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.

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