Soft Skills Hanna DeBruhl, M.Ed, GCDF/I Career Coach Center for Career Coaching & Professional Development Institute for Leadership & Professional Excellence
1. Soft Skills Hanna DeBruhl, M.Ed, GCDF/I Career Coach Center
for Career Coaching & Professional Development Institute for
Leadership & Professional Excellence 1
3. What Are Soft Skills? You can have all the technical
expertise in the world, but if you cant sell your ideas, get along
with others, or turn your work in on time, youll be going nowhere
fast ( Klaus, pp.2) The Hard Truth About Soft Skills - Peggy Klaus
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4. Team Work/Conflict Resolution We wont like everyone that we
work with in our careers (Klaus, pp.83) 4
5. Communication Communication Criminals: o The Interrupter o
The Know It All o The One Upper o The Interragator The Fine Art of
Small Talk- Debra Fine Monday, May 26, 2014 5
6. Are you an Aspirin or a Vitamin? Employers want employees
who can solve their pains aka their problems not someone that
creates them. No one likes a whiny kid, but a whiny adult is
intolerable (Klaus, pp.41) 6
7. Adaptability Whether in a video conference or up close and
in person, you are always on stage and making an impression of one
sort or another (Klaus,72). This means that you must always be able
to be on and to adapt to different situations. 7
8. Work Ethics/Accountability The key to keep yourself out of
hot water is to create a personal code of conduct, then stick to it
(Klaus,pp.27). Act in the spirit of the law, not just to meet the
lowest standards set for you (Klaus,pp.27). 8
9. Time Management Your name becomes mud when you commit to
something and dont follow through (Klaus,pp.37) Making promises we
cant keep, like missing deadlines or being a no-show at meetings is
the kiss of death in any workplace (Klaus,pp.39) 9
10. Employers Want o Intrapersonal- positive attitude
flexibility o Interpersonal- decency honesty o Organizational-
prioritizing punctuality Monday, May 26, 2014 10
11. Review Three types of soft skills: Interpersonal- teamwork
Intrapersonal-adaptability Organizational-time management Monday,
May 26, 2014 11
12. Helpful Books For more information about references used in
this presentation, go to www.amazon.com Look in future editions of
the Post Script to see my book reviews on these and other helpful
career books. 12
13. For Additional Information: Ms. Hanna DeBruhl 803-786-3605
[email protected] Walk in Hours: Thursdays 2:00-4:00pm Center
for Career Coaching & Professional Development (white brick
building across from Bush Science Center) 13
