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This document discusses soft skills and their importance for career success. It defines soft skills as personal characteristics that enhance interactions and relationships, including attitudes, communication skills, teamwork, leadership, and time management. Soft skills are contrasted with hard skills, which are more job-specific technical abilities. The document provides tips for improving soft skills like active listening, communication, confidence, and etiquette. It emphasizes that soft skills are important for any profession and are highly valued by employers when making hiring decisions.

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Soft Skills Lec 1 - 5

This document discusses soft skills and their importance for career success. It defines soft skills as personal characteristics that enhance interactions and relationships, including attitudes, communication skills, teamwork, leadership, and time management. Soft skills are contrasted with hard skills, which are more job-specific technical abilities. The document provides tips for improving soft skills like active listening, communication, confidence, and etiquette. It emphasizes that soft skills are important for any profession and are highly valued by employers when making hiring decisions.

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Soft Skills

DR.K. PARAMESWARI
Introduction to Soft Skills

Life Skills/ People skills


Success in life depends not only on knowledge and
talents, but mainly on Attitude
Three characteristics considered by the employer
 Attitude
 Appearance
 Skills

Negative emotions -----> controlled/


neutralised.
Weakness ----> strength
What are soft skills?

Other than the technical skills that are required for a


successful career.
 Personal characteristicsthat enhance an individual's
interactions, personality, personal habits,
friendliness, language, job performance and career
prospects and optimism
Characterizes relationship with other people. 
Soft Skill X Hard Skill

Soft skills Hard skills


 Intrapersonal and  Occupational
interpersonal skills requirements of a job
 Determine a person's and many other
ability to excel or at activities.
least fit in a particular   Tend to be specific to
social structure.  a certain type of task
or activity.  
Attributes of Soft Skills

Assertiveness • Communication skills


Team work • Body language
Leadership • Presentation skills
Self Confidence • Active Listening
Decision making • Time management
Problem solving
Business and social
Etiquette
Importance of soft skills

In the current scenario whether an individual is an


Engineering graduate or of any other stream, it has
become a necessity to communicate in English
A professional in any field will find it difficult to
communicate his knowledge base and ability with
lack of communication and interpersonal skills.
SS training will ensure that a professional is
equipped with tools to handle challenging work
situations and pressure. 
Tips to improve our Soft skills

Actively listen
 Communicate with illustrations 
Take the lead 
Nurture your inner writer 
Step out of the box, physically and mentally 
Soft Skills are…

Our body language and the way we hold ourselves 


Our mannerisms 
Our appearance and the way we dress
The way we speak , listen and write
The way others perceive our message 
Our social and professional etiquette and ethics 
Our rapport with people, personal hygiene 
Soft Skills are…

Our ability to lead or to follow as the situation


demands 
Our ability to work in teams and groups 
The way we use our phones and other technologies 
Our enthusiasm and commitment 
The way we manage our time 
The way we define and solve problems 
The way we deal with stress and conflict 
Universal Hiring Rule

Any employer will hire individual so long as he believes


that the person will bring more value to the institution
than it costs.
You must be LIKED/IMPRESSED to be hired… not
necessarily the most qualified.
What makes you likeable?
Eye contact- Maintain eye contact during interview.
Body language- Be poised, calm and sit or stand straight.
Voice modulation- Maintain an even, pleasant tone
The hiring process is emotional and not logical.
Give the employers what they want.
Thank you…

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