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Athletes and sports enthusiasts

Athletes and sports enthusiasts, discover the new General Profiler for Sports (GPS) website by clicking here!

Sports fans excited about the GPS!

On Wednesday, October 5, CKOI 104.7 FM aired our friendly encounter with hosts Nicolas St-Pierre and Dominic Fugère during their daily show Les amateurs de sports. André Durivage and Isabelle Giroux had the opportunity to showcase the General Profiler for Sports (GPS), focusing the discussion on the test's psychometric features and how sports organizations can use it to enhance athlete performance.

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The daily newspaper LeDroit gets an insight on the GPS

EPSI is delighted to have been included in the September 28^th publication of the Ottawa-Gatineau regional newspaper, LeDroit!

Please click here for more information.

^*This article is offered exclusively in French.

Featuring : EPSI's Online Testing Month!

Beginning on Wednesday, September 14th, the EPSI blog will be featuring a special Online Testing Month. We are proud to bring you an assortment of posts, articles, polls, and information related to one of today's hottest HR topics.

Discover what it takes to develop and implement a successful online testing strategy as well as all the tools and options available to you. Learn more about the benefits and challenges that your organization is likely to face regarding online testing. Our featured contributors certainly have some interesting information for you about the topic, so we hope you will tune in because you won't want to miss this!

As seen in the September issue of The Hockey News!

EPSI is delighted to have been included in the September issue of the popular magazine, The Hockey News! The article features an interview with our very own Isabelle Giroux, Assessment and Evaluation Consultant here at EPSI as she discusses our role in supporting the Ottawa Senators in their quest to choose the right player for the organization. Most notably, EPSI's sports assessment test, the GPS, was used as part of their stringent player assessment and drafting process for the 2011 NHL Entry Draft.

Click here to read The Hockey News article or visit our GPS webpage

Discover our new Strategic Planning Exercise (SPE) !

EPSI now offers a new Strategic Planning Exercise. This test reflects the tasks and activities associated with management positions such as Director, Director General or Deputy Minister. The Strategic Planning Exercise (EPS) evaluates an individual’s ability to understand the internal and external environment of an organization in order to establish strategic orientations and propose an action plan to resolve problems on a short-, medium-, and long-term basis.

EPSI SYMPOSIUM IN MONTREAL

EPSI would like to thank everyone who attended our first EPSI Symposium that took place in Montreal on Friday, May 6th. It was a pleasure to have met with all of the attendees and to be able to share our passion for personnel assessment and evaluation with you.

We look forward to seeing you at our next EPSI event and please do not hesitate to contact us for any questions, inquiries or to schedule a meeting with us!

Connect with us!

EPSI is proud to announce the launch of its new Blog page, and related Facebook, Twitter, Linked In, and Youtube accounts!

Check out our blog to discover helpful information from various experts about personnel evaluation, as well as find out where EPSI employees have been and what they have been up to! In addition, the blog hosts Dr. André Durivage's helpful Q&A column, where questions about various topics of personnel evaluation are answered in a way that's easy to understand and apply.

Come be a part of our online community and connect with us!

Come and meet our experts at the SQPTO Conference 2011

We are pleased to announce that EPSI Experts Sabrina Poirier and Philippe Longpré have been chosen as presenters at the 2011 conference organized by the Société québécoise de psychologie du travail et des organisations (SQPTO)* taking place on May 27, 2011. Their presentation is in line with the event's theme which is « Dare to re-establish the relationship between the individual and the organization ». This year's event focuses on improving, re-establishing and developing life within our organizations. Please take a moment to view the event's schedule by clicking on the following link: http://www.sqpto.ca/Colloque_2011.html

* Event offered exclusively in French

EPSI is a key partner and sponsor of the SQPTO and will also be present as exhibitors during the conference. Please feel free to come and meet us to discover the new trends in assessment and evaluation as well the innovative evaluation products we launched in 2011!

EPSI renews its partnership with SQPTO!

