Mywbut Blog
5 years ago, by MD Kiron Karim
What are soft skills? Artificial Intelligence (AI) influencing industries, this is now an essential ‘skill’ to win a job
Elon Musk once stated ‘Humans are undervalued’. Well, he is not wrong at
all; people are evaluating and changing themselves entirely to stay applicable
at work. Why? This is AI which is posing a great threat to humans
in the work-space.
A report namely ‘Workforce of the future’ realized that 86% of human
soft skills will remain always in demand. What exactly are Soft skills?
Oxford describes it as “Personal attributes that enable someone to interact
effectively and harmoniously with other people”; LinkedIn defines it as “less tangible and
harder to quantify, such as etiquette, getting along with others, listening and
engaging in small talk”.
YELLOW PERIL
Automation and AI can do our job with high efficiency, as well as
consuming less time. Hence, it is attracting the industries, companies and
jobs. It seems, very soon the work-space for human might become acute and
critical. Who will save us from this danger? Who is our Messiah? SOFT
– SKILLS – the one thing that machines can’t acquire or replace – are
becoming absolutely crucial and lifesaving.
TECHNICAL vs SOCIAL GRACE
It is quite a fact now, that people who are able to communicate and put
forward their projection win an offer before anybody else. Candidly asking: Who
would you hire if you’re an HR of an MNC ; a candidate with required technical
certifications but is clumsy with stakeholders from different society OR
someone less qualified but hold way better soft skills? You decide. Even
immensely qualified officials and great alumnae confirmed ‘There are many
IITian who don’t achieve the same heights as those who score lower ranks or
graduate from other engineering institutes only because they lack soft skills’.
The realization of increasing vitality of soft skills has led to a flood
of courses on acquiring such attributes and emotional intelligence which falls
under soft skills. Enroll in one such course, and take a step forward in your
much awaited bright future.