Blog tagged as Soft Skills

After our economy begins to rebound, hiring will be a high priority. Employers should avoid the common mistake of focusing on hard skills—experience, expertise, degrees, certifications, etc.—at the expense of soft skills.

In the COVID 19 work environment, businesses will need to help their workforce learn and grow with the soft skills needed to excel.

CNBC article says training for this workplace skill is up nearly 4,000% in 2020 read more!

More than 80 percent of stakeholders emphasized the importance of employability skills.

Pew Research points out need for soft skills.

The World Economic Forum launched its Global Talent Trends Report earlier this year, which showed that HR professionals have identified the demand for soft skills as the most important trend globally.

Bob Graham the host of Serious Soft Skills Podcast offers insights into soft skills in todays world of workforce.

A degree is important to anyone seeking a career, but the degree alone is not enough. Experts say soft skills – the sorts of things that are not normally learned in a classroom – matter. A lot.

What do employers look for in new employees? According to business leaders, while the three "R's" (reading, writing, and arithmetic) are still fundamental to every employee's ability to do the job, employers view "soft" skills as even more important to work readiness. These skill...

According to Indeed, soft skills are important for collaboration and problem solving. Per LinkedIn, creativity, persuasion, adaptability are among the top five most important soft skills that employers are looking for in potential candidates. Click on the link below to read the full...

The Urban League of Chattanooga is now offering a free virtual WIN soft skills training course to those who have lost their jobs due to the pandemic.  The online course lasts for 5 days and is free of charge. Click on the link below to watch a local news story about the program. 

Insight on the importance of soft skills from Simon Sinek

Soft skills are the essential interpersonal skills that make or break our ability to get things done in our current jobs and take on new opportunities ahead.

Topping this year’s list are creativity, collaboration, persuasion, and emotional intelligence—all skills that demonstrate how we work with oth...

Soft skills are essential for everyone irrespective of rank, position, and gender. They are essential, especially for women to excel as leaders and C-level executives. There is a myth that soft skills are closely connected with gender. The truth is that soft skills are not gender-related.

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For more than a decade, economists, business leaders, and progressive writers and thinkers have waged a wonky war over the so-called skills gap—specifically, whether such a gap exists at all. Read more in the Washington Monthly story we link to in our blog post.