market, lowering turnover through effective communication may be the most important area of concern for business leaders today.
Adopt a Mission That Matters
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- Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
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- May 28, 2018
It has been said that the pursuit of money is the root of all evil. This doesn't mean that profit in itself is bad. The scriptural admonition is all about priorities. Who's your master? Is it the almighty dollar? Or is your mission — the fundamental reason you're in business — more about doing something that actually matters in the world?
The Good Hire, the Bad Hire, and What's Your Sign?
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- Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
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- May 21, 2018
Back in the day, "What's your sign?" covered a lot of social ground. There were twelve possible answers that, in theory, explained everything you might want to know about a person during a first meeting. There are 7 billion humans inhabiting this planet and their personalities, likes, dislikes, and world views are supposed to be neatly categorized and grouped into twelve tidy descriptors. Would you hire someone based solely on their astrological sign?
Can a Personality Test Help You Find a Job?
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- Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
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- 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.
Human Resources Needs a Shake-up
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- Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
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- May 7, 2018
The human resources world is due for a shake-up. The hiring process and performance evaluation procedures we've long held to be sacrosanct are ebbing away and new operational models are emerging.
Do What You Love (And Get Paid For It)
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- Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
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- 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.
Performance Reviews Must Die
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- 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
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- Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
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- 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
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- Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
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- 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.
Challenging Cognitive Biases in Hiring
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- Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
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- 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.
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