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EMOTIONAL EMPLOYMENT. Alternative skills and resources for job searching

Funder: European CommissionProject code: 2018-1-UK01-KA204-048081
Funded under: ERASMUS+ | Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices | Strategic Partnerships for adult education Funder Contribution: 274,487 EUR

EMOTIONAL EMPLOYMENT. Alternative skills and resources for job searching

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The world is changing, the way we work is changing and also the way we search for a new job is changing. Strategies, tools and skills required, used and needed have suffered a massive evolution in last years, especially in this period of economic crisis. This fact is remarkable in sectors such as first job searchers, long-term unemployed or lowed skills adults looking for a reinsertion in the labor market. Here is important to notice that old strategies and skills are giving place to new ones, in a context where even the concept of intelligence or competence (the capacity, knowledge or ability we acquire to solve a problem) has changed. And obviously, this has affected the working world, independently of the field we are referring to. Job searchers and counselors are obliged to develop new skills and strategies for a new market. Here there is the place for Emotional Intelligence (EI) and extra weapon to keep and increase the levels of employability in a new economic and social scenario. Recent research has shown that, at the executive and professional level, emotional intelligence (EI) or “EQ” (Emotional Quotient, as it is often called) is a better predictor of success than “IQ”. The emotionally intelligent person exhibits such competencies as accurate self-assessment, self-control, empathy, influence. The ability to accurately assess and develop these competencies will set organizations apart. This is a key factor for job searchers, especially first job searchers, long-term unemployed or lowed skills adults looking for a reinsertion in the labor market. Management of EI skills will not be important only for their success in job searching, but also will endow them with a huge amount of abilities to make it more stable, reinforcing their employability in a future. The project consortium was composed of 6 organisations from 5 different EU countries (UK, IRL, ES, RO and PT) and shows cooperation between new and old European Member States. A comprehensive partnership was established, consisting of a solid group of training companies with long experience in the application of Emotional Intelligence in their programs and a high demand of this kind of formation. The promoter MEH, plus DEFOIN, CPIP, APROXIMAR and I&F have long experience in EU projects, and this will be the first opportunity for DIAMOND BUILDING, though their staff is widely competent in this field. OBJECTIVES:- To improve skills and key competences of job advisors and job seekers, through the development of tools to enhance Emotional Intelligence. -:To highlight the importance of Emotional Intelligence and social skills (creativity, empathy, cognitive flexibility, teamwork...) in the new economic environment and globalised world. TARGET GROUOPS: 1) job advisors and career guides, 2) job seekers, freelances and self-employees,3) Relevant stakeholders: companies and organizations active in the field of training and advisory services.RESULTSThe project set new tools and methodologies to support career guiders and job seekers in enhancing their efficiency. To achieve the objectives of the project two Intellectual Outputs were developed, tested and multiplied:1. ‘COUNSELORS IN EMOTIONS’ (O1) is a training system for job counsellors in order to give a better service to job seekers 2. 'RIGHT EMOTIONS, RIGHT JOBS (RERJ)’ (O2), with a training system for job searchers on the emotional skills needed to self-manage in the searching process in order to keep an operative emotional state. The online system will also feature a platform for interactions between learners, trainers, mentors and mentees, and other stakeholders.All outputs produced will be freely accessible for the public within and beyond the project’s lifetime. The consortium used the outcomes of the project, exploiting them with different targets, in further initiatives of the same topic, disseminating them through all its channels and applying them in its internal working dynamics.

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