Testing EQ Before Hiring Talent

‘In the next few years, the Indian staffing market is said to evolve into world’s largest’. If this is true, why do we often hear recruiters complaining of being unable to find the ‘right fit’? Because no professional degree or academic qualification will prepare you to handle a real-time crisis. When pushed off a cliff (read as made to handle a prime client in the first month of joining) or placed amidst a tricky situation, we are left with no theory to implement and prove.

Workplace Revolution 2020 According to a recent World Economic Forum report, EQ aka ‘Emotional Quotient’ has been predicted as one of the top ten skills for employees by 2020. Not the kind of EQ that can be gauged through a Myers-Briggs psychometric test, but the experiential-based learning that will keep them afloat when the going gets tough.

As an employer, we often lay a lot of emphasis on soft skills. Why? Because a people’s person will be attuned with empathy and more prone toward making emotionally sound decisions as a future emerging leader. In fact, nurturing our emotional intelligence becomes even more crucial for managers as today’s world of uncertainty and changing work dynamics require individuals who can be rational even during the most difficult times.