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B-Schools Greenlight Classes Teaching Soft Skills
By Miriam Salpeter
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The April 7 issue of BusinessWeek reminds job seekers that “soft skills“ are important and valued in the workplace. (Note: my search for a link to this story reveals that an expanded version appeared online.)
Business schools, including MIT, Carnegie Mellon, Emory, the University of Virginia and Babson College are offering management communications classes to teach “soft skills,” such as teamwork and leadership. Courses such as theatre are intended to enhance communication skills, build confidence and foster team building, all important managerial traits.
You can bet that top business schools would not spend their time teaching Shakespeare if employers weren’t seeking these important job skills. Don’t overlook your emotional intelligence. Highlight skills such as communication, teamwork and leadership in your resume and demonstrate how you have been successful using them!
Keppie Careers will help you highlight all of your key skills with a top-notch resume. We advise, encourage and enlighten job seekers: www.keppiecareers.com
Keppie Careers - A Head Above the Rest
www.keppiecareers.com
www.keppiecareers.wordpress.com
The April 7 issue of BusinessWeek reminds job seekers that “soft skills“ are important and valued in the workplace. (Note: my search for a link to this story reveals that an expanded version appeared online.)
Business schools, including MIT, Carnegie Mellon, Emory, the University of Virginia and Babson College are offering management communications classes to teach “soft skills,” such as teamwork and leadership. Courses such as theatre are intended to enhance communication skills, build confidence and foster team building, all important managerial traits.
You can bet that top business schools would not spend their time teaching Shakespeare if employers weren’t seeking these important job skills. Don’t overlook your emotional intelligence. Highlight skills such as communication, teamwork and leadership in your resume and demonstrate how you have been successful using them!
Keppie Careers will help you highlight all of your key skills with a top-notch resume. We advise, encourage and enlighten job seekers: www.keppiecareers.com
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Comment by Greg Lachs on April 1, 2008 at 3:37am -
Miriam-very good post, here! It's good to see that schools are looking more deeply into helping their students strengthen their abilities to move forward in the workplace. For my 2 cents, I think the communication side of things has always been underrated in terms of what people really NEED to know versus what they are being taught. Having a speech communications class and a couple of English classes in composition in 2-4 years is hardly enough to cover that, IMHO!
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Comment by Miriam Salpeter on April 4, 2008 at 11:49am -
Greg - Thanks for your comment! I think there are many soft skills that are very difficult to teach (common sense, etc.), but communicating is something people can improve with practice and is probably one of the most important skills a person can have!
Miriam
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