We all know it’s important to be smart.
But being smart doesn’t have to mean a super high IQ, of course, it can mean being a normal human with a lot of knowledge about your particular area of expertise.
Having a high IQ can be very helpful to a successful career, but it might not be the most helpful thing. Enter: EQ.
A good EQ might actually be even better for your career trajectory. Here’s why.
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And that’s why an ever increasing reliance on behavioural assessments before technical screening. Increasingly more and more organizations have started to understand that it’s EQ which is a greater determinant of “success” because of complex human dynamics at today’s workplace (millenials, et al)
Contrariwise, those same assessments make it essentially impossible for people with Pervasive Developmental Disorders like Aspergers syndrome to even get to the interview stage, much less get the job.
Imagine what it is like to be told that you can’t even work for WalMart because you “failed” a behavioral assessment…