Purpose of Soft Skills

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PURPOSE OF SOFT SKILLS What is soft skills? According to Kantrowitz, Tracy Michelle(2005) soft skills refers to intra- and inter-personal work skills that facilitate the application of technical skills and knowledge, such as interpersonal skills such as developing rapport and communication skills. So, conducting soft skills test to entry level worker is important as it to differentiate between good worker and bad worker. The purpose of softs kills is to make sure that students have good technical skills and knowledge. Nowadays,many undergraduate student failed to get job. This cause the rate of graduate student uneployement rises.According BBC News online,2010 Graduate unemployment has risen to its highest level for 17 years, research suggests. Most employers asses undergraduates according to their soft skills when recruiting workers This is because students may have the same level of academic qualification but not all students have the attitudes and experiences to handle the works. According to Jennifer Pritchard more than 75% of businesses surveyed stated that when securing entry-level employment, these skills are crucial as the technical skills, and can be more important than the technical skills. A similar percentage of businesses (71%) stated that soft skills are equally or more important than technical skills in carrying out company goals Soft skills is as important as academic . So it is important for students to improve their soft skills so that it will be easier for them to get a job and for workplace success. Soft skills can be develop by making good communication with others, practice active listening, build good relationship with others ,practice leading and other ways. By: Azlin Hilwani
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