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Choosing Your Career

Tagged as: career assessment

30 June 2011 News
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It’s that time of the year when the Grade 10 to 12 pupils start to face some important decisions that need to be made. They have to consider subject choice, possible careers to pursue and which institution or course would be best suited to them. This process is stressful for children and their parents. Parents [...]

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Updated Norms For Ravens Progressive Matrices

Tagged as: Ravens Progressive Matrices, RPM

30 June 2011 Product related
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Please note that we have updated South African Ravens Progressive Matrices norms available for all those clients who often use this assessment. For more information contact our research department at research@jvrafrica.co.za or our assessment advisors at jvr-pas@jvrafrica.co.za

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EQ2.0 Information Sessions Dates

Tagged as: EQ2.0

27 June 2011 Events
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To all our EQ-i users out there, By now you’ve probably heard that the EQ-i has undergone a revision and a new version of the popular assessment will soon be available. Every good assessment should beregularly researched and updated, and this is what MHS did with the EQ-i. Read more about the EQ2.0 and some FAQ’s in this [...]

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[Research participation opportunity] 2 New ability assessments

1 June 2011 Product related
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The JVR research team has developed two new assessments, the first being a comprehensive measure of verbal ability and the second of numerical ability. Over the years, we have come to realise that our clients are in need of assessments able to measure specific abilities and skills not necessarily tapped by assessments of general mental [...]

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[Research participation opportunity] New criterion-related personality scale

1 June 2011 Product related
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We would like to extend a warm invitation to you to take part in a research project concerning a new, locally developed, criterion-related personality scale. We believe that this research will be of interest and value to you. For us to be able to obtain a large enough group to complete the questionnaire, your participation [...]

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[Research participation opportunity] MBTI Afrikaanse weergawe.

31 May 2011 Product related
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Ons wil jou hartelik uitnooi om deel te neem aan ‘n navorsingsprojek wat daarop gemik is om die MBTI vraelys in Afrikaans te vertaal. Ons glo dat die navorsing vir jou van belang mag wees, en wil jou daarom aanmoedig om deel te neem aan die belangrike projek. Die toets behoort tussen 30 en 40 [...]

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The next level in EQ Assessment! Introducing the EQ 2.0

4 May 2011 Product related
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An important distinguishing factor between one assessment and another is the presence or absence of continued research. Excellent assessments are continuously being researched, strengthened and updated to ensure the best possible value to practitioners and clients. During her recent visit to South Africa, Hazel Wheldon (COO Multi Health Systems) illustrated exactly this point when she [...]

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New CEO at READUCATE

9 February 2011 Product related
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Warm congratulations to Sihle Shembe, who is the new, first ever CEO of the READUCATE Trust. The READUCATE Trust is a non-government, non-profit (section 18A) education and literacy organisation that strives to fight illiteracy on all levels and by all means available. The work of the Trust is based on over seventy years’ experience in [...]

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Run your own scoring platform

17 January 2011 News
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At JvR we strive to empower our clients, whether it be through knowledge sharing or providing you with choices and easy access to assessments. Your business means as much to us as our own! We realise that a lot of our clients are exceptionally busy and would welcome a more efficient, immediate and easy way [...]

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Personal scoring platforms now available on select assessments

14 December 2010 News
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We realise that a lot of our clients are exceptionally busy and would welcome a more efficient, immediate and easy way of gaining access to candidates’ assessment results.  We are happy to announce that you may now choose to run your own scoring platform on the below-mentioned tools.  This will allow you to administer assessments [...]

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Evaluating Psychometrics

3 November 2010 Product related

As practitioners who frequently use psychometric instruments, we are often in search for newer and better instruments to refine our assessment processes. We are constantly looking for tools to measure that which we have deemed to be important in a particular context. When we come across new instruments that appear to be promising, we sometimes [...]

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Helping Leaders to Recognize and Adapt to Change

20 September 2010 JvR Consulting

We posted this article earlier in May; perhaps you missed it then, but Shawn is visiting us in October. If you would like to consult with him personally contact fatima@jvrafrica.co.za, or read on for more information and event details. Author: Shawn Bakker of Psychometrics Canada Leadership and change are two of the most popular business [...]

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Job Stress : The Three-Headed Monster

30 August 2010 JvR Consulting

Workplace stress is estimated to cost companies millions in poor performance, absenteeism and health costs. Job stress impedes on the ability of employees to actively demonstrate work engagement behaviour. Therefore, whilst it is important to promote work engagement in organisations it is also of equal importance to simultaneously curb job stress in order to maximise [...]

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MBTI® – ‘to select or not to select’ should not be the question!

15 June 2010 Product related

Author: Kathy Knott We ran a story in the JvR Talk (volume 4, 2008) which addressed the problem of using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® assessment during Selection processes. We believe this may be the main cause of misuse of the assessment both locally and internationally, so we felt it may be useful to rerun parts [...]

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CogniPlus: Cognitive functions training system

18 March 2010 Product related

CogniPlus is a training battery which draws on the most up-to-date computer technology available to help you train cognitive functions using a multimedia approach. This system is an ideal partner to the Vienna Test System to help develop areas of development identified in assessment using the VTS. Most of the CogniPlus trainings available up until [...]

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How To Order Assessments

24 February 2010 Articles

This article-, will highlight the “how to” of ordering, scoring, researching, reporting, training and more. In this article we will highlight some important points to remember when ordering printed test material. Ethical, Professional and Legal Considerations All of us at JvR subscribe to the ethical and best practice professional standards of national and international psychological [...]

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Book Review: Give Yourself the Unfair Advantage:

5 October 2009 Product related

“A Serious Practical Guide to Understanding Human Personality that Will Have You Rolling in the Aisles” (1995) By: Andrea Swanepoel William Murray, together with illustrations by Ashleigh Brilliant, take a humorous slant on the MBTI® Types. The book is an easy and fun way to learn and remember the different types and their preferences, rather [...]

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The Future: Technology & Emotional Intelligence

10 September 2009 Articles

Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Wikipedia, Blogs, E-mail, Cellphones and any technologically driven social platform that promotes connectedness appears to have permeated all areas of the world. Whether a social scientist, a concerned parent, or a citizen of the world we have begun to experience the impact of this virtual dimension on our lives and have questions [...]

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The Importance of Strategic Self Awareness in Leaders

4 September 2009 Articles

Author: Yvonne Nieuwoudt The ability to observe one’s behaviour, to be aware of one’s own actions, and to appreciate one’s thoughts, feelings and emotions, is now understood to be essential as a foundation for exceptional leadership. Leaders, who are self-aware, understand how their environment affects them and how they affect their environments. They know what [...]

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Book Review: The People–Profit Connection

19 August 2009 Articles

How Emotional Intelligence can maximize people skills & maximize your profits by G. Brent Darnell Author Sandra Bailey The people-profit Connection tells of Darnell’s experiences of and insights into the benefits of emotional intelligence, especially within the American construction industry. Darnell is currently the owner of Brent Darnell International Inc., specializing in teaching people skills [...]

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