Soft Skills Ali Osman Oncel Geophysicist, PhD For Professional Success

Objective Importance of Soft-skills Look at most required soft-skills Provide some suggestions on the presentation skills based on my previous teaching

Outline What are Soft-skills? Soft-skills Employers want Presentation-skills: Case work

Soft Skill? 2004

Long-Term Job Success Research conducted with Fortune 500 CEOs by the Stanford Research Institute International and the Carnegie Melon Foundation, found that 75 percent of long-term job success depends on people % 75 % 25

Soft Skills More Important than the Hard Skills?

Why do I need Soft Skills?

WHAT ARE SOFT SKILLS? Soft Skills are Character Skills acquired through an individual’s upbringing, family values, and society’s expectations Courtesy of Don C. Bramlett,

Some examples of Soft Skills: People skills (interpersonal skills) Loyalty Dependability, Punctuality Honesty Source:

Some Employers Consider Soft Skills To Be More Important than the Hard Skills. WHY? Source:

Outline What are Soft-skills? Top Soft-skills Employers want Presentation skills

Number One: Positive Attitude   Cheerful   Upbeat; a “Can-Do” Attitude   Good sense of humor Source:

Number Two: COMMUNICATION SKILLS WRITTEN AND VERBAL Source:

Number Three: Computer Skills Learn Computer Skills Now! Source:

Number Four: Strong Work Ethic ( HARD WORKER) (QUICK WORKER) Source:

Number Five: Honesty Integrity   Do not use company supplies, products, or personal equipment   Do not lie, cheat, or steal   Give a day’s work for a day’ wages   Don't spend unnecessary time making personal phone calls since you really shouldn't spend any on company time! Source:

Number Six: PUNCTUALITY Arrive to work on time Return from breaks and lunch on time Source:

Number Seven: Flexibility and Adaptability Adapt to change quickly and easily Source:

Number Eight: Analytical and Problem Solving Skills Use Your Brain! Be Creative! Source:

Number Nine: Interpersonal Skills Treat others the way you want to be treated Use clear, simple, direct language Minimize use of acronyms Read more, to see good writing and improve vocabulary Ask peers to review your writing Mentally pretend you’re talking to someone, and write that!

Working through and with people Thinking “we”, not “I” Getting the Team to work together by: Giving the team the big picture Dividing work fairly Assigning responsibility to achieve accountability Giving recognition Number Ten: Team Work Skills Source:

Number Eleven: Initiative and Motivation (Self-Starter) ( Opposite of Lazy!) Be A Hard Worker! Source:

Number Twelve: Loyalty Speak well of the work place, boss, or job Don’t discuss confidential matters outside of the work place. Source:

And don’t forget... Personal Appearance and Good Grooming Clothes Clean and Pressed Hair clean and combed Teeth brushed Shower, use deodorant Source:

Outline What are Soft-skills? Soft-skills Employers want Presentation Skills: Case work

Case Work: Presentation

Ask for help Sending your draft presentation to one expertise for a possible review. Ask expert to get further possible suggestions or additions. Expose yourself to pursue getting some advice on the presentation. Sharing makes one to be more knowledgeable Finally, it makes a good think to send a final version of your presentation to whom they contributed. Sharing makes you most knowledgeable. Find people with expertise on the topic of your presentation Write s to those with expertise and ask for some complementary materials, i.e. pictures or videos, which might help for the presentation.

Literature Review Look at some published books from the library Search through internet to find relevant information people with expertise, ask some questions about your topic, and hope to get some responds

Suggestions Less reading More eye contact Quality of pictures Tittles for each slide More pictures Maps from global to local Use same template Trade-off between the objective and conclusion Less redundancy Focus the topic Large Font size Use Google Earth Explain picture Less technical detail Name predecessor contributors