Importance Of Soft Skills Research Articles

SOFT SKILLS СУЧАСНОГО МОЛОДОГО БАЛЕТМЕЙСТЕРА НЕОБХІДНІ ДЛЯ СТВОРЕННЯ КОЛЕКТИВНОГО ТВОРЧОГО ПРОЕКТУ

Modern art space, which is formed by interpenetration and synthesis of arts, requires not only professional knowledge and skills, but also the education of a new person today, especially in the realities of modern Ukrainian society. The transformation and genesis of choreographic art requires the emergence of a new figure of the choreographer - artist, creator, scientist. In the context of the importance of collective creativity in general, a creative project co-authored by a group of choreographers will be a special form of communication, because it involves the interpervasion of creative energies in a team of individuals. Besides professional skills, universal human qualities are taken into, which will affect the relationship and the result of work - Soft Skills. Among the special skills, the author points out a worldview and emotional intelligence and draws attention to communication and tolerance, which are manifested in social connection processes, in particular in psychological interaction, especially when it comes to the process of carrying out a creative choreographic project. The list of components of emotional intelligence includes self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, and other social skills for establishing a relationship. In the context of the spiritual development of the individual, attention is paid to one of the important soft skills of a modern young choreographer - empathy. The stages of collective creative work (according to Ivanov) are "infecting with an idea", planning, carrying out, analysis, summarizing, future aftereffects that can be used for the process of creating a collective art project by a group of co-choreographers. For each of the stages the corresponding soft skills of the young choreographer are offered. In general, the following qualities and skills are distinguished, for example: ability to work in a team, stress resistance, creativity, developed imagination to create images, motivation, planning skills, methodology, time management skills, discipline, critical thinking, information retrieval skills, ability to research, desire learn and improve.

The built heritage as a resource for architectural education: documentation of the vernacular settlements and architecture in Oman

PurposeThrough a project of cooperation between the Ministry of Heritage and Tourism (MHT) and Sultan Qaboos University (SQU), a team including faculty members, technicians and students from the SQU department of civil and architectural engineering (CAE), was involved in the project of documentation, survey and the development of management plans of four (4) Omani Vernacular settlements (Harat). Such an experience was meant to initiate students from different levels in undergraduate programs of civil and architectural engineering to the fieldwork and professional practice in the field of built heritage studies. The present research aims to explore the effect of such an experience on the learning process and skills acquired by the involved students.Design/methodology/approachThe research was undertaken with students of CAE undergraduate programs at SQU. The documentation method has been implemented in 4 different settlements with the same students. A questionnaire has been administered to the participating students after their graduation to collect their feedback regarding the benefits of this experience on their education and skills development. The data was complemented by active observation and semi-directive interviews with some students randomly selected among the respondents to the questionnaire.FindingsThe outcome of each documentation campaign as well as the results of the questionnaires administered revealed that this experience has raised students' awareness about the importance of studying the built heritage and safeguarding it. The research has shown that important soft skills, such as team-working, leadership and communication, have been consolidated. It has also revealed that this experience was an opportunity for students to discover the variety of options within the profession of architecture and its intellectual and ethical responsibilities. Such aspects are hardly grasped when taught within a “classical” teaching/learning setting.Research limitations/implicationsThe main limitations of this research were the hard working conditions during the summer in Oman and the direct interaction of the students with the buildings. Even cautious, such interaction represents a risk for an already fragile heritage.Practical implicationsThe paper includes a detailed description of the architectural documentation tools and methods used in the case studies. These tools and methods can easily be applicable, with slight adaptations, in other architectural documentation projects involving undergraduate students. The documentation methodology and the generated corpus of 3D digital models can be used in other documentation projects and further studies such as architectural typologies, bioclimatic properties, natural ventilation patterns, daylight performance, etc.Originality/valueThis paper reports on the outcomes of the first experience of its kind in Oman and the Gulf region, where undergraduate students (predominantly females) were involved in an interdisciplinary project for the documentation of important vernacular settlements and their buildings. The added value of this research is that its methodology can be a reference for professors of Architecture and related specialties aiming to integrate research and field work with education.

