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Is saying that soft skills are underestimated really an employment trend?

April 5, 2023 Brent Jones
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When you hear about “Upskilling” what they are saying is more than soft skills are needed. That new hard skills are felt to be necessary in todays evolving job markets?

Are they really more important than polishing and using your soft skills. That has been the push in recent years. The implication is that with economic uncertainty on the horizon, upskilling opportunities for the workforce will become a prominent retention strategy, demonstrating an organization’s desire to drive employee growth and development.

Organizations today have picked up on employee’s desire for continuous learning, and push to offer learning and development programs set in place.

Employers want to attract the best talent and many now believe that to do that a potential employee would be wise to cover any skill gaps that may have. The result is offering the opportunity to job seekers and employees to develop or learn new skills is a solution.

Technical skills constantly change, but soft skills remain with you throughout your career. That's because they are relevant, transferable and keep an individual highly employable.

Soft skills sets top leaders apart. Interpersonal communication, decision-making, time management and collaboration are all soft skills for employees and job seekers alike.

More News about Soft Skills

LinkedIn's Global Talent Trends report found that 92 percent of hiring professionals say soft skills matter as much or more than hard skills

Is Zillennial a real thing? Put simply, Zillennials are a micro-generation that sits in between Millennials and Generation Z. Ketchum Inc. defines GenZennials as those born from 1992 to 2000.

Power skills are soft skills rebranded as people skills and they're a top asset in today's workplace. If you want successful managers and leaders, you need them to have power skills. Power skills include traits such as emotional intelligence, integrity, empathy, communication, and more

Are Soft Skills Important? According to the Society of Human Resource Management's (SHRM) 2021-22 State of the Workplace report, 77% of HR professionals said that improving employees' soft skills was key to their organisations' future plans.

Why Millennials Lack Soft Skills. Because Millennials are so proficient and reliant on technology, many of them haven't properly developed other skills apart from working on digital device

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