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Despite the alarming headlines, the vast majority of “post-COVID” skills are really pre-COVID skills imagined through a different lens (a webcam, for example). Pre-pandemic research shows an increasing demand for foundational skills like critical...

According to a new survey from Harris Poll, Canadian businesses say they can’t find qualified employees to fill vacancies because prospective hires don’t have soft skills such as dependability, flexibility...

In recent decades there has been a shift internationally toward seeing a quality education as being more than teaching literacy, numeracy and technical skills. Essential life skills are now also...

‘Soft’ implies that these skills are light-weight and implies, inaccurately, that they require little effort and no special knowledge....

The intangible qualities that focus on behaviour, personal traits and cognitive capabilities are more in-demand than at any other time in the modern workplace. They are also harder to spot....

The pandemic has created enormous changes in the workplace. Regardless of their jobs, employees needed to adapt rapidly to massive changes ranging from working remotely to changes in operations and...

Soft skills enhance an individual’s interactions, job performance, and career prospects....

Introverts bring to the table a thoughtful presence and empower the workplace in a quieter way. Intense concentration, a highly perceptive thought process, and a readiness to observe rather than...

While ‘soft’ skills may seem like convenient shorthand, the term is imprecise, inaccurate, gender-biased, and unprofessional. It is time for career counselors, researchers, teachers, educators, employers, and parents to stop...

As demand for digital skills increases, so too does demand for candidates with a suite of soft skills to augment digital tools. But while we have a fairly good sense...