Employer Expectations/Soft Skills

What are soft skills?

• They are the personal attributes you need to succeed in the workplace.

• They are specific, teachable abilities that can be defined and measured.

• They refer to the working environment and all existing circumstances affecting labor in the workplace, including job hours, physical aspects, legal rights and responsibilities.

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Personal attributes that describe an individual's ability to interact with others are

• Hard Skills

• Soft Skills

Which of the following is NOT a soft skill?

• Professionalism
• Communication Skills
• Time management skills
• Typing skills

Specific teachable abilities that can be defined and measured are

• Soft skills
• Hard skills

Which of the following is the number 1 skill most valued by employers?

• Health & Safety
• Communication Skills
• Computer Skills
• Customer Service

Doing the right thing in a reliable way is which soft skill?

• Accountability

• Leadership

• Integrity

• Multicultural Sensitivity

Work collaboratively with peers, classmates and co-workers is which soft skills?

• Integrity

• Teamwork

• Decision Making

• Punctuality

Which soft skills means to take ownership

• Trust

• Organization Skills

• Feedback

• Accountability

Soft skills are easily transferred from one job to the next?

• True

• False

Employer's would rather have soft skilled employee's rather than hard skilled employee's

• True

• False