Soft Skills for Engineering Students

SOFT SKILLS FOR ENGINEERING STUDENTS

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Professional managers expect their employees to have something extra which we call today, SOFT SKILLS

“SOFT SKILLS” are essentially people skills –the non-technical, intangible, personality-specific skills that determine one’s strengths as a leader, listener, negotiator, and conflict mediator.

“HARD SKILLS”, on the other hand, are more along the lines of what might appear on one’s resume-your education , experience and level of expertise.

WHAT ARE SOFT SKILLS?

Soft skills play a important and a significant role in one’s success in life particularly in one’s profession or an organization.

Soft skills are as important as traditional hard skills to an employer regardless of industry or job type.

They help one to excel in the workplace and their importance cannot be denied in this age of information and knowledge.

IMPORTANCE OF SOFT SKILLS

Soft skills are very important in business. Planning is necessary but execution is

also equally important. And it takes soft skills to execute any idea

because it involves dealing with people directly.

INTERPERSONAL SKILLS TEAM WORKING NEGOTIATION SKILLS COMMUNICATION SKILLS TIME MANAGEMENT STRESS MANAGEMENT

SOFT SKILLS INCLUDE :

Demonstrate your strengths by finding an example of when you used a certain skill.

Think about WHAT, WHEN, WHY and HOW of every situation and this should help to communicate and enhance your credibility.

Try to show your employers new and alternative approaches that distinguish you and your interpersonal skills.

EXHIBITING YOUR SOFT SKILLS:

Ask friends, family or colleagues to write down your good and not-so-good traits and have a look at consistencies in their responses.

This will help identify your strengths and allow you to work towards improving your weaknesses.

IDENTIFYING YOUR SOFT SKILLS:

S = STRENGTHSW=WEAKNESSESO =OPPORTUNITIEST =THREATS

SWOT ANALYSIS

ASK OTHERS FOR HELP :

Share your plan with co-workers and ask for their assistance .Locate a person who does well at what you want to learn and request feedback as you develop.

CONTINUE TO CHALLENGE NEW SOFT SKILLS SETS:

Research tells that continual learning keeps our brain s active and therefore our minds healthy. Everyone can improve certain areas of their soft skills capabilities. Training of soft skills has become all the more important in India and there are lots of professional trainer in every organization.

IMPROVING YOUR SOFT SKILLS

BE A PART OF TEAM ACTIVITIESASK YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS OR FRIENDS TO WRITE YOUR BEST AND WORST TRAITSHOW WELL DO YOU MANAGE YOUR TIMEPRACTICE THE HABIT OF GETTING FEEDBACKPRACTICE THE HABIT OF GIVING FEEDBACKLIVE CONSCIOUSLY

TRAIN YOURSELF

1) HAVE A POSITIVE ATTITUDE :

An overall positive outlook leads to overall positive attitude.

2) BE A TEAM PLAYER:

Being a TEAM PLAYER means not only being co-operative ,but also displaying strong leadership ability when its appropriate.

3) COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVITY:

Good communication skills are essential to someone’s job performance.

PRACTICING SOFT SKILLS

4) EXUDE CONFIDENCE:

In almost every situation, where you are trying to impress another person, CONFIDENCE is the key.

5) DEVELOP CREATIVE SKILLS:

Creativity and imaginative thinking are valued in any job and even the most technical position require the ability to think outside the box.

6) ACCEPT AND LEARN FROM CRITICISM:

This is one of the most challenging soft skills, which is why it is typically one of the most impressive to employers.

7) MOTIVATE YOURSELF AND LEAD OTHERS:

Its important for an employer to know that you are a SELF-STARTER who takes initiative.

8) PRIORITIZE YOUR TO-DO LIST:

In today’s workplace, a good employee is expected to be able to shuffle several different assignments and projects at once. You should know how to prioritize what’s more important.

9)SEE THE BIG PICTURE:

Looking at the larger picture in your work means seeing the determining factors of SUCCESS in what you do as well as RECOGNIZING a risk.

1) FACIAL EXPRESSION2) GESTURES3) PARALINGUISTIS4) BODY LANGUAGE AND POSTURE5) PROXEMICS6) EYE GAZE7) HAPTICS8) APPEARANCE9) EYE CONTACT

ESSENTIAL PART OF SOFT SKILLS:BODY LANGUAGE

While addressing a person use Mr, Mrs, Ms Say THANK YOU and SORRY when needed Offer proper handshake Do not talk ill of others Workplace is not the right place to flirt If you are on a wrong side, accept it graciously and

apologize. PRAISE in the public and BLAME in private Do not use vulgar comments Do not circulate mails of a unpleasant and untrue

nature Courteous to others will earn you respect

MANNERS

Courteous to others will earn COURTESY in return Courtesy helps in building cordial relationship Be thoughtful Be cheerful Be generous Be co-operative Be helpful Don’t be bossy Don’t keep people down or say rude things Respect others PRIVACY Take care of personal property

1)GROUP DISCUSSION:WHY GROUP DISCUSSION?It helps you to understand the subject deeplyIt improves your ability to think criticallyIt helps in solving a particular problemHelps in decision-makingImproves listening skills

APPLICATIONS OF SOFT SKILLS:

TEAM PLAYER REASONING ABILITY LEADERSHIP QUALITY FLEXIBILITY ASSERTIVENESS INITIATIVE CREATIVITY INSPIRING ABILITY LISTENING AWARENESS

QUALITIES TESTED IN A GD:

WHY AN INTERVIEW? They see you in flesh and bloodThey can hear you speakThey can look at your spoken imageYou get to know themYou come to know their expectationYou can impress them with your attitude, skills and knowledge

2) PERSONAL INTERVIEW

BODY LANGUAGE VOICE

OVERTONE UNDERTONE

CONFIDENCE EYE-CONTACT PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE PRESENCE OF MIND IQ LEVEL

QUALITIES TESTED IN AN INTERVIEW:

HONESTY RELIABILITY TEAM SKILLS ADAPTIBILITY FOLLOW RULES SELF-DIRECTED WRITING SKILLS DEPENDABILITY GOOD REFERENCES BEING DRUG-FREE

GOOD ATTENDANCE PERSONAL ENERGY PERSONAL CHEMISTRY PERSONAL INTEGRITY MOTIVATIONAL SKILLS ABILITY TO MEASURE WORK EXPERIENCE COMMON SENSE CRITICAL THINKING SKILL REPORTING TO WORK ON

TIME

SUMMARY OF SOFT SKILLS

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