Feature spotlight - soft skills in business development
NWRC
Category: Career Readiness
Building on our series on soft skills needed in different industry sectors, this blog highlights soft skills needed for a career in sales and business development. Click here for the full blog post.
Feature spotlight on soft skills in agriculture
NWRC
Category: Career Readiness
We're not along in our efforts to promote soft skills training. Find out why leaders in the ag industry agree.
NWRC to sponsor National Summit on Education
Dr. Tommy Thompson talks about soft skills
NWRC provides skills training in partnership with Tennessee Department of Education
NWRC celebrates September as workforce development month
Manpower's Experis publishes report on the importance of soft skills
Free Soft Skills training available for Tennessee Schools
NWRC
Date: 3/31/2022
Category: Career Readiness
Learn more about the NWRC's partnership with The Tennessee Department of Education to offer free soft skills training.
What do extra points have in common with soft skills?
NWRC
Date: 3/3/2022
Category: Career Readiness
Find out how founder Podium X Rich Thompson emphasizes soft skills on this new social media platform by reading this recent article from the tech news website Wisconsin Inno.
Learn more about the NWRC Work Ready Reading tool
NWRC
Date: 2/18/2022
Category: Career Readiness
The NWRCWork Ready Reading program builds reading comprehension and reasoning skills to prepare learners to utilize documents in the workplace.
Soft Skills training focused on Communicating Effectively, Conveying Professionalism, Promoting Teamwork and Collaboration, and Thinking Critically and Solving Problems.
NWRC
Date: 2/14/2022
Category: Career Readiness
Soft skills can be taught and provide a trackable return on investment. Since 2003, the National Work Readiness Council has offered
soft skills training that have helped grow businesses just like yours. Click below to learn more.
The NWRC Work Ready Math Assessment measures ability to use mathematical reasoning skills to solve real-life workplace problems.
NWRC
Date: 2/1/2022
Category: Career Readiness
The National Work Readiness Council is excited to announce our expand our presence in Tennessee as part of the Tennessee Work Ready Opportunity Program. Formed in 2006 by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, The National Work Readiness Council is one of the nation’s leading nonprofit workforce development, training, and advocacy organizations.
Press Release: National Work Readiness Council to Partner with the State of Tennessee to Certify Students as Career Ready
NWRC
Date: 1/26/2022
Category: Career Readiness
The Tennessee Department of Education has issued an intent to award the National Work Readiness Council (Council) the opportunity to collaborate with local school districts and public charter schools to certify that Tennessee students are career ready.
Executives Say Investment in Soft Skills Needed
NWRC
Date: 1/11/2022
Category: Soft Skills
Moonshot news recently shared an article with comments from Caitlin Duffy, research director at research and marketing firm Gartner, calling for investment in soft skills training.
A Word from Joe Mizereck, Interim President and Executive Director
NWRC
Date: 12/13/2021
Category: Career Readiness
Today more than ever, skills matter. The question is: which skills? The answer isn’t soft skills, nor is it hard skills. Unquestionably, employers are seeking new hires who possess both sets of skills and are ready to hit the ground running.
Forbes Contributor Jason Cassidy Shares Insights
NWRC
Date: 12/4/2021
Category: Soft Skills
Forbes contributor Jason Cassidy's article titled "Why do we still call them Soft Skills?" offers unique insight into his thoughts about the importance of promoting these types of skills.
Reframing Soft Skills as Power Skills
NWRC
Date: 12/2/2021
Category: Soft Skills
At the NWRC, we often talk about the skills of the future, which aren’t technical, they are behavioral. While technical skills will remain, it’s the soft skills or power skills that take effort. Within the lens of power skills, leadership development is a clear priority for every organization.
Tackling the Trucking Talent Gap at Full Speed
NWRC
Date: 12/1/2021
Category: Soft Skills
The nationwide truck driver shortage has ballooned to more than 80,000 and is predicted to continue to grow unless we can train more drivers.
The National Association of Colleges and Employers Highlights Career Competencies
Date: 11/22/2021
Category: Career Readiness
The National Association of Colleges and Employers recently published a list of the eight most important career readiness competencies in their recent paper, Competencies for a Career-Ready Workforce. Click below to read the full paper.
