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Soft Skills Jump to: navigation, search Soft skills is a sociological term relating to a person's "EQ" (Emotional Intelligence Quotient), the cluster of personality traits, social graces, communication, language, personal habits, friendliness, and optimism that characterize relationships with other people.[1] Soft skills complement hard skills (part of a person's IQ), which are the occupational requirements of a job and many other activities. A person's soft skill EQ is an important part of their individual contribution to the success of an organization. Particularly those organizations dealing with customers face-to-face are generally more successful if they train their staff to use these skills. Screening or training for personal habits or traits such as dependability and conscientiousness can yield significant return on investment for an organization.[2] For this reason, soft skills are increasingly sought out by employers in addition to standard qualifications. It has been suggested that in a number of professions soft skills may be more important over the long term than occupational skills. The legal profession is one example where the ability to deal with people effectively and politely, more than their mere occupational skills, can determine the professional success of a lawyer.[3]

Examples of soft skills •

Participate in a team (see team building)



Lead a team (see leadership)



Unite a team amidst cultural differences



Teach others



Provide services



Negotiate



Motivate others



Make decisions



Solve problems



Observe forms of etiquette



Interact with others



Maintain meaningless conversation (small talk)



Maintain meaningful conversation (discussion/debate)



Defuse arguments with timing, instructions and polite, concise language



Feign interest and speak intelligently about any topic

See also •

Basic Interpersonal Communicative Skills



Interpersonal skills



People skills



Social skill

References 1. ^ Career Opportunities News, 2002 2. ^ See George Paajanen, EI Reports, Technology Based Solutions/Personnel Decisions,

Inc.([1]), 1992. 3. ^ See Giuseppe Giusti, Soft Skills for Lawyers, Chelsea Publishing ([2]), 2008. •

Career Opportunities News, Career Opportunities News, 2002



Paajanen, George (1992), Employment Inventory Reports, Technology Based Solutions/Personnel Decisions, Inc., http://www.asktbs.com/ei/EI_ReportNewsletter.pdf



Giusti, Giuseppe (2008), Soft Skills for Lawyers, Chelsea Publishing ([3]), ISBN 9780955892608



U.S. Department of Labor - Employment & Training Administration



Carnegie, Dale (1998), How to Win Friends & Influence People, Pocket, ISBN 9780671027032 Wikiversity has learning materials about Soft skills

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_skills" Categories: Sociology

Soft skills From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jump to: navigation, search Soft skills is a sociological term relating to a person's "EQ" (Emotional Intelligence Quotient), the cluster of personality traits, social graces, communication, language, personal habits, friendliness, and optimism that characterize relationships with other people.[1] Soft skills complement hard skills (part of a person's IQ), which are the occupational requirements of a job and many other activities. A person's soft skill EQ is an important part of their individual contribution to the success of an organization. Particularly those organizations dealing with customers face-to-face are generally more successful if they train their staff to use these skills. Screening or training for personal habits or traits such as dependability and conscientiousness can yield significant return on investment for an organization.[2] For this reason, soft skills are increasingly sought out by employers in addition to standard qualifications. It has been suggested that in a number of professions soft skills may be more important over the long term than occupational skills. The legal profession is one example where the ability to deal with people effectively and politely, more than their mere occupational skills, can determine the professional success of a lawyer.[3]

Examples of soft skills •

Participate in a team (see team building)



Lead a team (see leadership)



Unite a team amidst cultural differences



Teach others



Provide services



Negotiate



Motivate others



Make decisions



Solve problems



Observe forms of etiquette



Interact with others



Maintain meaningless conversation (small talk)



Maintain meaningful conversation (discussion/debate)



Defuse arguments with timing, instructions and polite, concise language



Feign interest and speak intelligently about any topic

See also •

Basic Interpersonal Communicative Skills



Interpersonal skills



People skills



Social skill

References 1. Career Opportunities News, 2002 2. See George Paajanen, EI Reports, Technology Based Solutions/Personnel Decisions, Inc.

([1]), 1992. 3. See Giuseppe Giusti, Soft Skills for Lawyers, Chelsea Publishing ([2]), 2008. •

Career Opportunities News, Career Opportunities News, 2002



Paajanen, George (1992), Employment Inventory Reports, Technology Based Solutions/Personnel Decisions, Inc., http://www.asktbs.com/ei/EI_ReportNewsletter.pdf



Giusti, Giuseppe (2008), Soft Skills for Lawyers, Chelsea Publishing ([3]), ISBN 9780955892608



U.S. Department of Labor - Employment & Training Administration



Carnegie, Dale (1998), How to Win Friends & Influence People, Pocket, ISBN 9780671027032 Wikiversity has learning materials about Soft skills

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_skills" Categories: Sociology

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