The Value of Diversity Part III: The Method
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- Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
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- March 17, 2025
Relying on objective measures to determine candidate fit leads to unbiased hiring decisions. This produces diverse teams. Candidates are matched to the role based on their ability to excel, not because of their gender, age, religion, ethnicity, or other bias-centric and irrelevant demographic status.
The Value of Diversity Part II: The Example
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- Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
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- March 10, 2025
In professional sports, athleticism is the product but profit is the motive. The end goal is to make as much money as possible by winning as many games as possible by choosing the best athletes possible. That cannot be accomplished without diversity.
The Value of Diversity Part I: The Reason
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- Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
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- March 3, 2025
There is a long way to go toward achieving workforce diversity that reflects the demographic profile of society. Beyond the humanistic reasons, there are financial motivators as well. Sometimes those tangible benefits must be pursued with action before attitudes and mindsets catch up.
Four Experts, One Question: How Do You Promote Both Diversity And Inclusion In The Workplace?
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- 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?
The Insidious Nature of Unconscious Bias
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- Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
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- 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
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- Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
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- 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?
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- Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
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- 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
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- 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.
Killing Bias in Hiring with the Core Values Index
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- Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
- Posted
- December 2, 2019
One of the most underrated advantages of the Core Values Index psychometric assessment is its ability to significantly decrease the influence of bias in the hiring process.
The Role of AI and Psychometric Data in Hiring
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- Steve Williamson , VP Digital Marketing and Content, eRep, Inc.
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- September 2, 2019
Psychometric data in hiring is contentious among HR professionals. Some see it as heretical and a gross insult to the value of human intelligence, judgment, and even emotional intuition when selecting candidates. Others view it as the next leap forward in hiring methodologies.
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