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Workplace Culture and Hiring for Politics

By
Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
Posted
January 29, 2024

Would you ignore an otherwise well-qualified candidate because they hold a political view different than your own? Do all your employees seem to have the same social worldview?

ChatGPT, Psychometric Assessments, and Ethical Hiring

By
Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
Posted
June 26, 2023

ChatGPT and other AI services are getting a lot of attention lately. We wanted to see what ChatGPT had to say about about hiring in general and the ethics of using psychometric assessments in particular. The results may surprise you.

The Risks and Rewards of Hiring for Cultural Fit

By
Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
Posted
September 21, 2022

What does workplace culture mean to you? Is it a goal you seek to achieve, or the organic result of other processes? What happens if your culture is hard to define, and what are the risks of imposing it from the top down or not defining it at all?

What is Best For My Clients is What is Best For Me: A CVI Success Story

By
Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
Posted
November 29, 2021

We interviewed mortgage broker Gary Boyer before and after taking the Core Values Index psychometric assessment, and discovered the reason why he has been so successful.

Four Experts, One Question: How Do You Promote Both Diversity And Inclusion In The Workplace?

By
Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
Posted
November 9, 2020

We chose four experts in business, HR, academia and employment consulting and asked them one question: How do you promote both diversity and inclusion in the workplace?

Overcoming Layers of Stereotype and Bias Programming

By
Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
Posted
August 24, 2020

We all have biases in how we view others. We identify differences between ourselves and other people. Social programming layers itself on top of that hardwiring and corrupts it by reinforcing needless and immoral stereotypes.

The Insidious Nature of Unconscious Bias

By
Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
Posted
August 3, 2020

Unconscious bias acts like a kind of emotional gravity, pulling us toward decisions and actions that may not serve ourselves or others in the best way. We can be drawn away from better choices without realizing it.

Equality Without Compromise

By
Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
Posted
June 22, 2020

Equality is deserved by all, it is a right we possess from birth, and must exist without compromise. We must abandon the attitude that raising up one group of people to a state of equality takes something away from another group that already has it.

Does AI Reduce Judgment and Introduce Bias into the Hiring Process?

By
Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
Posted
April 20, 2020

As some companies move toward the use of AI in hiring, an implicit part of that process entails handing over decision-making to the system and decreasing human judgment from the loop.

The Ugly Underbelly of Hiring For Cultural Fit

By
Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
Posted
December 9, 2019

Hiring for cultural fit gets a lot of attention these days. The premise behind it makes a lot of sense. But the focus on fitting your people into a preconceived culture has a dark underbelly that can manifest in lower engagement, productivity, and profit.

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