Emotional Intelligence Program

	Swinburne's Emotional Intelligence Program
	What is Emotional Intelligence?
	Why is Emotional Intelligence so Important?

Swinburne's Emotional Intelligence Program
Swinburne has developed an innovative program of workshops designed to enhance students’ Emotional Intelligence and equip you with the skills and assets that are core to both academic and career success.

The Emotional Intelligence Program focuses on developing and enhancing personal management skills—those skills and qualities one needs in order to be mentally and emotionally prepared for employment.

Register for this free program to receive a personalised assessment and feedback from a qualified professional on your personal Emotional Intelligence profile. A series of four workshops designed to enhance the areas that contribute to overall Emotional Intelligence will be offered following your assessment.

Register here.

What is Emotional Intelligence?
Emotional Intelligence is a highly valued asset both in academic studies and career prospects. It is the combination of your skills and abilities that enable you to accurately know your personal strengths and weaknesses, establish and maintain effective and healthy relationships, get along and work productively with others, and deal effectively and healthily with the demands and pressures of daily living.

Why is Emotional Intelligence so Important?

Having academic intelligence gets you hired, lacking emotional intelligence gets you fired

Despite Australia’s flourishing economy and relatively low unemployment rates, some graduates continue to have difficulty obtaining or maintaining employment.  According to researchers, one of the primary reasons is that they lack Emotional Intelligence.  Emotional Intelligence includes non-technical skills, abilities, and traits required to function in a specific employment environment.  Emotional Intelligence is necessary to work effectively as a member of a team, to learn or acquire the technical skills necessary to perform a task, to inspire the confidence of supervisors and management, and to understand and adapt to the cultural norms of the workplace. Emotional Intelligence is regarded as an essential element that distinguishes between graduates who get employed and those who miss out.

Studies reveal that a majority of entry-level jobs require these types of social and interpersonal skills, with many employers ranking aspects of Emotional Intelligence among their most important hiring criteria.  National inventories consistently find that employers list skills in communication, interpersonal relationships, and problem-solving along with personal qualities such as self-esteem and motivation as critical for workforce productivity.

Just having a good academic record is not necessarily going to get you the job. So get the edge on your fellow students and register now!