SOFT SKILLS
‘Soft skills’ is a twenty first century term and industry people use different terms to mean the skills required by their employees. Soft skills are personal attributes that enhance an individual’s interactions, job performance and career prospects. Unlike Hard skills which are about a person’s skill set and ability to perform a certain type of task or activity and they are interpersonal and broadly applicable. Soft skills are often associated with personality traits of a person. The students are expected to sharpen their soft skills by themselves. Soft skills are not opposite to technical skills but they are complementary to each other. Here are a few different terms used by the corporate people.
1. Employability skills
2. Industry-ready skills
3. Social skills
4. People skills
5. Life skills
6. Survival skills
7. 21st century skills
8. Self-improvement skills
9. Future skills
10. Personal skills
11. Job skills
12. HR skills
13. Interview skills
14. Behavioral skills
15. Key skills
16. Placement skills
17. Professional skills
18. Expected kills
19. Empowerment skills
20. Interpersonal skills
30. Workplace Skills
All these terms directly or indirectly indicate the common phrase ‘Soft Skills’. The following are some of the sub-skills of the soft skills.
- Communication skills
- Learning skills
- Cognitive skills
- Interview skills
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