OFT SKILLS FOR SUCCESS
Content
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2
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• 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
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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 ?