2. Rohan Fernandez
Assistant Professor
Department of Humanities
Srinivas School of Engineering
Srinivas Integrated Campus
Haleyangadi Post
Mukka – 574146
3. Overview
Introduction
Why are they important
Important soft skills required
Reasons for poor outlook
Suggestions
Conclusion
4. Introduction
• Employers looked for thorough
knowledge and understanding
Earlier in their employees
• Companies expect a certain
amount of skills in their staff to
Today back the knowledge
5. “More and more corporations around
the world recognize that, in order to gain
a competitive advantage, they also need
to make sure their people know how to
handle themselves at work and how to
relate with their customers and peers”.
Carole
To achieve this magical transformation,
soft skills are essential
6. Why do skills matter to
employers?
Because soft skills are:
Incorporate all
Identified to be
aspects of
the most critical
Essential generic skills
skills in the
indicators of that include the
current global
what it takes to cognitive
job market
be successful in elements
especially in a
the workplace. associated with
fast moved era
non-academic
of technology.
skills.
7. Which skills are important?
Communication – oral
Drive/energy
Communication –
written
Willingness to learn
Commitment
Motivation
8. Good to have soft skills
People skills: Self-reliance
• leadership, team- skills:
working, inter- • self-
personal skills. awareness, reso
urcefulness, net
working ability.
General Specialist
skills: skills:
• initiative, proble • IT, technical or
m-solving, commi business skills.
tment, flexibility,
attention to
detail.
12. Suggestions Contd.
Work part-time/freelance
Company tie-up’s
Consultant Trainers
Effective English Teachers
Government Intervention
Training Programmes
13. Suggestions Contd.
Curriculum modification
Effective • verbal, non-verbal, pronunciation and
intonation, identifying and removing
Communication barriers to communication, acquisition of
Skills different styles of communication.
Business
• negotiation, structuring effective
Presentation presentation, assertiveness.
Skills
Behavioural • attitude, motivation , time and stress
management, business ethics, leadership
Traits and inter personal skills and team building.
Problem-solving • creative, conflict and analytical decision-
thinking,
critical
handling, and
Skills making.
14. Conclusion
Be passionate
Two pronged strategy – to produce
quality human capital and to develop
knowledge, understanding, values
and skills
No short cut to mastering, learning or
improving soft skills
15. References
Nicolades, Carole “Focus on Soft Skills: A Leadership
Wake-up
Call”, http://www.businessknowhow.com/growth/softskills.ht
m,2002.
Jain, Vishal “Importance of soft skills development in
education”, http://www.schoolofeducators.com/articles.htm,
2009.
S. Usha Menon, and C. Alamelu, “Teaching the Intangibles
– The Role of the English Teacher”, LANGUAGE IN
INDIA, Volume 9 : 12 December 2009 ISSN 1930-2940
http://www.brunel.ac.uk/services/pcc/students/make-
yourself-employable/developing-skills
