Emotional Intelligence

Emotional intelligence (EI) is describes as the ability, capacity, skill or, in the case of the trait EI model, a self-perceived grand ability to identify, assess, manage and control the emotions of one's self, of others, and of groups.

After reading both articles on Emotional intelligence, it tells me that employers these days would prefer employees with high EQ as it is mentioned, “Employers are looking for better-rounded workers these days” Because a person with high Emotional intelligence possess a number of key quality skills such as self-awareness, impulse control, including how they manage stress on the job which is one of the key point that employer look into when hiring because a person’s well-being portrayed by them can indirectly affects company’s reputation. Also, taking initiative, and whether you can be counted on to report to work on time, meeting expectations and the ability to motivate and lead others.

As these days, characteristic that employers are looking for when hiring are no longer focusing on certificates or level of education. Communications plays a big part of role in the business world, because it involves a lot of convincing and making other party to rely on you. Which is therefore, a person with high Emotional intelligence would usually converse better and they usually know how to manipulate around with the situations. Besides that, good communicators are needed when teamwork is necessary to get projects completed on time.

Also, the ability to understand and acknowledge another person's point of view is significantly needed in today’s business world as it is mentioned in the article, “If you are an employer looking to hire for a leadership position, you want to know whether they can put themselves in someone else's shoe” A person with high Emotional intelligence usually think about other’s people feelings first before they do or say anything which is why it is needed in today’s working world because it can steer clear of any unnecessary arguments or misunderstandings.

In a nutshell, Emotional intelligence is also equally important as having knowledge because it is skill that we would use in not just in a business world and also our daily lives too. It helps us to get to the bottom of problems more resourcefully.

ShuMei