Employees with a high adaptability quotient (AQ) represent an enormous competitive advantage for companies. We show you how you can score points in your application.
Especially in uncertain times such as the corona pandemic *, companies depend on the adaptability of their employees.
While presence in the office was previously mandatory, employees now have to communicate with their superiors, colleagues and customers via video calls and chats.
What is true today can be completely different tomorrow.
This is why the adaptability quotient is currently on the rise.
What is the Adaptability Quotient (AQ)?
The
adaptability quotient (AQ)
expresses
how well employees can adapt to changes
- both large and small changes.
It is about much more than being able to “adapt” to the existing company and its rules.
People with a high AQ
are curious and explore the world around them with open eyes,
can empathize with other people,
adapt quickly to difficult situations and find creative ways out,
not only see problems, but also think of the solutions,
are able to quickly realign their thinking and acting under changed conditions,
stay calm even when the situation changes again and again, even unexpectedly.
Those with a high AQ
also integrate more easily
into an existing team and get along better with superiors and colleagues, which is loud
of the personnel service provider
Robert Half can be
a decisive success factor.
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Adaptability Quotient: An important success factor for companies and startups
A study by the personnel service provider
Robert Half
in Belgium
shows the
role the AQ is
playing for employers
in the
corona pandemic
.
87% of the managers surveyed there stated that the Adaptability Quotient (AQ) of their employees is particularly important to them in times of major change.
But even outside the pandemic, the AQ of employees can be a
decisive competitive advantage
for companies, especially young startups.
"As customer requirements, market trends and technologies continue to change, startups and small and medium-sized companies can only keep up if they are able to adapt to changes," writes Forbes magazine.
Even the space agency NASA cites the adaptability quotient as a setting criterion.
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How do I score points in the application with my adaptability quotient?
If you want to score points with your employer of choice with your adaptability quotient, you should include the corresponding skills, which go hand in hand with a high AQ, in your application letter.
These include, according to
Robert Half
as
flexibility, creativity, resilience, resistance to stress and a quick mind.
Was there a challenging situation in your previous job that you were able to solve with a creative idea?
Or have you integrated a new technology into your daily work?
Then let your future boss know too.
You can also
prove your adaptability in the job
with
further training and courses
.
During the interview, too, it is quite possible that your interview partner will find out about your adaptability.
For example with the application question:
what if this or that happened?
How do you react?
Anyone who shows creative solutions here and maybe even has a
plan B
ready will prove their agile thinking.
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Source: Robert Half, Forbes
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