Softskills for success

OFT SKILLS FOR SUCCESS


Content
1

2

3

• General
introduction

• Soft skills

• Practices


Part 1
General introduction


History
•

Vietskills program

• Student’s Survey and Feedback- 2009
• Subject: Skills development – built in 2010
• Lecturers from different FTU’s departments
• Website:www.vietskills.net

• Office: Block A, Room1006 (Quality Assurance Center)


Content
• Name
– Soft skills training/ Study and working skills
– Skill development

• Skills
– Positive thinking
– Time management
– Teamwork
– Communication and Presentation skill

• Why?
• Objectives
– Useful and effective living and studying


Structure
• Credit: 3
• Time allocation
Introduction
Positive thinking
Time management
Communication and presentation
Teamwork

1
2

3
4
3


Teaching methodology

• Discussions
• Role plays
Groupwork
• Games

• Exercises
Practices
• Exercises

• Feeling
• Awareness
Experiences
• Action


Evaluation

10%
Attendanc
e

40%

Midterm

Final Test

Attendance

Group-work
project

Multiple
choices

50%


Part 2
• Introduction to Skills


What are skills?
– What are skills?
– What do you learn skills for?
– What/Which skills do you lack?
– How do you do to acquire needed skills?


What are skills

Thourough
understanding

Frequent
practices

SKILLS


What are skills?
• Theoretical information acquired about any subject
• Can be learnt
Knowledge

Skills

• Practical application of that knowledge
• Practical exposure and can be in-born

• Both knowledge and Skill are required to master a
field of study


What are skills?
Hard
skill

Soft skill

• Acquired by training from schools or self
studying
• Basic/ foundation

• Attained from practical exposure
• Essential


What are soft skills?
Soft Skills are Character Skills
acquired through an
individual’s upbringing, family
values, and society’s
expectations

• Courtesy of Don C.
Bramlett,


Soft skills
Soft skill is the
ability required and
expected from
persons for finding a
suitable job, its
maintenance and
promotion


What are the Soft Skills?
• Communication skills
• Body language
• Written communication skills

• Presentation skills
• Team work
• Professional ethics
• Interpersonal skills
• Time and stress management
• Leadership skills



Importance of soft skills
To handle interpersonal relations
 To take appropriate decisions
 To communicate effectively
 To have good impression and impact to gain
professional development


HARD SKILLSHARD SKILLS v/s SOFT SKILLS
• Hard skills are the academic skills, experience
and level of expertise as generally described
in a resume
• Soft skills are essentially to be categorized as
Self Development Skills, Interaction Skills,
Leadership skills,


Soft skill vs hard skill
• Long-Term Job Success
Research conducted with
Fortune 500 CEOs by the

Stanford Research Institute
International and the
Carnegie Melon Foundation,
found that 75 percent of
long-term job success
depends on soft skill % 75
and hard skill 25%


BEING AND BECOMING
• Soft skills ( EQ….Emotional intelligence quotient) complement hard skills
(part of a person's IQ, ), which are the technical requirements of a job.
• Soft skills are believed to be unchangeable, innate characteristics which
are a part of the being
• But you will be on the way to becoming better Doctors with your ability
to develop your soft skills (DNA…Developing natural abilities) in a
constructive manner as a part of life-long learning.


11 essential skills
1. Learning to learn
2. Listening skills
3.Oral communication skills
4. Problem solving skills
5. Creative thinking skills
6. Goal setting/ motivation skills
7.Personal and career development skills
8. Interpersonal skills
9. Teamwork
10. Negotiation skills

11. Organizational effectiveness


Practice

Distinguish between soft skills and
knowledge


Top Soft-skills Employers want ?