Source: “Soft Skills” - retrieved April 05. 2014http://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/soft-skills.asp Source: About.com Job Searching - List of Soft Skills – retrieved April 05, 2014http://jobsearch.about.com/od/skills/fl/soft-skills.htm

What are they?

What is their purpose?

How do we develop them?

Why do we need to learn about them?

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Source: “Soft Skills” - retrieved April 05. 2014http://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/soft-skills.asp

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Attentive listening

Appropriate communication

Adaptability

Assertiveness

Collaboration, cooperation

Collegiality, courteous behaviour

Critical thinking, observing

Cultural competence

Following instructions, elaborating

Reliability, work ethics

Motivation, interest

Self-directed, self-supervising

Sense of humour

Dismissive

Short-tempered

Inappropriate

Source: “Soft Skills” - retrieved April 05. 2014http://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/soft-skills.asp Source: About.com Job Searching - List of Soft Skills – retrieved April 05, 2014http://jobsearch.about.com/od/skills/fl/soft-skills.htm

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