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Soft Skill For A Successful Career

Soft skills are difficult to acquire and impossible to practice without making them habits. Soft skills include communication skills, body language, written skills, teamwork, interpersonal skills, and time management. These skills are important for professional success as they allow effective interaction with colleagues, customers, and counterparts. While hard skills produce immediate visible results, soft skills involve interaction with human beings and are thus more challenging to develop. Formal training can enhance soft skills, but individuals must also make efforts to improve their soft skills on their own.

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Soft Skill For A Successful Career

Soft skills are difficult to acquire and impossible to practice without making them habits. Soft skills include communication skills, body language, written skills, teamwork, interpersonal skills, and time management. These skills are important for professional success as they allow effective interaction with colleagues, customers, and counterparts. While hard skills produce immediate visible results, soft skills involve interaction with human beings and are thus more challenging to develop. Formal training can enhance soft skills, but individuals must also make efforts to improve their soft skills on their own.

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Soft skill for a successful

career
 Soft skills with special focus
WHAT IS SKILL ?

 The ability to do well {anything}

eg: He is A SKILLED WORKER!


What is hard and soft skill?

 "Hard" skills, by definition, are those skills


which produce an immediate visible result.
If I teach you to operate a cycle, then I
can see, very quickly, if you've acquired
the skill.
Soft skill
 Soft skills usually involve interaction with
other human beings. Human beings who
have a will of their own; who suffer from
short attention spans; are prone to
personal trials and tribulations
In short?
 IN COMPARISON

 Soft skills are difficult!

 Hard skills are easy!


Soft skills are
The hardest to acquire

Impossible to practice

Unless these become habits


Will formal training enhance
your soft skills?

 Be your own trainer!

 To enhance your soft skill!


Soft skills don't come easy but can
open doors to success.
 In all emerging and high growth
industries, companies are faced with the
need to not only find people with the
requisite technical skills, but are having to
invest heavily in training them in the soft
skills that are essential for working with
colleagues, customers, suppliers, and with
their counterparts across countries and
cultures.
'soft' skills you need for success
 Soft skills can also be an important part of
the success of an organization.
Organizations, particularly those
frequently dealing with customers face-to-
face
Importance of soft skill

Soft skill are very important


 To handle interpersonal relations
 To take appropriate decisions
 To communicate effectively
To have good impression and impact
to gain professional development
6 soft skills for every hard-nosed
professional
 i. communication skills
 ii. Body language
 iii. Written Skill
 iv. Team Work
 v. Interpersonal Skills
 vi. Time Management
Communication skill as soft
skill
• Communication skills form the
corner stone of soft skill
• Every human being has to essentially
& effectively communicate with
others
• Effective communication is the
hallmark of one’s education
•The ability to speak fluently
using the right word in the
right order is an good
communication
•Message using appropriate
vocabulary and syntax form
effective communication
Body language

Non verbal language


Face is the index of the mind and it clearly displays the
persons interest

Body language presents to the audience what we feel &


think about the particular matter
Ex: Nodding one’s head

Body language (e.g, arms crossed, standing, sitting,


relaxed)
Written Skill
 Writing evaluates a person’s proficiency
indications, spelling grammar etc…
 Errors committed while writing circulars, reports
& agenda considerably spoil the image of the
writer
 Good visual presentation using graphics, color,
balanced design layout- adds so much to written
communication.
 Keep handouts and other written materials for
your presentation.
Presentation Skills

Presentation skills include planning, preparation


& delivery of the message

Making a formal speech is one form of


presentation

 Presentation skills can be broadly categorized


into physical oral, & electronic
Success in life depends on presenting ideas in an
appropriate manners

Lookat the eyes of audience & speak in a natural,


conversational voice

Appropriate voice will make the presentation effective


and interesting

Ask for feed back from your audience about your


presentation & change accordingly

In presentation especially, stop occasionally to ask the


audience understand what you have said
Team Work

People of either gender, different age


groups, qualification, status & skills work as
a team with a common objective of
accomplishing the task
 The success of any organization largely
depends on in the coordinated efforts of its
employees
 It mainly refers to the agreeableness &
co-operation among the team members
Professional
ethics
 Professional ethics is the need of the hour in India
 When a person is at the work spot, he must think of
his work only
 He must put his heart & soul into the work
 Each employee is a organic part of the organization &
must strive to contribute his mite to the successful
functioning of the organization
Interpersonal Skills
 Man is a social animal & his success in
life largely depends on his relationship &
interaction with others
 We must respect the views & sentiments
of others.
When we want to differ their views, we
must very politely give hints
to them without wounding
their feelings
Time Management
 Prioritize the work &
schedule your time accordingly

Important work should be


allotted more time & taken up
first
Trust your self

Listening to classical music & practicing Yoga will


considerably reduce the physical, emotional &
mental stress of an individual

 Keep smiling

 Share & stay together


 Always learn new things
 Accept responsibility for your self &
your actions
 Look at problems & challenges
 Be grateful always
 Love your self
 How many soft skills do you possess?
*Be Positive always!! 
If you think you have huge tension,
look at them.
If you think your job is tough, how
about him?
If you think your salary is low, how
about her?
If you think you don't have many friends,
ask yourself if you have one sincere friend?
If you think study is a burden, how
about her?
If you think you suffer in life,
do you suffer as much as he does?
If you complaint about your transport
system,
how about them?
If your society is unfair to you,
how about her?
When you feel like giving up, think of
this man.

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