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This paper attempts to emphasis the significance of soft skills in working environment. Basically, soft skills refer to personalities, attributes, qualities and personal behavior of individuals. This also includes certain abilities such as communication, problem-solving, self-motivation, decision-making and time management skills. Soft skills fulfill an important role in shaping an individual's personality. A pertinent soft skill play an important roles in making individual's successful career and as well as during social interactions in the society. We all know that today's business environment is becoming more complex, uncertain and competitive. Organizations consider human resources as their key asset, which plays a critical role in organizational performance and success. Organizations usually prefer to see a fine blend of competencies in their employees and, in addition to discipline-based knowledge and skills, adequate levels of soft skills are considered desirable for moving forward. Generally in an organizations the criteria are likely to hire, retain and promote persons who are dependable, resourceful, ethical, having effective communication, self directed, willing to work and learn, and having positive attitude. Because it assumes that technical and professional skills alone cannot help achieve organizational goals and objectives. It is because individual are also involved in different levels of decision-making and leadership activities. Employees also communicate effectively within the organization and outside the organization. Soft skills complement hard skills, which are the technical requirements of a particular job. Now a days employer are increasingly focusing on soft skills, and thus it has become equally important that employee should also adequately appreciate the value of such skills and make deliberate efforts to acquire them. The perception of what is a soft skill differs from context to context. Based on the research findings obtained, basic dimensions of soft skills are identified and which are implemented in business organizations are: Communicative Thinking, and Problem solving, Team work, creativity, negotiation, time management skills etc.
Keywords : business, soft skill, employees, employer
Introduction
In an earlier era, the IndFor decades employers as well as educators frequently complain about a lack in soft skills among employees. Predominantly missed is communication skills, but additional knowledge in business or project management is also ranking highly on the list of missing skills desirable for person in the business world. This problem is...