15 Nov EP. 030 5 Soft Skills that will Set you Apart
Episode 30:
5 Soft Skills that will Set you Apart
If you don’t already list your soft skills on your resume, you may want to start considering it. Employers value soft skills, and promoting them could be the difference between you getting that dream… or not.
You may be wondering exactly what soft skills are, and in this episode we take a look at five specific examples:
- Communication
- Teamwork
- Time management
- Critical thinking
- Empathy
You may not give any of the above a second thought when applying for jobs or negotiating a promotion or pay rise. In most cases, these soft skills come naturally and without thinking. But that doesn’t mean you’re either born with them or not – it’s never too late to learn a new soft skill, and in this episode I help you understand how to identify them, and how to use them to your advantage.
Here are the highlights from this episode:
{1:50} We take soft skills for granted.
{4:14} Your soft skills make you unique, so point them out!
{7:19} Use your soft skills in your elevator pitch.