EPSI is proud to announce its engagement, in the form of five-year sponsorship agreement, with the Work and Organisational Psychology Association of Quebec (SQPTO). Our firm's partnership with SQPTO provides us with the opportunity to contribute actively to the development of work psychology. It is also a unique occasion for EPSI to share its knowledge and experience with prominent members of the professional community of industrial psychologists as well as with students interested in this field. In addition, EPSI presents at various conferences in the different regional chapters, as well as at the annual symposium where we are one of its valued exhibitors.

For further information concerning this professional association, please visit

http://www.sqpto.ca/index.html

EPSI ANNUAL FORUM OF OCTOBER 22nd 2010

EPSI thanks all its clients and partners who attended to the firm's 2nd Annual Forum. The day of October 22^nd, organised under the theme "Diversity and Values - beyond theory and into practice", was a real success due to your participation. Thank you once again and we look forward to seeing you again next year.

Symposium for the members of andrh

We are back in Paris again! In fact, the president of EPSI, André Durivage, was invited to lead an interactive symposium for the members of ANDRH (National Association of Human Resources Managers), the largest human resources professional association in France, counting over 5,000 members.

On November 24^th, the Canadian Cultural Centre in Paris welcomed the members of ANDRH who were interested in learning more about the new trends in competency-based evaluation and the best practices used by organizations in Québec.

Discover our new tests!

Get informed on our new evaluation products!

Organizational Values Test (OVT)
Organizational values represent an important foundation for the success of an organization and allow for the creation of a feeling of belonging among its employees.
In our era of a labour force shortage and easy access to information, it is crucial for an organization to define its identity based on organizational values in order to attract devoted candidates.
For this reason, and thanks to the innovative approach of EPSI's R&D Department, the development and identification of organizational values has now become reliable, and easy. Identify the organizational values of your organization, and of your employees, as of today on our COMPMETRICA Online Testing Platform.
Contact-us for further information.

GPS - The season starts here!
It is true that sport is essentially physical. None the less, we can never underestimate the impact that personal characteristics of an athlete can have on his sport performance. These factors can make the difference between an average athlete and an outstanding athlete. EPSI believes that physical ability, talent, effort and personal characteristics are all factors that can help to make a person a proven winner.

Like all the other assessment tools from the Compmetrica product line that have been created by EPSI over the years, the development of the General Profiler for Sports (GPS), is based on several years of research allowing for a parallel between the reality associated with a sports environment and the selection of athletes based on the competency approach. As such, the GPS was specifically created to assess the athlete's profile. The GPS measures the following elements:
- The first part assesses the athlete's perceptual speed.
- The second part assesses to what extent the athlete has effective problem solving abilities, including verbal, numeric, spatial, and logical aptitudes.
- The third part is divided into two sections.
Do not miss this unique opportunity to learn more about your athletes' profile. For more details on the GPS, please view our website at http://gps.epsi-inc.com/
EPSI on the hit local radio show "Grecosize with Tony Greco" on the Team 1200!

EPSI was pleased to receive an invitation from Ottawa's popular radio show "Grecosize with Tony Greco" on the Team 1200 in order to discuss the launch of the General Profiler for Sports (GPS). The show focuses on promoting healthy eating habits and the importance of exercise in order to maintain a well balanced lifestyle. Listeners can tune in on Saturday mornings at 9:00 to join Tony Greco and Steve Warne promote healthy living.

Listen in on the May 15th broadcast in which Franco Maimone and Isabelle Giroux from EPSI present the characteristics of the General Profiler for Sports (GPS). Listeners will have the opportunity to learn the various ways in which this test can be used and how it will help athletes, managers, and coaches understand the different personal characteristics of an athlete that can make the difference between an average athlete and an elite athlete. Listen now!
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Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact one of our consultants at your earliest convenience.

Multiple Choice In-Basket Exercise Tests
EPSI now offers four (4) new Multiple Choice In-Basket Exercise tests. These tests reflect the tasks and activities associated with supervisory positions, as well as the role and responsibilities of middle management. The situational aspect of each job level is geared towards two different types of organizations: a focus on sales and a focus on administrative management. Contact us for more information.

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