Traditionally many companies focus their assessent criteria on hard skills when recruiting (e.g. technical expertise, industry knowledge, education). However the key critical success factor of Emotional Intelligence has not been directly measured.

Emotional Intelligence is about how individuals manage both themselves and others. It is about understanding and gaining an accurate insight into an individual's motivation to succeed. This includes how to make decisions, why people behave the way they do and how to maximise one's performance.

Being able to recruit and select for Business Emotional Intelligence ensures orgnisations are focusing on the 'real' human factors that determine success (Resilience to pressure, controlling critical emotions, motivation to succeed, decision making, understanding others etc). This is the key to human capital management.

Now forward-looking consultants and organisations worldwide are assessing Business Emotional Intelligence using the EBW Psychometric System to select better leaders and more productive teams.

Why is assessing Business Emotional Intelligence important in selection?

Business Emotional Intelligence is about candidates' ability to know how to manage themselves and others to maximise their success.

Research shows, "clarity" in thinking and "composure" in stressful or chaotic situations, is what separates top performers from weak performers in the workplace.

Using the EBW Psychometric System, recruiters and managers can predict successful candidates by:

• Benchmarking candidates against their peers
• Evaluating their motivation to succeed and their resilience to pressure
• Assessing their leadership ability, their way of relating to others and making decisions
• Examining their adaptability and team-working style
• Understanding how they manage emotions & behaviours that predict success (Business Emotional Intelligence)

Benefits for Recruiters/Managers

• Provides accurate candidate insights that can't be accurately assessed through an interview (e.g. stress resilience, adaptability, motivation to succeed, ...)
• Candidates' assessment results are compared against their peers (Directors, IT Graduates etc), allowing comparisons against success
• Each EBW Selection Report generates focused questions which enables smarter use of time for busy managers/recruiters
• The EBW is uniquely business-friendly making it easy to use, with obvious links to business and job objectives

Benefits for Organisations

• Reduces the risk of making a poor selection decision or accusation of unfair discrimination.
• Standardises the approach to the recruitment and selection making it efficient way to recruit new employees
• Saves screening costs and management time.
• Flexible system ensures it will fit all organisation's recruitment needs.
• Reports can be generated from EBW portfolio or designed for individual organisations or market sectors.