The soft skills emergency management that matters at the hardest time: A phenomenology study of healthcare worker's experiences during Kelantan flood 2014

The monsoon flood was inevitable for Malaysia. Nevertheless, no one expected that it would be as severe as the Kelantan Flood 2014. Total collapse of communication disruption had made it difficult for centric top-down emergency management to reach out to the healthcare workers. Not only the public were severely affected yet even healthcare workers and their families felt the impact of that disaster. This study aims to explore the challenges faced by the healthcare workers and look into the management that really helped them survive this crisis. Nine (9) healthcare workers under the ministry of health working at hospitals and affected clinics narrated their experience and their transcriptions were coded by a panel of experts. It was found that the common challenge occurred when they had to deal with patients and emergency circumstances with total cut down of necessities like electric supply, food and most of these healthcare workers were burned out when there were limited human resources during that critical phase. They also had to deal with their own inner turmoil and psychological concerns while mending the needs of their patient and the other staff. Breakdowns of communication and handling emergency cases really put them to the test. In handling most of these challenges, all agreed on the importance of having a leader to coordinate and motivate them, to form a crisis management centre as the core place for communication to be synchronized and the importance of soft skills in getting help from locals and the Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs). This study has affirmed the importance for emergency management to focus on creating proactive response in empowering the bottom-up kind of management as a complement to the existing preparedness system. Hence there is no better way to do that than to pay heed on the soft skills aspect of an emergency management plan in the future.

Study on Skills Gap Beyond COVID

Keeping up with the pace of technological advancement is a challenge for companies of all shapes and sizes. It is increasingly crucial to reskill and upskill in the changing era of innovation, especially post-pandemic (Beyond Covid), and acquiring soft skills is imperative for success in the digital era. The importance of soft skills, like teamwork, communication skills, problem-solving, and critical thinking, is a growing demand, heightened especially during the pandemic while working remotely. Upskilling ensures employees’ skillsets won’t become obsolete. As you reskill your employees, you create a more well-rounded, cross-trained workforce, and increase your team’s effectiveness. (itagroup.com, n.d.) According to the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, the equivalent of 255 million full-time jobs have been lost due to the pandemic, and 1.6 billion informal economy workers lacking a social safety net have been significantly affected. The recovery will be slow; global economic growth is expected to return to pre-pandemic levels only by 2022 or 2023. The pandemic has dramatically accelerated the need for new skills in the workforce, with social and emotional skills high in demand. The proportion of companies addressing empathy and interpersonal skills doubled in 2020, according to our newest McKinsey Global Survey on reskilling. (McKinsey, 2021)

CONNECTING WITH GEN Z: USING INTERACTIVE IMPROV GAMES TO TEACH SOFT SKILLS

ABSTRACT Soft skills (active listening, attention to detail, avoiding technology-based distractions, etc.) are a growing need in today’s workforce. Yet, finding the time, methods, and space within marketing classes can be a challenge. Faced with the task of teaching students not only how to function in their daily roles once in the workforce, the authors found themselves in need of methods to also teach skills to not only help students land jobs, but be successful in them and working with colleagues. The enclosed teaching innovation of using improvisation-based techniques helps to enrich class activities and reinforce existing marketing concepts as well as prominent soft skills for professional development and long-term career success. This manuscript includes details of the importance of soft skills in the marketplace, descriptions of the piloted three interactive games, and best practices for instructors on how to implement them within their classrooms.

EXPLORING WORK PLACEMENT EXPERIENCE: CASE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, MAURITIUS

The inclusion of job training and learning has recently been acknowledged as not only a key element of organizational initiatives to enhance learners' job readiness, but even as an organizational initiative to establish themselves in the marketable global education industry (Tran & Soejatminah, 2016). University students’ work-readiness continue to be a significant issue, with Mauritian industries lamenting a lack of soft skills and real-life experiences deemed necessary for recruitment. The University of Technology, Mauritius (UTM) has completely adopted the Work Placement principles since 2014 to extend numerous options to its learners to offer relevant work experiences. The present study aims at exploring the role of the Work Placement experience among the students studying at the UTM. A survey was conducted using an online questionnaire among 230 participants to measure soft-skill development. Before and after the internship, descriptive statistics such as means, standard deviations, and varying scores were investigated using SPSS. The results reveal that students have a positive attitude toward the acquired skills and abilities through Work Placement. The majority of the students asserted that through their Work Placement experiences, they have acquired important soft skills and have become excellent team players and good communicators

