Course Description
In this course on Soft Skills and Career Development, you’ll learn to manage social interactions and relationships in the workplace by learning interpersonal skills like social intelligence. And we’ll help you identify soft skills you can cultivate by learning how to practice soft skills in the workplace and through training opportunities.
Every professional can benefit from having soft skills. These are the life skills that make you a competitive candidate, like problem solving, delegating, motivating, and team building. But what are these abilities, really? And how can you develop them? This course will help you define soft skills and recognize which ones are most relevant to your career trajectory. You’ll be able to identify them on ads for your dream job, and we’ll teach you how to incorporate them into your career development planning. We also discuss administrative skills, which are the soft skills that regulate your relationship with the work itself.
What You'll Learn
- Define soft skills and recognize which ones are most relevant to your career trajectory
- Identify roles and responsibilities that require soft skills
- Manage social interactions and relationships in the workplace using interpersonal skills like social intelligence
- Identify soft skills you can cultivate and practice in the workplace
- Develop soft skills through training and professional development opportunities
- Incorporate soft skills into your career development planning and spot them in job ads
Key Takeaways
- Soft skills are life skills such as problem solving, delegating, motivating, and team building that make you a competitive candidate.
- Interpersonal skills like social intelligence help you manage social interactions and relationships in the workplace.
- Soft skills can be cultivated by practicing them in the workplace and through training opportunities.
- Administrative skills are the soft skills that regulate your relationship with the work itself.
- Recognizing soft skills in job ads helps you incorporate them into your career development planning.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is this course for?
The course is designed for any professional, since it explains that every professional can benefit from having soft skills.
What does this course cover?
It covers defining soft skills, examples of soft skills, cultivating them, using them at work, developing them through training and professional development, and administrative skills that regulate your relationship with the work itself.
What skills will I gain from this course?
You will learn to manage social interactions and relationships in the workplace through interpersonal skills like social intelligence, and to identify and cultivate soft skills such as problem solving, delegating, motivating, and team building.
How is the course structured?
The course is organized into lessons covering an Introduction, Examples of Soft Skills, Cultivating Soft Skills, Using Soft Skills at Work, Developing Soft Skills Through Training, Developing Soft Skills Through Professional Development, and a Test Your Knowledge section.
How can this course help with my career?
It helps you define soft skills, recognize which ones are most relevant to your career trajectory, identify them on ads for your dream job, and incorporate them into your career development planning.
