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How to Look for Emotional Intelligence in a Video Interview

Spark Hire

When looking for the best candidate for an open position, do you focus on hard skills, or soft skills and cultural fit ? Although skills and experience are still important in recruiting, hiring professionals are giving cultural fit an increasing amount of weight when selecting candidates. What is emotional intelligence?

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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. Are they frustrated?

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Why You Need to Say “Bye-bye” to These 5 Recruiting Concepts

Linkedin Talent Blog

The term “culture fit”—it can get in the way of diversity, mask implicit bias, and result in a bunch of hires who are exactly like you. One of the most overused terms in recruiting is “culture fit.” That's why companies like Pandora are ditching “culture fit” in favor of “culture add.”

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Emerging Markets, Emerging Issues: Talent Mobility and Global Recruiting.

Recruiting Daily

It’s not easy picking up and moving to a foreign country, and assimilating into these often unfamiliar markets, adjusting to a unique local culture while leading a homogenous corporate culture, can be among the most difficult assignments in any professional’s career.

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HR Organization Structure & Chart (Examples + Types)

Recruiting Blogs

However, after the company received wide criticisms for slow response times while addressing safety issues, it reorganized the structure in 2013. . Helps employees understand the company culture. A good HR department will know how to find, interview and hire qualified employees who are a good fit for your company's culture.

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Staffing News of the Day, December 9, 2013

Staffing Talk

Robert Half’s survey of the strangest Secret Santa gifts , along with guidelines for culture, creativity, & cost [Dallas News]. Hedge funds bring in psychoanalysts to predict behavior & emotional intelligence for recruitment of managers [E Financial News].