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Defining Soft Skills: Key Attributes for Employment Success in Declining Job Markets

This document explores a conceptual model for understanding soft skills and their critical role in employment, particularly in times of job market decline. Highlighting essential attributes such as critical thinking, work ethic, and collaboration, it evaluates the gap between employer expectations and workforce capabilities. Through analysis of data from Cornell University and relevant statistics, this resource serves as a guide for individuals aiming to enhance their employability through the development of vital soft skills necessary for teamwork and independent growth in professional settings.

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Defining Soft Skills: Key Attributes for Employment Success in Declining Job Markets

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  1. DEFINING SOFT SKILLS A Conceptual Model in Practice

  2. Employment in Decline Cornell University: http://www.disabilitystatistics.org/reports/acs.cfm?statistic=2

  3. The Reach of DoR BFS for CA “factsheet” http://www.rehab.cahwnet.gov/Public/DOR-Fact-Sheets.html Disability Statistics from Cornell University http://www.disabilitystatistics.org/reports/acs.cfm?statistic=1

  4. Recidivism

  5. Employment Independence Equality

  6. What Do Employers Want?

  7. What are the Skill Gaps?

  8. And Soft Skills Means…

  9. Zone of Control

  10. Zone of Control Critical Thinking

  11. Zone of Control Critical Thinking Work Ethic

  12. Zone of Control Critical Thinking Work Ethic Social Rapport

  13. Zone of Control Critical Thinking Work Ethic Social Rapport Collaboration

  14. Zone of Control Critical Thinking • Common Sense • Time Management • Problem Solving • Work Ethic • Presence • Trustworthiness • Commitment to Work • Unsupervised Behavior • Commitment to Growth • Professional Boundaries • Social Rapport • Emotional Projection • Physical Projection • Reception & Interpretation • Differentiated Communication • Collaboration • Teamwork • Communication

  15. Zone of Control Critical Thinking Work Ethic Social Rapport Collaboration

  16. Zone of Control Critical Thinking Work Ethic Social Rapport Collaboration

  17. Zone of Control Critical Thinking Work Ethic Social Rapport Collaboration

  18. Hard Skills -A skill used to perform a singular task. Soft Skills -An interrelated set of learnable skills that allow people to work together effectively.

  19. JBA’s Street Week

  20. LCB’s New Foundations Critical Thinking • Expectations • Values • Work Ethic • Organization • Research 1 • Research 2 • Work-life balance • Ethics • Writing skills 1 • Doc Development 2 • Financial Literacy • Social Rapport • Assertiveness • Informal Communication • Personal/ Prof Relationship • Formal Interviewing • Collaboration • Conflict resolution • Advocacy

  21. Implications?

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