Communication‚ June 2008 The Importance of Soft Skills: Education beyond academic knowledge Bernd Schulz Polytechnic of Namibia Abstract This paper makes a survey of the importance of soft skills in students’ lives both at college and after college. It discusses how soft skills complement hard skills‚ which are the technical requirements of a job the student is trained to do. The paper exhorts educators to take special responsibility regarding soft skills‚ because during students’ university time‚ educators
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both types of skills- the hard skills and the soft skills. Hard skills are important and you should never undermine them. They are your bread and butter skills. For example‚ a tourist guide has to know the technical aspects of his job like showing his tourists the right places in a proper sequence with authentic commentary on them‚ the legalities of his job‚ the safety aspect of his tourists etc‚ yet‚ he will be more in demand and earn more if he also has the necessary soft skills for the job like
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2015 / 2016 TUTORIAL 8 Learning Outcome:- On completion of this unit‚ a student shall be able to: Discuss the characteristic and feature of common stock and preferred stock. Apply preferred and common stock valuation. 8-1 How does a right’s offering protect a firm’s stockholders against the dilution of ownership? 8-2 What is the purpose of a call feature in a preferred stock issued? 8-3 Over the past 5 years‚ the dividends of the Dave Corporation
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Informative Speech Topics The following come from this site: http://www.goodspeechtopics.com/informational-speech-topics.html Informational Speech Topics 1. 1. Personality tests 2. 2. Who are the libertarians? 3. 3. Aromatheraphy 4. 4. What is inflation? 5. 5. Electric cars 6. 6. What was Watergate? 7. 7. Political parties 8. 8. Describe a piece of current legislation 9. 9. Biography of an important person...........who is...? 10. 10. History of an event (Halloween‚ etc.)‚ or describe
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IMPORTANT SKILLS FOR WORKPLACE Important skills for the workplace today Nguyen Dang Dinh Van Kaplan University Dip FM 1888. Class 18B SSPDP Ms. Deepa Pillai September 30‚ 2010 Important skills for the workplace today Nowadays‚ workers are being requested getting more and more challenges and difficulties in every aspects of working environments. Employers are looking to people who have special skills which can apply directly to many different tasks. Therefore‚ people have
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Assignment 1: Research Topics with Explanation Nikki Grant Professor Williams Research and Writing 215 April 15‚ 2013 Abstract My Assignment 1 Exploration of a Journal Article in Sociology will summarize my readings of Race‚ Ethnicity‚ & Law Enforcement. This report will include details of how African American first arrived in the United States. Additionally‚ included will be how it is analyzed that race plays a part in law enforcement.
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Topic 3: Principles of assessment in lifelong learning 1.1 Explain the types of assessment used in lifelong learning. (150 words approx.) Initial/diagnostic assessment can be taken before learner’s enrollment for a course. This is a way of finding out whether the prospective course is suitable for a student and meets the learner’s needs or not. Formative assessment can be taken during the programme or a course. Teachers use assessments in their teaching sessions to make judgement about their
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Introducing Windows 8 ® An Overview for IT Professionals Jerry Honeycutt PUBLISHED BY Microsoft Press A Division of Microsoft Corporation One Microsoft Way Redmond‚ Washington 98052-6399 Copyright © 2012 Microsoft Corporation All rights reserved. No part of the contents of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without the written permission of the publisher. Library of Congress Control Number (PCN): 2012950240 ISBN: 978-0-7356-7050-1 Microsoft Press books
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doing things. WRITTEN COMMUNICATION 7 Able to express yourself clearly in writing PLANNING & ORGANISING 8 Able to plan activities & carry them through effectively FLEXIBILITY 9 Adapt successfully to changing situations & environments TIME MANAGEMENT 10 Manage time effectively‚ prioritising tasks and able to work to deadlines. Other skills that were also seen as important GLOBAL SKILLS Able to speak and understand other languages. Appreciation of other cultures. See Study and work placements
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learn·ing /ˈlərniNG/ Noun 1. The acquisition of knowledge or skills through experience‚ practice‚ or study‚ or by being taught. 2. Knowledge acquired in this way. Types of Learning Styles Types of Learning Styles: The Three Main Types There are three main types of learning styles: auditory‚ visual‚ and kinesthetic. Most people learn best through a combination of the three types of learning styles‚ but everybody is different. Auditory Learners: Hear Auditory learners would rather
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