Today I'll tell you what hides behind another newfangled word, which is firmly embedded in the lexicon of personnel managers, company owners, personnel managers and just those who like to trump all sorts of foreign terms.
We'll talk about that is soft skills .
Do not worry, it's all very simple( I was surprised when I found out what it is), but for today - it's vital for people who want to make a career.
Why did I become interested in soft software?
There's no one of me, and my parents, too, will not reproach in nostalgia for the Soviet Union.
Firstly, because we are not used to looking back at all, and secondly, because it really was a terrible era of repression, lies, propaganda and total deficit.
In short, there is absolutely nothing to regret.
But when I see how difficult it is to get a job today, and even harder to make a career, then willy-nilly I think about how much easier with this business was before.
Everyone worked, there were more free vacancies than residents of a gigantic country.
To attain the superior, it was necessary to be a specialist in his field and to believe unconditionally the behests of Ilyich.
Today, even super-duper professionals are forced to spin like a squirrel in a wheel, constantly improve their skills, do not get out of training, learn all their life to be in demand by a specialist.
And still, every day there are some new ideas, that's how, for example, soft skills, which in our country started talking not so long ago.
But, once they started talking, I could not just share information with my readers.
What is this cryptic soft skills?
I think that those who know English well, after reading the phrase, have understood what is at stake, because soft skills translates as "soft skills".
That is, these are skills that can not be demonstrated instantly, such as, for example, a red diploma of higher education, the ability for a minute to disassemble and assemble the Kalashnikov assault rifle or tell a poem in Japanese.
Soft skills are also called social skills, because it is mainly about the interaction between people.
If you are employed by a car mechanic or storekeeper, it is unlikely that your future employer will be interested in whether you possess these soft skills or not, but if you are applying for a leadership position or want to work in the service sector, you will have to improve your social skills.
Today, more and more employers are demanding from their subordinates( especially those holding managerial positions) and job seekers who just want to get into the company, the availability of soft skills.
And this is not surprising, because, according to the latest research of scientists from Harvard minds, the success of a person in the professional sphere is 85% dependent on soft skills and only 15% of hard skills.
Therefore, do not be surprised if at the interview you are asked to pass tests or will ask interesting questions that, at first glance, have nothing to do with professional skills.
What skills does soft skills mean?
So, we figured out the interpretation of the term soft skills, that this is , I think it's understandable, but here's what skills and skills you need to acquire in order to profitably stand out among other job applicants or applicants for leadership positions,.
You can confidently say that you have soft skills, if you:
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You are flexible.
For example, do not curl like a toothache, if the boss asked you to stay for an hour after the end of a day's work or recommended working on a report for the weekend.
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Do not be afraid to take responsibility.
Executives, who at a difficult moment try to throw at the embrasure of their subordinates, and themselves sit out in a bunker, should disappear as a class.
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Get along well with people.
Alas and ah, misanthropes, you still do not like anyone.
- You can work in a team, you do not stick out your "I" at every step, but you understand that the "We" have passed the successful project.
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You can teach others.
Without ora, crazy, yelling, mats, without narcissism and humiliation of the beginner.
- Discuss as an educated man, not a wild monkey.
- Able to quickly and accurately set tasks in front of people, motivating, at the same time, their high-quality work.
- Even a person without a car and driver's license can be persuaded to buy these classy tires.
- Smoothes conflicts, but do not provoke them.
- We are always ready to offer an interesting idea for the company to work even better.
There are soft skills, and what is hard skills?
Logically, if there are soft skills, then there must be hard skills.
Of course, they exist and are translated, literally as silly as soft skills: "hard( tough) skills."
That is, these are the skills that, in fact, make you a professional in your industry, which you can easily demonstrate to the management or future employer.
The hard skills include:
- foreign language proficiency;
- ability to print with the speed of sound;
- ability for 5 minutes to change 4 wheels in the car;
- the opportunity to draw a portrait of the future chief right at the interview;
- knowledge of the device of an internal combustion engine, etc.
I think you understood exactly what I wanted to say.
Hard skills - the knowledge and skills that you directly need to work in the company and directly correspond to its activities.
And to become a good leader for your subordinates,
, see the following video:
Why the career of a former teacher was ruined by ignorance, what is soft skills?
Now many people listened to what I was saying about soft skills, and they thought: "It hurts! And without them I will live. "
Of course, you will live: on a low-paid, unpromising post!
And to confirm my words, I will tell you a sad story about the failed career of his former teacher.
The cleverest person, the brilliant scientist, the sensible teacher simply raved about career, and - not scientific.
He dreamed of becoming a great boss with a lot of subordinates.
In the days of our shameful ex-president Yanukovych, he managed to make a fast career and literally in two years to rise to a high position in the regional administration.
He held on to it exactly one year and, despite the fact that he coped with his direct duties impeccably, his lack of soft skills failed him.
Even in those troubled times when rudeness flourished in the power offices, the authoritarian regime, when shivering with fear of the boss and performing his stupid tasks was the norm, my teacher was fired, explaining: "You do not know how to get along with people, do not even have a minimumflexibility and absolutely not a team player. "
And do you still think that without soft skills you can build a cool career?
So you found out what soft skills are , and what skills you need to train first to grow to a big boss in a large company.