Soft Skills Essay

A lot of employers are looking for employees with well developed “soft skills,” but what does that mean? What are “soft skills”? A soft skill is a skill that everybody can have whether you are a computer technician, a doctor, a teacher, or an artist. Skills like work ethic, time management, positive attitude, good communication, problem solving, being a team player, self-confidence, the ability to accept and learn from criticism, flexibility, and being able to work well under pressure are all considered “soft skills.” The opposite of a soft skill would be a hard skill, which is a specific skill for each career. Skills like playing an instrument, working with computer programs, or being able to diagnose an illness are considered “hard skills.”
In the article, Soft Skills in the Workplace, each soft skill was taken and broken down into at least 5 smaller parts. The article writers really did an amazing job of analyzing, explaining, and getting their points across on soft skills. For example, problem solving skills was broken down into seven parts. Those seven parts were broken down into at least three semi-parts each. The first seven parts are, identifying the issues, understanding everyone’s interests, listing the solutions, evaluating the solutions, selecting one or more solutions, documenting the agreement(s), and agreeing to monitor and evaluate the progress from then on. It seems as if there is nowhere else to go with that, but somehow they made semi-segments to go to each. That isn’t just for the Problem solving skills. This was done for all ten soft skills listed in this article.
(http://www.saddleback.edu/cwe/soft-skills-workplace)
(http://www.saddleback.edu/cwe/soft-skills-workplace/positive-attitude)
Three soft skills that I would personally use in my current classes are time management, work ethic, and keeping a positive attitude. Time management was the most broken down soft skill in the article I read. For time management I must get organized, avoid