FIVE ESSENTIAL SOFT SKILLS FOR CAREER GROWTH

 


Soft skills cannot be measured but can be proved. Soft skills are so important because they are the keys to building relationships, gaining reputation, and creating more opportunities for you to develop your relationship.

The five soft skills are:

1. Communication

Why do we need to communicate effectively?

Both written and verbal communication skills are very important in the work place because:

(a) It helps you create a positive image

(b) They improve your chances of building relationship with your coworker

(c) It boost performance

2. Team work

success is the result of many people working together towards a common goal. So therefore when employers wants to hire employees, they really look for the skill of team work. The reason for this is, because good team work spirit improves the culture and environment at a work place.

What are the ways to gain the skill?

1. Lend a helping hand

2. Offering to cover for someone

3. Take responsibility for your actions

3. Adaptability

Adaptability means the ability to adapt. Be flexible to adapt to different situations.

Why do you need to be flexible?

It's because things don't go as planned. when you plan something, it doesn't always work. So the better thing is, instead of grumbling and complaining about how things are not turning up as you wanted, the best thing is to find alternate solutions.

Why do employers look for this skill? It's because the speed of change in any organization is so fast that employees need to adapt to the changes in the organization. The way to gain the skill is to:

- Push yourself to become more flexible.

4. Problem solving

The reason this skill in needed is because when something goes wrong you can either complain about it or take action. and of course it's taking action that will get you noticed. So knowing how to think on your feet which means to think of quick solutions it to make decisions faster. The best way to gain this skill is to always approach your boss with solutions not a problem.

5. Critical thinking

Critical thinking is essential to bring new ideas to the work place. Critical thinking means to think about the positive and the negatives of every idea.

How to develop your critical thinking skills

- Learning: you could watch news, read newspaper and so on.

- Discuss problems with others cos when you do so you are able to brainstorm ideas and it will help your critical thinking processes.

Source: Skillopedia 

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