SoundviewPro Publishes Video Course on Emotional Intelligence with Jen Shirkani

PHILADELPHIA - June 4, 2014 - PRLog -- Make Smarter Hiring Decisions and Find Employees that Fit

When faced with a hiring decision, many leaders focus their search on a candidate’s technical skills. As learning and development specialist Jen Shirkani reveals in this course, technical competence has very little to do with why new hires fail to perform. In this course, you will learn the vital skills of strategic interviewing for emotional intelligence (EQ).

Shirkani, who has administered more than 1,000 EQ assessments, starts the course by explaining why interviewing for EQ is a must-have component of today’s talent acquisition practices. The second class begins with an examination of the link between professional skills and successful hiring practices.

The third class is devoted to four of the EQ skills that can prove challenging to spot in a potential candidate. Shirkani not only provides insight into the nature of each skill and why it’s important, she also provides valuable sample questions that you can ask prospective candidates to determine their strength in each skill. The final class wraps up the last pair of the eight EQ skills. Finally, Shirkani helps you conquer one of the toughest challenges in today’s hiring market: obtaining accurate reference checks. Learn more at https://www.soundviewpro.com/online-courses/_/strategic-interviewing-for-emotional-intelligence.

What You’ll Learn

•How to use the 3x2 Job Analysis Grid.

•What distinguishes behavior-based interviewing from traditional interviewing.

•The Three R’s of Emotional Intelligence.

•The eight vital EQ skills to look for in behavior-based interviewing and questions to discover them.

•Strategies to accurately check a candidate’s references.

Jen Shirkani is the founder and CEO of Penumbra Group, a talent management solutions company, providing leadership development, hiring selection consulting, training and performance coaching with a focus on Emotional Intelligence. Shirkani has more than 20 years’ experience as a learning and development specialist, executive coach and sought-after speaker. She is certified to deliver the MHS Emotional Intelligence assessment (EQi) and the Hay Group Emotional Competence Inventories (ECI/ESCI). She has administered more than 1,000 Emotional Intelligence assessments to employees across the United States. She is the author of Ego vs. EQ: How Top Leaders Beat 8 Ego Traps with Emotional Intelligence.

About SoundviewPro

SoundviewPro is a fast-growing library of self-paced video training courses focused around the business and technical skills necessary to succeed in the business world today. Every course is free of charge and consists of a group of classes broken up into sections. Every section contains a short video which allows for easy display on mobile devices and tablets. Each instructor is an expert in their field and Soundview brings that expertise to bear in these concise, skill-based courses. Visit http://www.soundviewpro.com for more information about SoundviewPro.