Summer break is the perfect time to relax, recharge, and enjoy some freedom. But it’s also a golden opportunity to grow in ways that can set you up for success long after summer ends. Whether you’re working a summer job, volunteering, going to camp, or just hanging out with friends, you can strengthen your soft| National Soft Skills Association
It is interesting to note that these statistics were taken from the work by Charles Rigborg Mann, A Study of Engineering Education, in 1918. That’s right—1918! In 2025,107 years later, the World Economic Forum released their Future of Jobs Report and guess what? They have reached the same| National Soft Skills Association
In a world that’s constantly evolving with new technologies, tools, and platforms, one thing remains consistently essential: soft skills. While technical skills—often called “hard skills”—are undeniably important for getting the job done, soft skills are what help you work well with others, adapt to challenges, and grow into leadership. These personal and interpersonal abilities are [...] The post 10 Reasons Why Soft Skills Matter More Than Ever appeared first on National Soft Skill...| National Soft Skills Association
A recent study was just released by Northwestern University’s Kirabo Jackson on the effect of soft skills vs test scores. This study demonstrates that schools that build social-emotional qualities are getting better short-term and long-term results for students than schools that only focus on improving test scores. https://hechingerreport.org/early-research-focuses-on-schools-that-develop-students-social-emotional-qualities/ This study included 150,000 high school students [...] The post St...| National Soft Skills Association
A lot has happened in the field of soft skills over the last few years. Awareness of the need for employees to possess soft skills such as attitude, communication, critical thinking, and professionalism, to name a few, has begun to reach a fevered pitch. High school career and technology education (CTE) programs as well as [...] The post Why Soft Skills Are so Difficult to Teach appeared first on National Soft Skills Association.| National Soft Skills Association
In an article in today’s Washington Post written by Valerie Strauss, The surprising thing Google learned about its employees –and what it means for today’s students, the Post explains what Google learned about its employees through their own research on hiring, firing, and promotion data accumulated since the company’s founding in 1998. This results of [...] The post The NOT So Surprising Thing that Google Learned about Its Employees appeared first on National Soft Skills Association.| National Soft Skills Association
Recent research on students with disabilities was conducted by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization, in partnership with the Huffington Post. The research focused on inequality and innovation in education, and recently issued their report on the plight of students with disabilities in post-secondary settings. “About a third of the students with [...] The post Are Special Education Students Graduating to the Couch? appeared first on National Soft Skills Associa...| National Soft Skills Association
It has been 100 years since the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching released a study on engineering education authored by Charles Riborg Mann. In his study, 1,500 engineers replied to a questionnaire about what they believed to be the most important factors in determining probable success or failure as an engineer. Overwhelmingly, personal [...] The post Soft Skills Resistance appeared first on National Soft Skills Association.| National Soft Skills Association
For many people, the need for a more comprehensive education is becoming more apparent. That's because research is showing that, rather than simply focusing on academic assignments and grades, education must support the whole child and nourish comprehensive development. What exactly does this mean? In addition to academic development, comprehensive development includes social and emotional [...] The post Soft Skills: Not A Commodity, A Necessity appeared first on National Soft Skills Associat...| National Soft Skills Association
It’s no secret that soft skills are essential for success in the workplace. Cultivating such skills will make all the difference for those seeking more out of their professional lives, whether it be a career change, a promotion or simply for professional development. All too often we hear about employees who don’t make the cut [...] The post Skills Employers Seek appeared first on National Soft Skills Association.| National Soft Skills Association
Research conducted by Harvard University, the Carnegie Foundation and Stanford Research Center has all concluded that 85% of job success comes from having well‐developed soft [...]| National Soft Skills Association
Economists are increasingly focused on the importance of so-called “soft skills” for labor market success. The evidence is overwhelming that these skills — also called “non-cognitive skills” — are important drivers of success in school and in adult life. Yet the very term soft skills reveals our lack of understanding of what these skills are, […]| National Soft Skills Association
Research conducted by Harvard University, the Carnegie Foundation and Stanford Research Center has concluded that 85% of job success comes from having well-developed soft and people skills, and only 15% of job success comes from technical skills and knowledge (hard skills). This research finds its beginning with the work of Charles Riborg Mann from a […]| National Soft Skills Association