Along with the term IQ (intelligence quotient), another term that reflects the emotional state of the candidate - EQ (emotional intelligence) has firmly entered our everyday life.
EQ is essentially a person’s ability to recognize emotions, understand other people’s intentions, their motivation and desire. The most important thing is understanding your own emotions and the ability to control them. This is much more difficult than learning to solve puzzles and guess sequences.
Progressive employers understand that the presence of ordinary intelligence does not guarantee success in implementing large projects, so they also try to find employees with developed EQ.
What recruiters pay attention to in a resume or during an interview:
Sincerity
I want to warn you right away: do not confuse this with spontaneity! This means being authentic, both on your resume and in the interview.
If you embellish or imitate somewhere, this will become clear during the interview, because Most likely you will have to go through it with several people, and they will then share their impressions and exchange opinions. In our age of imitations, there is a very high demand for the real and sincere. It's corny, but be yourself
Team Thinking
The time has come when lone heroes begin to lose to well-established teams. It is not clear what was the driver of these changes - globalization or the development of technology, or both? Perhaps technology animation has also had a significant impact.
How often do you mention the word WE in your resume or during an interview? Usually I come across candidates who say I or THEY, but excuse me, where is the team? If you are a manager and implemented a project, did you do it yourself? - then you are an excellent performer and not a team player, and if you had resources, but you did not use them, then this is direct damage to the company.
It is important for recruiters to understand how well you can work with other people in the age of social media. And it seems that lately this has become the only reason for hiring or refusing a job.
Stories and cases
Tell stories from your work and personal experience, how you worked in a team, what difficulties you faced and how you overcame them. Learn to notice the strengths and help of other people and your shortcomings, demonstrate a positive attitude towards change. Tell us how you responded to the feedback and how it helped you solve the problem.
Remember, it is not so important to the employer how you worked in the past or how you work now - it’s important to him how will you work in the future, in his company. And for this, he needs to understand the set of your attitudes and methods that you use when solving problems and understand how much he shares them.
The EQ of a fractal employee is well developed, but becoming one very difficult. Do you often talk about the team in your resume?