. Emotional intelligence has been argued as a strong determinant of job-related success. Empirical research has also provided supporting evidence. Extending previous research, this study focuses on the process how companies adopting emotional intelligence into their recruitment and selection system. This study aimsto understand (1) perceived importance of emotional intelligence according to recruitment and selection people, (2) reasons companies include emotional intelligence into recruitment criteria, and (3) types of selection instrument used to measure emotional intelligence in the recruitment and selection of fresh gradutes. This is a qualitative research, mainlybased on interviews with eight participant of 21st SWCU Job Fair. This study shows that emotional intelligence has been considered important and implemented in the recruitment and selection process of fresh graduates
