ASSIGNMENT
ON
SOFT SKILL TRAINING CENTRES
Submitted By
Aswathy
P S
English Optional
Roll No: 4
INTRODUCTION
Soft Skill is a term often associated with a person's “E Q”(Emotional Quotient)
the
cluster of personality traits, social graces, communication, language, personal habits,
friendliness, and optimism that characterize relationships with other people. Soft skills complement hard skills
which are the occupational requirements of a job and many other activities.
They are related to feelings, emotions, insights and (some would say) an 'inner
knowing': i.e. they provide an important complement to 'hard skills' and IQ.
A person's
soft skill EQ is an important part of their individual contribution to the
success of an organization. Particularly those organizations dealing with
customers face-to-face are generally more successful, if they train their staff
to use these skills. Screening or training for personal habits or traits such
as dependability and conscientiousness can yield significant return on
investment for an organization. For
this reason, soft skills are increasingly sought out by employers in addition
to standard qualifications.
It has been
suggested that in a number of professions, soft skills may be more important
over the long term than occupational skills. The legal profession is one
example where the ability to deal with people effectively and politely, more
than their mere occupational skills, can determine the professional success of
a lawyer.
Soft skills can be said
to incorporate all aspects of generic skills that include the cognitive
elements associated with non-academic skills. Soft skills are identified to be
the most critical skills in the current global job market especially in a fast
moved era of technology. The reorientation of education which is one trust of
education for sustainability also relates the importance of these so-called
?soft skills.
Vast research and expert
opinions have been sought in the effort to determine the specific soft skills
to be implemented and used in higher institutions of learning. Based on the research
findings obtained, seven soft skills have been identified and chosen to be
implemented in all institutions of higher learning here. They are:
i. Communicative skills.
ii.. Thinking skills and Problem
solving skills.
iii. Team work force
iv.. Life-long learning and
Information Management
v. Entrepreneur skill
vi.. Ethics, moral and
professionalism
vii. Leadership skills
Each of the above soft skills
comprised of several sub-skills. These sub-skills are divided into two
categories of implementation. The first category delineates the soft skills
that every individual must have and the second category represents soft skills that are good
to have. Despite the emphasis being put on the soft
skills that must be present (must have), it is also encouraged to
inculcate the soft skills that are good to have. All elements of soft skills must be acquired by each individual
student and evaluated effectively and comprehensively. Table 1 shows the seven
soft skills and the two categories of sub-skills respectively.
The must have soft skills must be acquired by each and every individual in the
institutions of higher learning without which, the student is regarded as
incompetent in the above skill. The good to have soft skills can be regarded as the additional generic skills and a
bonus to the student. If these skills are acquired by the students together
with the must have soft skills. Table 1 gives a detail
description of the different categories of implementation for each of the
sub-skills for the respective seven soft skills.
References
1.
www.google.com
2.
www.wikipedia.com
