The importance of soft skills
In today's working environment, the specific personality traits of employees are defined by non-technical skills, also known as soft skills or transversal competencies.
These soft skills include interpersonal, behavioural and communication skills, as well as cognitive abilities. They complement hard skills, which are technical knowledge and skills acquired during school, extracurricular study and training, and attested by appropriate certifications.
Non-technical, or transversal, skills are innate in people, but they can still be developed further every day. These skills, also referred to as transferable, are useful in any job.
SOFT SKILLS TO FOCUS ON
In the world of work, soft skills are in high demand and are increasingly valued by HR managers during job interviews. These skills are often tested with specific group exercises at the selection stage.
During the recruitment process, there are several soft skills to look for in candidates, such as:
- Interpersonal skills-- the ability to interact, listen, encourage participation, resolve conflicts and build relationships outside the team.
- Communication skills-- it is essential to communicate clearly and effectively.
- Problem-solving and analysis skills-- the ability to think logically in order to solve problems.
- Creativity-- thinking outside the box by applying divergent perspectives.
- Decision-making-- making important decisions about tasks and assignments.
- Respect and empathy-- the ability to put oneself in the other person's shoes and find common ground.
- Teamwork-- the ability to work with others and develop within the company.
- Time management and organisation-- the ability to manage one's own time efficiently, with a working method that can change and improve over time.
- Personal motivation, reliability, flexibility and meticulousness-- being prepared to always give one's all.
- Multitasking-- being able to perform several tasks at once.
- Research skills-- finding information quickly and distinguishing reliable sources from unreliable ones.
PERSONNEL SELECTION SOFTWARE
The search for the ideal candidate is made easier for companies by using specific HR software for personnel selection and increasingly digital recruitment.
EcosAgile Recruiting helps recruiters and HR managers easily identify the soft skills most in demand and indispensable to the company within hundreds of CVs, thanks to its advanced functions:
- CV Parsing to create a complete candidate database in minutes, structured for immediate semantic and Boolean searches.
- AI-powered automatic matching uses competency and skills keywords to accurately filter CVs in line with the search criteria.
For more information:
- EcosAgile Recruiting
- Contact us by email info@ecosagile.com