Assignment

For this assignment, do some research regarding your potential career. In addition to researching your career, look at job ads for positions in your career field.

-What soft skills are needed for this career?
-What soft skills are companies looking for

Next, look back at the soft skills that we discussed in the Week 2 discussion.

-What soft skills did you find to be applicable to you?
-How can you use these soft skills in your future?
-Which soft skills do you have that will make you an ideal candidate for your career field?

Write an APA-formatted paper about:

Your current soft skills - Looking at the lists of soft skills you've researched, which ones do you consider current strengths? Why are they strengths to your future career?

At least three soft skills you need to work on - Why these soft skills? What will they provide you in your new career?

How you will learn the soft skills you identified - What is your specific plan to develop these skills? How will you measure your progress?

The body (written text) of the paper should be at least 600 words in length & must have a title page and reference page. The paper should have at least five (5) paragraphs including an introduction paragraph and conclusion paragraph. The introduction paragraph tells the reader what you plan to tell them. The conclusion paragraph summarizes what you've told them.

Soft Skills List

1. Convincing
2. Coaching and developing people
3. Counseling
4. Mentoring
5. Team work
6. Team building
7. Consensus building
8. Conducting meetings
9. Big picture thinking and strategic thinking
10. Stress management
11. Observation
12. Know yourself (introspection)
13. Openness and flexibility (paradigm shifting)
14. Internal motivation and passion
15. Action orientation, drive and self-initiation
16. Self-development
17. Self confidence
18. Assertiveness
19. Integrity
20. Trustworthiness
21. Composure and self-presentation (appearance, manners and etiquette)
22. Intellectual horsepower and learning
23. Creativity and innovation
24. Conviction
25. Moral courage
26. Dependability and reliability
27. Dealing with ambiguity
28. Time management
29. Goal setting and result orientation
30. Decision making
31. Problem solving and process orientation
32. Communication (speaking, listening, empathy, body language, writing)
33. Interpersonal skills
34. Negotiation
35. Conflict management
36. Presentation
37. Task management.