Convince your boss to give you a raise, get everyone involved in a new team project, accept a change of duties or a new way of working. The evaluation of the so-called soft skills o transversal skills it is no longer talked about in companies or among employees.
Randstad’s Human Resources Consultation puts it in numbers: It surveyed 1,510 Argentine job seekers and 88% of them believe soft skills are essential.
Soft skills or soft skills are personality traits, socio-emotional skills, communication skills, language and habits that shape the bonds individuals form with other people.
At work, they are related to the ability to interact effectively with colleagues, bosses, subordinates and customers and are complementary to hard skills or technical knowledge.
Which is the most saved of these skills? The flexibility to adapt to changes (with 23% of the answers), a classic of the Argentine economy, accustomed to dollar traps, supply problems, price controls or import barriers, just to name a few.
Secondly, the respondents highlighted the Preparation for teamwork (19%); followed by resolution abilitya (18%); the organization and time management (15%) and the ability to communication (eleven%).
Below, Argentines highlighted leadership as an important skill (6%); proactivity (5%); negotiation (3%) and finally creativity (1%).
“While some people may have a natural aptitude for soft skills, such as empathy or the ability to resolve conflicts, it is always possible to improve them through training, self-reflection, feedback and mindful practice in professional situations and personalities,” says Andrea Ávila, CEO of Randstad for Argentina and Uruguay.
Furthermore, the study investigated the self-perception that workers have of the degree of development of their soft skills. In this sense, 77% of those consulted stated that their soft skills were highly developed, 22% believed that their soft skills were rather well developed and 1% confessed to having them little or not at all.
“Today, most workers are aware of the relevance that soft skills have acquired, both for accessing development opportunities and leadership positions, and for maintaining and improving employability in an increasingly competitive labor market” said Avila, CEO.
In the latest edition of The Future of Jobs report, the World Economic Forum (WEF) including the Top 10 skills for the future in the job market. In the list are: analytical thinking and innovation; active learning and learning strategies; Problem resolution complexes; critical thinking and analysis; creativity, originality and resourcefulness; leadership and social influence; use, monitoring and control of technology; technology design and programming; resilience, stress tolerance and flexibility and, finally, reasoning and problem solving.
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Source: Clarin
