Foundational Work Skills

Today I am going to discuss the skills that I believe are necessary to be successful in today’s workforce. A skill that I believe is critical in the workforce is an understanding of basic technology. A hard work ethic is a key to success in the workforce today as well. Having an eagerness to learn will allow the individual as well as the organization to advance in unparalleled ways.

The common professional skills necessary to succeed in the business world include speaking skill, writing skill, and problem solving skills. Speaking skills are important because they are necessary to convey your thoughts and can even be used to persuade other such as managers and other coworkers. Writing skills allow you to correspond effectively with others in a concise and efficient way through emails or memos which are commonly used in a business setting. Problems solving skills are necessary within a business because you may face ethical challenges or conflicts with other coworkers which require problem solving capabilities.

A few of my foundational clinical skills strengths would encompass possessing a non judgmental demeanor, empathy, and genuineness. I have always had a nonjudgemental view going as far back as I could remember. Perhaps the reason stems from listening to extensive hours of gossip as a child during family events. I learned to despise conversations that focused on judging peoples reactions or behaviors. I believe this may be the leading reasons I can express empathy to others. In Fellers & R’s (2003) article, The importance of Empathy in the therapeutic alliance explains that empathy guides the therapist to evaluate the clients behavior and therefore be less judgmental. Empathy also leads to possessing a raw genuineness about one’s self

Functional skills are seen as crucial to alleviate employers’ worries that future employees are not gaining an understanding of the basics. “Functional skills are practical skills in English, Maths and Information Communication Technology (ICT)” (DirectGov); functional skills are available in a large number of educational and training establishments and in the work place.

These skills are important in the workplace. Developing information, analyzing data, evaluating facts, perspectives, and formulating support point of view and conclusions. Conceptual skills involve the ability to critically analyze. Having the ability to come with a strategy to reduce patient complaints about food service. Interpersonal skills are those that a manager communicates with and work well with other individuals. A manager who communicates with subordinates and a manager counsels an employee. Technical skills reflect the ability to perform a specific work task. Manager designs and implements modification to a computer-based staffing model. All of the above will help me develop my soft

The intention of paper is to describe a workforce training program with the main goal to prepare students at 2-and 4-year higher education institutions with soft skills needed in the workforce. Soft skills are social qualities, also widely known as people skills, that one possesses (Robles, 2012). The six soft skills that will be incorporated in training will be: professionalism, customer service, communication, teamwork, leadership and work ethic. Teaching soft skills are beneficial to students because it could be the determining factoring of being employed. Inadvertently, the absence of soft skills can sink the career of someone who has technical abilities and expertise but no interpersonal qualities (Klaus, 2010).

According to Merriam Webster interpersonal skills are being, or relating to, or involving relations between persons (2017). However, in the business domain, the term refers to an employee's ability to get along with others while getting the job done. Interpersonal skills include communication and listening skills, as well as one’s attitude and behavior. Studies have shown that the advancement of technology has made it very easy for millennials not to communicate face to face. In today’s society, many things can be communicated via phone or email. Smartphones have dramatically shaped the way Millennials view technology. Computers, MP3 players, telephones, calculators, maps, cameras, clocks, notepads, and Bibles are all now contained in one handheld device.

In a world where students are often told to get the grade, memorize the answer, and have technical abilities, it is extremely important that they remember what soft skills are and why they are needed. Students need to remember that school is meant to prepare them for college as well as a career. The issue in all of this arises when employers complain about the lack of soft skills that new employees are bringing into companies. The bigger issue being why were these students given diplomas and degrees, if they didn't have what it takes to be in the work industry? Soft skills need to be better incorporated in learning curriculums, specifically middle grades, leading to higher college and career success rates.

I have a great work ethic and time management skills. When given a task to complete, I will rarely procrastinate or give the responsibility to someone else. I love taking tasks and challenges head-on while persisting until the job is complete. When doing the personal project, in which I created a cookbook, I successfully planned when I am going to make my recipes and controlled the hours spent to achieve my goal allowed me to develop skills such as setting goals, prioritizing tasks and monitoring where my time essentially goes when I am not working on the project. I frequently make checklists of what needs to be done that day, so I can make sure I get every last thing checked off before moving on with my daily activities. I’m driven to be productive,

Competencies are the set of skills that a leader or follower need to have to meet the demands necessary to perform their role within an organization (Boyatzis, 2011). Competencies can be broken down into two groups’ hard skills and soft skills (Marques, 2012). Hard skills include the set of technical and specific requirements that can be measured and analyzed to create a set of concrete measureable goals (Marques, 2012). An example of hard skills are how many calls a customer service representative can take in an eight hour time frame (Marques, 2012). Soft skills are how employees relate to others (Marques, 2012). Soft skills are more difficult to learn (Marques, 2012). Examples of soft skills

How employees have had to adapt their skill sets especially with the changes in technology:

You will have to do a present skills assessment. You have to know what set of skills you already possess, and what abilities you have, from the knowledge you already have, to train yourself in a variety of tasks (with the aid of a computer (and possibly paid tutors if needed)).

Essential Skills for Students Entering Life Colleges can teach students certain type of skills depending on their major. Developing essential and necessary skills are a must if want to be successful in life. Such skills include critical thinking problem solving, collaboration and teamwork, creativity and imagination, oral and written communication skills, flexibility and adaptability, leadership, and technology literacy. I will describe in the following paragraphs how important it is to have these skills. Critical thinking aid students to have an open mind by applying, evaluating and analyzing information to reach a conclusive answer. Problem solving require students to define the problem at the moment, generating possibilities, determine conclusion and put that into effect

Student Assignment Covering Form |Course/Unit Information | |Course |Pearson (Edexcel) BTEC Level 5 Higher National Diploma | |Unit No. |Unit 47 | |Unit Name |Employability Skills | |Unit code |A/601/0992 | |Batch

Essential Trainings – These are important trainings which are considered essential from the perspective of either the top management or the employee. These are useful in improving the employees’ interactions with the customer and they add value to the employee in enhancing his interpersonal skills, both with internal employees and with external customers. These include Itinerary Planning, Computers, Telephone Etiquettes, Train the Trainer, Consultative Selling, Negotiation Skills, Key Account Management, Customer Service, Time Management, Customer Relationship Management, Presentation Skills, Leadership Skills, Decision Making and Problem Solving, Business Communication, and Team Building. This list is dominated by Soft skills trainings and it is the top management which has responded to them in a positive