Different Skills

Different Gaps

Dr. J.SASIGANTH,
Sacred Heart Institute of Management
Sacred Heart College.
 W H AT EMPLOYERS L O O K FOR

1.First and foremost, can you do the job?

2.Are you going to be reasonably easy to work with?
3.Will you be satisfied with the job or will you be looking to
leave within six months?
4.Are you reasonably likeable?
5.Do you seem like you can put up with whatever the
negatives of the job are?
6.Will you fit in with the company culture?
7.Do you have a strong work ethic?
8.How enthusiastic are you about the job?
 SOFT SKILLS DEFINED …

• Skills, abilities and traits that pertain to personality, attitude

and behavior
Moss and Tilly, 1996
 OTHERS Others Don’t
KNOW KNOW

My Name.
I KNOW My Hometown
Ability to Sing
My Appearance
My qualities

I Don’t
KNOW
 Soft skills, Business Skills and Holistic
Development

25% 30%

35% 10%

Tech Skill & Quali Image & Expe Attitude Communication

SOFT SKILLS: THE TWO
DOMAINS
 EXAMPLES OF INTERPERSONAL
(INTERACTIVE) SOFT SKILLS …

• Self Management
• Team work
• Relationship-building
• Adaptability
• Written and oral communication
• Friendliness
• Attire
• Grooming
 BODY LANGUAGE
• Gesturing
• Facial expressions
– How you appear to people?
• Eye contact
• How you look at people?
• Posture
- How to stand?

- How to move?
• Tone of voice
• Your sound.
 COMMUNICATION SKILLS
• Listening

• Self-expression
 ‘I’ Statements - ownership
 Matching non-verbal & verbal
 Questions
 Overcome barriers
 Positive language
 Ask for feedback
 EXAMPLES OF INTRAPERSONAL
(MOTIVATIONAL) SOFT SKILLS

• Planning/ organizing
• Taking initiative
• Problem solving
• Showing enthusiasm
• Stress tolerance
• Dependability
• Creative thinking and innovation
• Time management
• Willingness to learn
 WORKING WITH OTHERS

WHAT IS A
GROUP?
A group is a
collection of
individuals who
come together for a
particular reason or
with a common aim.
 BENEFITS OF LEARNING IN
GROUPS

• Experience, skills or knowledge of others

• Support, encouragement, responsibility
• Share work
• Increase understanding
• Differing perspectives
 NEGOTIATION SKILLS

 Communication to make a point in a professional

way
 Do you clearly state things professionally in a calm
manner?
 Do you fly off the handle when people do not agree
with you?
 How do you get along with your supervisor?
Others?
 POSITIVE ATTITUDE

Complaint or Solution?
•Do you focus on negative things?
•Do you complain without providing an idea for a
solution?
•Is your glass half-empty?
•Do you focus on the performance or mistakes of
others?
 SELF-MOTIVATION
What is moving you?

•Do you get up on your own for work/ school or is

someone else still doing that for you?

•Do you wait to be told to do something or seek out

work?

•What is motivating you?

Family? Money? Recognition?

 LEADERSHIP

• What qualities do you see in the following leaders?

• Nelson Mandela
• Mahatama Gandhi
• Adolf Hitler
• Martin Luther king
• Alexander the Great
• Abdul Kalam
 WHO IS A SUCCESSFUL LEADER?

• Alexander the Great

 WHO IS A SUCCESSFUL LEADER?

• John F. Kennedy
• “Leadership and
learning are
indispensable to each
other.”
 LEADER
A leader is one who
Inspires a follower
Accomplishes work
Develops the follower
Shows how to do the job
Assumes obligations and
Overcome various obstacles in attaining the goal
 LEADERSHIP QUALITIES
• Motivating capacity
• Courage
• Initiative ness
• Source of Knowledge
• Responsibility
• Integrity
 TIME MANAGEMENT

All the time in a day…..

•Are you scrambling to get from one thing

to the next?

•Do you forget appointments?

Assignments? Are you LATE?
 NOW IT’S TIME TO GET REAL.
Self-Evaluation

•What is motivating ME?

•Opinions of friends and family-ask for honesty!

•How well do I manage my time?

•How do I take feedback? How well do I listen?

Focus?
What employers expect from the grads?
•Learn quickly:
Right skills, knowledge for role playing.

•Ability to scale and take greater responsibility:

Salaries for growth, higher responsibility, not for current level of
productivity.: scale faster, take responsibility, contribute to
growth of organization.

•Ability to deal with uncertainty:

Great employees handle uncertainty, take decisions on limited
information.

•People skills:
Ability to work together, achieving common goals.