Teaching Soft Skills in Healthcare and Higher Education: A Scoping Review Protocol

Background: Soft skills and the need for their development have been discussed across industries for many years, predominantly in engineering, hospitality, and IT sectors. The importance of soft skills to career success has been well-documented, but gaps exist on how to teach them. Inter-industry variability and a lack of consensus in identifying and defining important soft skills adds to the problem. New research in teaching soft skills needs to be formally incorporated into training curricula, especially within healthcare and education sectors. This scoping review will answer these research questions: How are soft skills conceptualised, taught and assessed in healthcare and higher education? 
 Methods/Design: A search of health, education, and social science databases will be conducted including peer-reviewed and grey literature. Data will be extracted using a combination of the PRISMA ScR and PAGER framework. Analysis will be carried out utilising the PAGER framework and will yield descriptive summaries.
 Discussion: The review will collate literature on teaching and assessing soft skills in healthcare and higher education. It will map evidence in relation to current practices and research, gaps, evidence for practice, and research recommendations. The findings will be discussed in the full Scoping Review along with implications for teaching.

Service needs assessment of employment-related soft skills for transition age youth with disabilities

BACKGROUND: Work-related soft skills can be an important factor for successful employment outcomes, particularly for individuals with disabilities. OBJECTIVE: This study conducted a survey on the needs of important work-related soft skills for employment success of transition age youth with disabilities. METHODS: 183 participants included 27 individuals with disabilities, 32 family members of individuals with disabilities,35 disability service providers, 47 disability advocates and 42 employers, completed surveys to identify a list of soft skills by importance for transition age youth with disabilities to succeed at work. RESULTS: All five groups noted the top two skills: asking for help and responding to feedback, as most important. Employers also rated interview skills as third most important skills, while the other four groups advocated requesting for accommodations and negotiating conflicts as the third and fourth most important skills. CONCLUSIONS: Findings indicated soft skills being critical to work success for transition age youth with disabilities, with some skills potentially being more important. Vocational counseling implications were discussed.

Communication skills in generation Z as future tourism employees

ABSTRACT Generation Z has recently entered the tourism labour market, where communication skills have been recognised as one of the most important soft skills. This paper investigates the communication skills of Generation Z as future tourism employees. Primary research was conducted using a questionnaire investigate five communication skill dimensions: written, oral, listening, digital, and non-verbal communication skills influencing the intention to improve these communication skills. The research methodology included Importance-Performance Map Analysis (IPMA) based on the PLS method. Findings indicate that nonverbal communication skills belong to the high importance-high performance group, while listening and digital communication skills belong to the low importance-high performance group. Written and oral communication skills belong to the low importance-low performance group. The paper’s contribution is an up to date conceptualisation of Generation Z’s communication skills and an examination of the most prominent communication skills among the Generation Z respondents.

The Perception of Organizational Psychologists on the Importance of Soft Skills for Engineers

Soft skills are very important in the job market, as they are closely related to interpersonal interactions and well as other factors such as problem-solving. Despite their importance, in some technical fields like Engineering, they tend to be taken for granted. Organizational psychologists are the ones usually involved in hiring process within companies. Therefore, the presented work assessed the most important aspects necessary to build these skills based on organizational psychologists’ perspectives. Important soft skills previously identified as important for Engineers through a Systematic Bibliographic Review were grouped into core groups. These were used as a basis to elaborate a questionnaire used to evaluate the organizational psychologists’ perception of each soft skill in terms of Engineering performance. The results support the idea that soft skills are important for the professional performance of Engineer and are directly linked to the multidisciplinary feature of the field. The results also suggest the urgent need to increase the exchange between market and academia and reshape the Engineering curricula to reflect the demands of an increasingly challenging and competitive job market.

