The secret to a high salary? Emotional intelligence

People with better social skills tend to out-earn their colleagues, but what can you do to build your emotional IQ?While IQ remains avery strong predictor of career success, our research suggests that people with high emotional intelligence are more likely to have higher wages.The study, published in theJournal of Vocational Behaviour in August 2017, tested US university students for emotional intelligence, or EI, during their studies – and then looked at their career trajectory over the course of 10 years. The results showed us that students who scored highly for EI went on to have better salaries across all industries than their less emotionally intelligent peers.Continue reading...
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