Florida Chamber CEO Promotes Soft Skills
Date: 10/27/2021
Category: Soft Skills
In a recent guest opinion for the Orlando Sentinel Mark Wilson reiterated many of the things about the value of soft skills that we've been saying at the NWRC.
Soft Skills in the Workplace
NWRC
Date: 10/24/2021
Category: Soft Skills
Longtime Leadership Contributor for Forbes, writer Amy Blaschka talks about soft skills that enable someone to interact effectively and harmoniously with other people.
Work Punctuates Soft Skills
NWRC
Date: 9/29/2021
Category: Soft Skills
The following article talks about the importance of soft skills and how best for organizations to focus on developing soft skills. "Leaders and employees will need a lot of time to build soft skills. Training, ongoing conversations, active listening and effective communication all take time." Read more in the link below that takes you directly to the article.
Opportunities for Ex-convicts in Today’s Workplace
Opportunities for Ex-convicts in Today’s Workplace
NWRC
Date: 9/24/2021
Category: Workforce Development
"Even if the labor market soon gets more competitive, ex-offender job applicants may see brighter employment prospects thanks to momentum around clean slate laws, which automatically expunge or seal eligible arrest and conviction records."
Why Soft Skills Are More Important Than Ever Before in the Workplace
Why Soft Skills Are More Important Than Ever Before in the Workplace
NWRC
Date: 8/31/2021
Category: Soft Skills
A range of soft skills should be considered an essential toolkit for any employee. In a highly competitive market, a business can stand out from the crowd when they show human qualities, such as kindness and empathy in their practices
Top Three Soft Skills of the Pandemic
NWRC
Date: 7/22/2021
Category: Soft Skills
The work world has done a 180 since COVID-19 began, and with that, expectations and desired skills from employers have changed. Candidates with strong soft skills are in high demand for many different types of jobs. Find out more about what soft skills are and why are they so important. Click on the button below for a link to an article on the soft skills from thebalancecareers.com
Soft Skills are the Future
NWRC
Date: 7/14/2021
Category: Soft Skills
Soft skills have always been important in your day-to-day job, but it is projected that they will become one of the driving factors of people getting hired as well as the success rate for many businesses.
Demand Rises for Soft Skill Training
NWRC
Date: 11/30/2020
Category: Soft Skills
According to a new report from Udemy for Business, a learning and development platform, workers have been devouring virtual training courses that help them learn soft skills to better manage their mental health and wellness. Demand for learning mental health skills has grown exponentially in some industries with essential workforces, the Udemy for Business report finds. For example, demand for courses that teach stress management skills grew 5,408% among users who work in the health care industry.
Soft Skills Connected to Jobs
NWRC
Date: 10/20/2020
Category: Soft Skills
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 article from Business Insider.
Five Post-COVID Workforce Development Strategies
NWRC
Date: 7/16/2020
Category: Workforce Development
Manny Lamarre, Senior Program Associate at WestEd, recently published an op-ed discussing how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the workplace and steps organizations can take to adapt and strengthen their workforce. Click below to read the full article.
Building Soft Skills for a New Normal
NWRC
Date: 6/16/2020
Category: Soft Skills
“Remote work, virtual collaboration and other ways to continue the “new normal” of business while social distancing will continue for the foreseeable future. Some organizations will be transformed entirely as they see how Work from Home and Work from Anywhere policies will become the norm for not just safety, but also providing the flexibility and productivity that employees want from a career. Click below to read the full article.
Pew Research Identifies “Fundamental Skills”
Pew Research Identifies “Fundamental Skills”
NWRC
Date: 3/23/2020
Category: Fundamental Skills
“Remote work, virtual collaboration and other ways to continue the “new normal” of business while social distancing will continue for the foreseeable future. Some organizations will be transformed entirely as they see how Work from Home and Work from Anywhere policies will become the norm for not just safety, but also providing the flexibility and productivity that employees want from a career. Click below to read the full article.
Investing in Adult Education
Investing in Adult Education
NWRC
Date: 10/25/2018
Category: Workforce Development
Many solutions to the United States’ workforce, economic and societal issues lie within one of our nation’s greatest untapped resources – adult education. How do we address America’s skills gap? Employers, economic and workforce developers, and educators are all asking this challenging question.
