Soft Skills

Resource Guide

Soft Skills

If you haven't heard of soft skills before, you're in for a life-changing lesson! They're critical to getting a head start at work, and you can use them to improve your career prospects, job offers, or even to earn a bigger salary.

 Collaboration

Soft skills in this category include:

  • Teamwork – working productively with peers and coworkers
  • Personality – encouraging others with a positive attitude
  • Social skills – handling yourself well in all types of business situations
  • Conflict resolution – de-escalating disagreements between others

Communication and interpersonal skills

Soft skills in this category include:

  • Speaking – delivering impactful speeches in small or large groups
  • Listening – understanding and empathizing with others' points-of-view
  • Selling – presenting compelling reasons for taking all kinds of action (not just buying!)
  • Persuading – convincing someone to adopt a new viewpoint

Problem-solving

Soft skills in this category include:

  • Creativity – imagining new approaches to a problem
  • Critical thinking – developing and using a systematized method to handle tasks
  • Analysis – interpreting deeper meaning from surface-level data
  • Innovation – developing new and original products, services and systems

  Time management
 
Soft skills in this category include:

  • Punctuality and reliability – showing up on time, every time
  • Organization – developing and maintaining a logical system for storing items
  • Planning – arranging steps to meet long-term goals
  • Productivity – managing energy and attention to accomplish more

Leadership

Soft skills in this category include:

  • Trustworthiness – being truthful and following through with promises
  • Motivation – inspiring others to reach their potential
  • Commitment – dedicating yourself to stick with a project
  • Goal-setting – developing ambitious, but achievable, long-term goals

Ms. H
Hawkins Career Life Development  
GV: 501 291 0171
Fax: 844 774 8618 
 (Previous, 14-year, TANF Literacy Initiative Instructor at the Literacy Council of Leflore County in Poteau, OK servicing the OKDHS TANF participants.)


 
Powered by Webnode
Create your website for free! This website was made with Webnode. Create your own for free today! Get started