5 Reasons Soft Skills are More Important
Success in the workplace depends on much more than just the skills required to perform the actual work. Unless you work in a bubble, completely isolated from your manager, customers and teammates, then you’ll be required to interact with others in an effective, positive and efficient way. These abilities, referred to as ‘soft skills’, are
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Customers Demand Soft Skills
You don’t have to be a sociologist to know that people crave personal validation. We see it every day in the workplace – the mere act of saying hello to your office mates as you walk into the building or waving goodbye as you leave a zoom call can make a difference. Of course, the
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The Modern Workplace Is Interpersonal
You don’t have to be a sociologist to know that people crave personal validation. We see it every day in the workplace – the mere act of saying hello to your office mates as you walk into the building or waving goodbye as you leave a zoom call can make a difference. Of course, the
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Soft Skills Are Harder To Learn
There is a formal or perhaps informal plan for learning the technical skills necessary to perform well when starting a new job. For example, someone will show you how to use the equipment properly, the procedures involved in documentation and even where the off switch is. These are the kinds of hard skills necessary to
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Hard Skills Are Pointless Without Soft Skills
At Dynamic Works, we know that you can’t be effective with only technical skills in most jobs. For example, a salesperson with an outstanding knowledge of their product and market will only be successful if they have the interpersonal skills to close deals and retain clients. A business manager needs to listen to employees, have
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Practice Really Does Make Perfect – A Coach Can Help
The more you are comfortable doing something, the more confidence you exude while doing so. According to Tony Robbins, ‘repetition is the mother of skill’. Equally important is the guidance of a good career coach or teacher. Good things to remember in life and particularly as you advance in your career. A career coach can
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You ARE One in a Million – How to Let Your Potential Employer Know!
There is no one just like you. No one can bring to a job precisely what you can offer, from your unique personality to your specific skillset and experiences. Capitalize on that! As the economy reopens, people are looking for jobs or looking to change careers. You need to stand out in the crowd. You
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Finding That ‘Just Right’ Job!
You remember Goldilocks and her quest for the chair/porridge/bed that was ‘just right’. Career opportunities are similar. Your skillset may be broad, but your sweet spot is probably relatively narrow. While there are many job openings out there right now, not every job is the ‘just right’ job for you. Here are a few helpful
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Dynamic Teams & Working Styles
There are many things that make our team well… dynamic One of the most unique facets is that our team works remotely full-time. We’ve been doing it for a while, so the work from home part is not new to us. The at home all the time part is! For some of us we’ve suddenly
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The Age of the Virtual Job Fair
Everything looks a bit different now in the workforce world and the job fair is part of that change. Virtual job fairs have been coming to prominence for some time, but now more than ever they are the way to connect job seekers to hiring managers. We don’t expect this to end anytime soon. That’s
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