Podsticanje razvoja veština neophodnih za zapošljavanje budućih profesionalaca u turizmu i ugostiteljstvu posredstvom podkasting tehnologije

As business environments keep changing and evolving so do professionals from various fields find themselves in the need of developing various employability skills. One such skill is communication in foreign languages and one way of developing language competence, in a timely manner, is to apply different technology in tertiary education language study. Podcasts are considered a complex yet simple way of developing students' language competence and this study aims at investigating the level of podcast effectiveness in improving the English language vocabulary knowledge of students of tourism and hospitality. The results of quantitative research show that listening to podcasts improves students' vocabulary scores. Namely, the mean score for the post-test of the experimental group indicates a positive and significant difference in vocabulary knowledge of EFL students. This way, future tourism and hospitality professionals will have developed an important soft skill even before becoming active participants in the labor market.

Important Soft Skills To Promote Youth Employment In Algeria

Important Soft Skills To Promote Youth Employment In Algeria

Pelatihan soft skills dan outbound bagi Guru-Guru dan Perangkat Desa Rantau Baru

The population of Rantau Baru Village is 750 people. Most of the people's livelihood is fishing. There are eleven teachers in Rantau Baru Village, consisting of nine elementary school teachers and two kindergarten teachers. In addition, the number of village officials is eleven people. The purpose of this service activity is to provide an understanding to teachers and village officials about the importance of soft skills in improving teacher professionalism and service quality. In addition, outbound activities are also carried out which are useful as personality development. This service is carried out through: lecture and demonstration methods (Practice). The target group for this service is 22 people consisting of elementary school teachers, kindergarten teachers and village officials. The results of this service can increase the knowledge of participants about soft skills and personality. Another benefit for teachers and village officials is to strengthen personality aspects such as self-confidence, cooperation, courage, creativity, and social relations in improving the professionalism of teachers and village officials.

FEATURES OF TRAINING OF FUTURE INFORMATICS TEACHERS WORKING WITH THE GIT VERSION CONTROL SYSTEM GIT

Teamwork is the most important soft skill of the modern specialist, not to mention a teacher. It is also undisputed that skills development is very important to start at school, in particular at computer science lessons. Accordingly, a future teacher of computer science has to know version control systems and use one of them to organize collective student's work like in class and in the process of preparing for science competitions of the Junior Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. This topic of the article is relevant because it doesn't fully describe in the scientific and methodological resources. The main goal of this article is to open the main features of teaching students to work with version control systems on the example of Git. The systematic approach was the methodological basis for the investigation discovery. But besides, the researcher analyzed, compared, and summarized the investigation and experience of the leading scientists. As the result of the article the author rise to the following conclusions that the knowledge of version control systems (in particular Git) is an important part of the preparation of computer science teachers; teaching students to work with such programs have to be combined with the study of programming; should be encouraged students to complete labs and case studies using Git; teachers have to demonstrate through examples the correct organization and culture of work with such programs. The writer is also considering using the GitHub Classroom service to organize the educational process subjects such as programming and page making of web pages.

Формування soft skills на заняттях з англійської мови у студентів ветеринарної спеціальності

Abstract. The article defines the role and importance of soft skills in teaching English to veterinary students. The author emphasizes that due to the development of superprofessional skills today universities are able to train competitive specialists, in particular in the field of veterinary medicine, who have a high level of communicative foreign language competence. It is substantiated that such skills as teamwork, communication skills, critical thinking, which contribute to the development of personality and determination of its position in society, form the basis of soft skills and determine the competitiveness of higher education graduates in the modern labor market. The purpose of the research works is to determine the role of soft skills in teaching English to veterinary students. Results of research work. Soft skills are defined as "skills of the XXI century", or "interchangeable" skills (transferable skills). They are based on such skills as teamwork, communication skills, critical thinking, which contribute to the development of personality and determine its position in society (especially in terms of effective and harmonious interaction with other people) – they are becoming increasingly important in the competitiveness of higher education institution graduates in the labor market. We can distinguish four main groups of soft skills: 1. Basic communication skills, which include the ability to persuade, argue, work in a team, negotiate, conduct business correspondence, make presentations, etc. 2. Self-management, which includes the ability to manage emotions, skills in dealing with stressful situations, the ability to plan and set goals, use the time effectively, control emotions. 3. Skills of intellectual thinking, which form the ability to search and analyze information, think creatively, logically, not stereotyped, have design skills, make informed decisions. 4. Foresight management, which helps students to master such skills as goal setting, project management, motivation, control, easy access to feedback. Exactly these super-professional skills can be formed in Business English classes for veterinary students.

