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"You can give lifetime employability by training people, by making them adaptable, making them mobile to go other places to do other things. But you can't guarantee life time employment."-Jack Welch. In the new economy of rapid technological change and increasing business complexity, organizations are striving for developing quality human capital. Soft Skills can provide the path towards this goal. Soft skills are very important to enhance employability. Soft skills need to be enhanced in students to make them competent enough to meet the demands of the current job market. There should be an integrated approach from all the stakeholders such as faculty, students, educational institutions and the industry to bring awareness about soft skills among the students and promote the same for enhancing employability. This paper tries to explain the meaning of soft skills, its importance to increase employability, the sources from where they can be acquired. The paper focuses on the application of various concepts of communication and behavioral aspects of personal effectiveness. It also tries to explain each component of softskill to be inculcated in students for a better tomorrow as corporate managers.
Keywords: Soft Skills, Life time employment, Employability, Professionalism, Stakeholders.
1. INTRODUCTION
In the new economy of rapid technological change and increasing business complexity, organizations are striving for developing quality human capital. SoftSkills can provide the path towards this goal. The journal focuses on the application of various concepts of communication and behavioral aspects of personal effectiveness. The journal will address all issues of softskills including Organizational Communication (Corporate Communication), Interpersonal Communication and Global Communication (Cross-Cultural Communication). It would also address issues on stress and attitudes. The journal aims to be a medium of expression and exchange of ideas among softskills trainers that would be of interest to academicians and industry professionals. It would also be a medium for industry professionals to share their best practices.
2. WHAT IS 'SKILL'?
A skill is learned ability and capacity to carry out pre-determined steps needed to pursue career in professional objectives with minimum of time and effort. Skills are needed in every area of human endeavour such as self motivation, time management, team building, and leadership traits. The second group of skills include domain specific skills such as design engineering,...