Nowadays, soft skills are not only necessary in life but also an extremely important recruitment criterion for businesses, reflecting whether employees can integrate into the working environment, apply the knowledge they have learned to work and achieve the highest efficiency or not. Therefore, training soft skills is an urgent requirement for every modern young person. For students of Dai Nam University, soft skills are one of the compulsory subjects in the first semester of the first year.

According to UNESCO, the three components that make up a person's capacity are: Knowledge, skills and attitudes according to the ASK model. Of the three factors above, the last two are skills and play a decisive role in shaping the personality, bravery, professionalism and success of each person.

In reality, successful people are only 25% knowledge, the remaining 75% that determines success is the individual's soft skills. As graduates join increasingly dynamic, creative and high-tech workplaces, soft skills (including communication skills, critical thinking and leadership) become increasingly valuable. So what are the soft skills that help Dai Nam University students to increasingly improve and affirm their own value?

10 Essential Soft Skills to Help Students "Increase Their Self-Value"

Listening skills

Listening is the most important skill for students. At the age of “maturity”, young people’s egos are often very large, easily offended when someone touches or gives advice. This makes it difficult for students to absorb, overcome shortcomings and easily “offend” employers. Therefore, you need to learn how to listen and learn from the people around you.

When listening to others, you need to: Keep quiet, do not interrupt; show empathy; be patient, stay calm, and not be prejudiced; pay attention to the other person's facial expressions, gestures, and emotions... Absolutely do not argue back, interrupt; make hasty comments or conclusions; get caught up in the speaker's emotions; urge the speaker to finish the story...

Training and developing soft skills is an urgent requirement for every young person.

Communication and behavioral skills

Most students lack this skill due to the lack of critical thinking in the learning environment, leading to a passive state and a reluctance to communicate with strangers. Meanwhile, communication skills are the door that opens up opportunities and good relationships for yourself.

To practice communication and behavioral skills, you need to pay attention to: Speak with a sincere and natural attitude; do not suddenly become silent, speak vaguely, or appear secretive; speak concisely and to the point; keep a moderate distance when communicating; if you cannot tell the truth, do not try to lie.

Time management skills

Most students do not know how to manage their time, spending too much time on random tasks, leading to a situation of “waiting until the last minute”… seriously affecting their learning outcomes. If you do not change and improve your time management skills, you will certainly be under great pressure at work in the future.

To practice time management skills, first of all, you must define clear goals, list the tasks that need to be done, arrange the tasks in order of priority, summarize the work and finally set a specific time for each task. Once you have a roadmap, absolutely do not delay, be determined to carry out until the set goals are completed.

Modern soft skills classroom for Dai Nam University students.

Problem solving skills

When faced with a problem, instead of finding a solution, many young people try to blame and avoid responsibility. The ability and skills to handle problems on their own gradually "wither", and the opportunity for advancement at work becomes more limited.

To improve problem-solving skills, you need to: Identify your weaknesses; accumulate knowledge about the industry/field in charge; regularly create situations and practice; always remember the problem-solving process; look for opportunities to solve problems; observe and learn from people around you...

Teamwork skills

Group work is a regular and equally important activity in the learning and working process of both students and working people; because group work helps promote strengths and compensate for and overcome shortcomings; enhance inspiration, creativity, work efficiency...

Soft skills is a compulsory subject for DNU students from the first semester of the first year.

Presentation skills

Presentation skills play an important role in interviews, work and study. People with good presentation skills will always impress employers and listeners because they effectively convey messages. Possessing presentation skills will help students improve their opportunities for self-development, improve their confidence and ability.

Planning and organizing skills

Planning is one of the most important skills. It refers to detailing the work and tasks that you need to do within the available limits such as time, money, and resources. Planning helps you stick to your goals, limit risks, and overcome risks during the implementation process.

Information management and storage skills

This is an important and necessary skill for students, especially when doing internships. You need to have a reasonable and scientific method of managing and storing information to remember and reduce the time spent searching for documents when needed; thereby making work easier. Some methods of storing information are: Storing by alphabet, letter, number, code, number and time, etc.

Ability to adapt quickly to any change

Instead of “binding” themselves into a framework, young people need to “throw” themselves into new environments to learn how to adapt to all circumstances. This is also one of the skills that employers highly value in candidates, because those who are adaptable will quickly integrate into the working environment, meet the requirements and complete their own work and the work of the group well.

Soft skills are one of the criteria for employers to "select" candidates.

Learning and self-study skills

Learning and self-study skills are the process of cultivating knowledge not only from books but also from life experiences. With curiosity and a love of discovery, you can learn anything you want to improve yourself. This is an extremely good skill, not only helping you accumulate more knowledge but also training your ability to think for yourself. In addition, learning and self-study skills also help you practice perseverance and endurance.

In short, soft skills are an important tool for students to study effectively as well as develop their careers. In fact, employers highly value soft skills and consider them one of the criteria for evaluating and selecting candidates. Therefore, students should practice soft skills right now if they want to have many attractive career opportunities after graduation.

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Cam Chi