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Why Emotional Intelligence Is Important When Hiring Top Talent

Social Talent

People with a high IQ would be deemed intelligent is someone’s IQ the main component when looking at someone’s intelligence – especially in recruitment. Emotional intelligence (EQ) is equally as important in recruitment. As a recruiter, it’s important to be able to gauge a candidate’s EQ.

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Forget Interview Questions: 4 Fresh Tactics to Screen Candidates for Emotional Intelligence

Linkedin Talent Blog

Emotional intelligence (EQ) is a hot topic right now. So hot that it caused a lot of controversy on ABC’s The Bachelor, where one contestant told another that she “lacked the emotional intelligence” to be with this season’s bachelor. And, emotional intelligence falls into that category.

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4 Ways to Boost Your Emotional Intelligence (EQ)—and Become a Better Recruiter

Linkedin Talent Blog

Emotional intelligence (EQ) —the ability to identify and manage your own emotions and the emotions of others—is predicted to be one of the most in-demand workplace skills by 2020. With EQ becoming so important in the workplace, you can apply your enhanced emotional awareness to better identify it in candidates.

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Building Strong, Consistent Leadership at Scale

Brandon Hall

Our research shows that 55% of organizations believe that developing business and management competencies are more important for leaders than what are often referred to as “soft” leadership skills, such as emotional intelligence, coaching and mentoring. But the tide is turning.

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6 Recruiting Lessons From Horror Movies That Are Scarily Good

Linkedin Talent Blog

While some aspects of recruiting have been handled online for years, until recently, most recruiters and hiring managers were used to interviewing candidates in person. Conducting virtual interviews requires a somewhat different skill set, but the fundamentals — like providing a meaningful candidate experience — remain the same.

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How To Manage An Emotional Job Market In 2020

Hiretual

Coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is going to be huge change in the job market in 2020 – including a lot of redundancies. This is going to create an emotional market. Interested in hearing more from Marc about managing an emotional market? Having more insight will set both sides up for future success.

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Bachelor’s Degree in Staffing: A Look Into the Future

Staffing Talk

Picture it: recruitment surfaces in the University degree scene in the year 2020. Instead of a written final, we will conduct an interview simulation wherein you must translate and respond to these signals in real time. An interview is much like a battle. But what if the seed were planted even earlier?