The Importance of Soft Skills for Young People

The Importance of Soft Skills for Young People

Most young people aspiring to a job or already having one, do not realize the importance of developing soft skills until they face the harsh reality. There is a great distance between what companies want in a candidate or employee and what they can offer.

Nowadays, the vast majority of companies find the competencies that a candidate or employee can offer more important than what school he comes from. Companies are finding it easier to develop someone in the knowledge needed for the organization than to teach them to make decisions or to solve conflicts. Companies are being subjected to a business environment with increasingly vertiginous changes and that forces them to react or adopt to these changes to align with the environment, mainly to what their customers or consumers expect.

Digital transformation, business intelligence, among other things, are great challenges faced by both organizations and those who work in them or aspire to work in them. It is therefore important to understand that today it's not about showing where you studied, but rather of demonstrating how capable you are of providing value and becoming an agent of change that contributes to the achievement of the strategic objectives of the companies.
Hopefully in the short time that gap will begin to close. This can then translate into better opportunities for those young people eager to enter the battlefield.

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		5 Wilma van Velde Coach, Netherlands
	Soft Skills are Important at 3 Levels Thank you for emphasizing the importance of developing soft skills for students (besides developing ... Sign up

		3 Jaap de Jonge Editor, Netherlands
	Skills for Students Good topic, but realistically, I think that the chances of finding a job for students and others hav... Sign up

		2 Martin Sierra Mercado Professor, Mexico
	Importance of Skills for Candidates for a Job and New Hires Wilma, Jaap, I agree with both of you. However, my point of view is also related to the capabilities... Sign up

		1 M Y Zainudeen Management Consultant, Sri Lanka
	The Importance of Soft Skills Soft skills are a portion of the self development for every individual irrespective of their age, st... Sign up

		1 Molokanova Professor, Ukraine
	Soft Competencies or Skills Indeed more and more attention is paid to soft competencies. Soft skills are related to intangible c... Sign up

		5 Ann Wallace Business School Marketer, Barbados
	The Importance of Soft Skills for Young People Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to be a man of value - Albert Einstein. This is ... Sign up

		2 Ogunleye Oluwaseun Student (University), Nigeria
	Developing Soft Skills is a Must Soft skills are the way forward with the way the economy is going these days. It is no longer about ... Sign up

		2 Molokanova Professor, Ukraine
	Intangible Skills @Ann Wallace: I completely agree with Ann Wallace that the name "soft" competencies is misleading. B... Sign up

		2 Cecilio Figueras Professor
	Importance of Hard and Soft Skills Soft skills and hard skills are both necessary in all organizations. In all levels of each one. They... Sign up

		2 Martin Sierra Mercado Professor, Mexico
	Importance of Soft Skills for New Hires It has been a great topic and with several opinions. I agree with @Ann Wallace who said that soft so... Sign up

		4 Ann Wallace Business School Marketer, Barbados
	The Importance of Soft Skills for Young People Ms. @Molokanova is quite right. The terminology is ingrained not just in the literature, but in the ... Sign up

		1 Melchiorre Calabrese Business Consultant, Italy
	The Importance of Technical and Soft Skills for Young People This debate on "soft skills" did not define yet what we mean with it. So before we continue the disc... Sign up

		2 Molokanova Professor, Ukraine
	Prerequisite for Teaching Soft Skills Soft skills are very important for any person and not only at work. I believe that it is very diffic... Sign up

		2 JAKOBO DANIEL HR Consultant, Zimbabwe
	Importance of Soft Skills for New Recruits I totally agree with submissions from previous contributors. New recruits to organizations - beside... Sign up

		2 Maurice Hogarth Consultant, United Kingdom
	Words and Realities - Soft Skills in the Future The terminology of today will not be the terminology of tomorrow. Agreed, terms like 'soft' and 'har... Sign up

		2 Martin Sierra Mercado Professor, Mexico
	Current Conditions Require People Acting Instead of Waiting @Maurice Hogarth: Thank you Maurice and all. This topic is amazing and can you imagine in the curre... Sign up

		2 Frederic A Parker Consultant, United States
	Soft Skills are More Important Than Hard Skills This is a great topic. Some years ago, perhaps as far back as the 1970s, I read two separate studies... Sign up

		1 Martin Sierra Mercado Professor, Mexico
	Soft Skills are More Important Than Hard Skills @Frederic A Parker: Thanks Frederic, great input. Today some companies are implementing strategies ... Sign up

		2 Molokanova Professor, Ukraine
	Soft and Hard Skills in the Future I totally agree with Mr. Maurice Hogarth: "The terminology of today will not be the terminology of t... Sign up

		2 Cecilio Figueras Professor
	Required Soft Skills After Quarantine I agree with Ms Molokanova about the new conceptual thinking and holistic skills after quarantine. P... Sign up

		1 Maurice Hogarth Consultant, United Kingdom
	A Brave New Soft Skills World @Molokanova& Cecilio and Martin: From your thoughts: "Lot of ideas about the world AP (After the Pan... Sign up

		2 Jaap de Jonge Editor, Netherlands
	Skill-based Hiring, Promotion and Talent Development On this subject, have a look at an interesting article by Ammerman et al. They also argue HR manage... Sign up

		0 Abdullah A Al-saket Strategy Consultant, Saudi Arabia
	Innate Qualities are Crucial I am sure that the innate readiness of every human being is the decisive element that constitutes a ... Sign up