Soft Skills for a Successful Engineering Graduate Career

This article focuses on soft skills that are needed for young engineers starting their professional careers. The objectives of the study were: 1) to determine soft skills of young engineers that are most in demand among employers; 2) to assess the importance of soft skills for the successful start of the graduates’ professional career; 3) to determine the necessary conditions for soft skills development in the engineering bachelor’s degree educational process. The methods of expert assessment, written survey, oral conversation, decomposition, statistical and structural-logical analysis were used in the study. A review of foreign and domestic studies focusing on the analysis and assessment of soft skills needed in the work of engineering and technical personnel in various fields of activity is made. The results of an empirical study showed which soft skills are assessed by young engineers and heads of industrial enterprises as highly demanded for university graduates’ successful career start. On their basis, an optimal grouping of soft skills was compiled, which meets the requirements of professional training for many types of engineering activities. The authors adduce the results of a comparative analysis of the highlighted soft skills, based on the assessments of their importance made by teachers of engineering disciplines, heads of departments and engineers of industrial enterprises, as well as senior students of engineering bachelor’s degree. It was found that representatives of industrial enterprises, especially managers more highly assess the importance of soft skills for the successful professional activity of graduates of an engineering university in comparison with teachers and students. An explanation of the discrepancies in the obtained assessments of soft skills is proposed. The difficulties and necessary conditions for soft skills development in engineering bachelor degree educational process are determined. The article substantiates the key role of the studentcentered approach to teaching and the corresponding teaching and learning technologies for the successful development of soft skills on the basis of different disciplines, including specialized and practice-oriented ones for the engineering profile. The authors formulate the conclusions about the features of soft skills development, which can be used to improve the university training of engineering personnel.

Perceptions of Undergraduate Students of Islamic Studies of the Importance of Soft Skills for Education and Future Career at King Khalid University

This paper examines Islamic undergraduate students’ awareness and perceptions of the importance of soft skills for education and future career among undergraduate students of Islamic Studies at King Khalid University. The study is carried out to redirect the focus of undergraduate students' training and development goals to the acquisition of soft skills, which have a very high effect on improving undergraduate student’s performances. This study aims to discover student awareness and perception towards the importance of soft skills among engineering students. This study adopted a quantitative research approach. A questionnaire was administered and used to gather the data. Also, the questionnaire was specifically designed to examine the importance of soft skills for education and future career for Islamic Studies undergraduate students. The target population in this study consisted of 4500 Islamic undergraduate students. The purposive sample was 300 students were randomly selected from the population with an 85 percent confidence level within 0.05 risk of sampling error. The findings of the study indicated that Islamic undergraduate students at King Khalid University were aware of the importance of soft skills for their education and future carrier as well. Participants ranked the following soft skills as the essential skills for Islamic undergraduate students' improving decision making, besides a greater willingness to accept the ideas of others, improving leadership skills, oral and verbal communication, a gain in self-confidence, small group discussions, and learned more about technology and various applications. They thought soft skills are important for accelerating students’ academic performance and developing the learning environment while less important for finding a better job opportunity and considering it a primary employment requirement by modern workplaces.

