career
Working nowadays is quite challenging, due to increased competition, ever-changing working approaches, robots replacing humans in certain jobs, and much more. Hard skills are probably no longer enough for career
advancement, so we need to develop soft skills as well.
According to research by Harvard University in cooperation with the Carnegie Foundation and Stanford Research Center, employees’ soft skills contributed to the success of work by as much as 85%, whereas hard skills only contributed 15%. That’s why leading companies worldwide now emphasize the importance of soft skills among their employees.
Let’s talk about three soft skills you should be equipped with to get ready for your career life.
Self-awareness is the first stage leading to other areas of skill development. Knowing yourself helps you discover your strengths and weaknesses and how to manage your thoughts and feelings in different situations. Self-awareness has a great impact on developing decision making and adaptability skills and helps develop self-esteem, which affects your confidence, interaction, and working with others.
Working deals with explanations, arguments, negotiations, and other important tasks. These require good communication skills. Let’s imagine that you’ve got an assignment. Of course, you will need a clear and complete explanation or job description so as to avoid problems that may arise later on.
In another scenario, let’s say you are very knowledgeable, but you don’t know how to convey your knowledge so that your coworkers realize that. It's very disappointing, isn't it? Therefore, communication is a very important skill that you should not ignore.
The COVID-19 pandemic has proven that those who can quickly recover from a recession are those who can adapt to ever-changing situations. Many people have become millionaires by starting businesses during the pandemic. Adaptability is a skill that will help you survive obstacles or changes. You will be a survivor because you can adapt to situations, and you are always ready to learn new things.
If hard skills are like a strong car structure, soft skills then are the components and functions that make the car more outstanding and desirable than other cars. Let’s find time to develop your soft skills to further level up the success of your career life.
