1.7 SOFT SKILLS

Soft skills relate to how we work. Soft skills are a combination of many skills like social skills, communication skills, character or personality, attitudes, social intelligence and emotional intelligence. Also, we can say soft skills include interpersonal skills, communication skills, listening skills, time management skill and so on.

Soft skills are one of the major characteristics of a person and are always in great demand in the workplace. Organizations normally look for job candidates with soft skills, as they make it more successful in the marketplace. Someone can be excellent with technical, job-specific skills, but if they cannot manage their time or work within a team, they may not be successful in the workplace. Soft skills are also important to the success of most employers. After all, nearly every job requires employees to engage with others in some way. This makes candidates with soft skills to be very adaptable employees.

Soft skills are particularly crucial in customer-based jobs. These employees are in direct contact with customers. It takes several soft skills to be able to listen to a customer and provide that customer with helpful and polite service. Soft skills characterize how a person interacts in his or her relationships with others. Finally, we can say soft skills of any person include the following characteristics: Adaptability, Communication, Creative thinking, Dependability, Work ethic, Teamwork, Positivity, Time management and many more.

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