From high school to workplace: investigating the effects of soft skills on career engagement through the role of psychological capital in different age groups

PurposeThis study aims at investigating the indirect effect of soft skills on career engagement through the role of psychological capital (PsyCap) in different age groups. The social cognitive theory (SCT) and job demands-resource model (JD-R) were employed to explain the effect of perceived skill mastery on PsyCap and career engagement.Design/methodology/approachThe data were collected from 707 high school students, 150 university students and 165 employees using a three-wave data collection technique. This study measured soft skills, PsyCap and career engagement at different age groups (i.e. high school students, university students and employees). The data were analysed using a moderated-mediation technique.FindingsThe results showed that soft skills positively influenced PsyCap and eventually increased career engagement in all age groups. However, the effect was stronger for students (both in high school and university) than employees in the workplaces. Unlike most students, employees related soft skills to performance. Regardless of the effect on performance, students would be more likely than employees to perceive soft skill mastery as a source of efficacy.Research limitations/implicationsFirst, the education system should direct more attention to developing students' non-cognitive skills. Second, people should understand that their career advancement continues in the workplace context. Organizations can foster employees' soft skills by providing more opportunities to develop new skills.Originality/valueThis study sheds light on the importance of soft skills beyond academic and workplace performance. This study is among the few empirical investigations that reveal career engagement factors across different career development stages.

Updating Potential Soft Skills For Telecommuters In A Home-Work Double Situations In The Covid 19 Pandemic

Telecommuting is used to work far from the central office to achieve performance but now the term is shifting. Work from home is now hard to do since workers also have to take care of their families. Job routines are still demanding and at the same time, taking care of family and handling domestic affairs tasks can not be neglected since safety comes first to protect the family from the virus. Job demands shift in this COVID 19 pandemic as many domestic and office problems occur while people work from home. This review paper elaborates the important soft skills for telecommuting who work from home in this pandemic. The review was conducted from 1986 until the latest one in 2020. This review results in some soft skills that have evidenced their presence for telecommuters. The existence of soft skills are demanding and undoubtedly plays important role in helping telecommuters complete their job.

The Degree To Which Primary School Teachers In Amman Governorate Possess Soft Skills In Light Of Coronavirus Pandemic From Their Principals' Perspectives

The problem and the aim of the study: The rapid growth in technologies and the threat of COVID-19 pandemic have brought remarkable changes in the twenty-first century. Corona pandemic has caused a series of transformations in the different spheres of social, political, labor, economic and educational life. Different governments have launched emergency policy initiatives based on the suspension of classes and the closure of educational centers to continue teaching activities from homes through the use of information and communication, which led to the emergence of new skills that the teacher should possess in order to keep pace with modern developments and to continue with the student learning process. The primary school teacher is required to develop his soft skills with quality and efficiency, to be in line with the great technological renaissance the world is witnessing in the field of teaching, knowledge and culture, and to realize that one of his new tasks is to be a guide, facilitator and assistant for students to learn by themselves. Accordingly, the study aimed at finding out the degree to which primary school teachers in Amman Governorate, possess soft skills in light of Coronavirus pandemic from the viewpoint of their principals.
 Research methods: The researcher reviewed the related literature to narrow the topic and aggregate the theoretical and empirical research related to the topic. The descriptive survey method was used in the study in addition to a 41- item questionnaire distinctly developed for gathering data. Reliability and validity of these items were checked by applying it to a pilot group of 30 principals selected randomly. (837) male and female principals from Amman governorate were selected as a study population. The sample of the study was (228) principals who were randomly selected, and constitutes (27%) of the study population.The results of the study were obtained through appropriate statistical analyses, then analyzed and discussed according to the questions of the study.
 Results: The results showed that the degree to which primary school teachers' possess soft skills was high. The results also indicated that there is a statistically significant difference according to gender variable in favor of females, while there are no statistically significant differences attributed to experience variable and the interaction between gender and experience.
 Conclusion: the study pointed out that the importance of soft-skills for teachers has got more importance under COVID-19 pandemic crisis, as utilizing soft skills in teaching will improve the quality of educational results. There is a need to create awareness among the teachers about the importance of soft skills for career advancement and how to develop and practice such skills. schools should carefully review and incorporate the desired soft skills into their curricula. However, they should also continue running specialized training workshops to help teachers further improve their soft skills. It is equally important that teachers should also make efforts for improving their skills level through self-directed readings and participation in appropriate skills development programs and activities.