First Friday Networking: “Are Soft Skills the New Hard Skills?”
SUSAN ASCHER of THE ASCHER GROUP Presents:
HUMAN SKILLS ARE THE NEW HARD SKILLS
Do you know that one billion jobs will be transformed by technology by 2030? What you probably haven’t realized yet is that while being tech savvy is important in today’s workplace, the top five skills that employers are seeking today are human, people, or what we used to call “soft skills”.
For the last decade, soft skills have been nothing more than generic verbiage at the end of a job posting. Then along came The Millennials and Gen Z to show us than BEING HUMAN, even and ESPECIALLY in the age of technology, matters.
Pearson’s Skills Outlook report on “Power Skills” determined that communication, customer service, leadership, attention to detail and collaboration are the top five human skills that employers are seeking today.
The heightened demand for these skills is reversing the course of today’s workplace where soft skills are the new hard skills, which rely on human connection (aka emotional intelligence) and the ability to lead. Those are two things that we will never be able to automate.
As more and more people have become tethered to their technology, the human touch has been waylaid, and as we are beginning to see a sea change in what matters most…the human connection.
Cheers to being human!
HUMAN SKILLS ARE THE NEW HARD SKILLS
Do you know that one billion jobs will be transformed by technology by 2030? What you probably haven’t realized yet is that while being tech savvy is important in today’s workplace, the top five skills that employers are seeking today are human, people, or what we used to call “soft skills”.
For the last decade, soft skills have been nothing more than generic verbiage at the end of a job posting. Then along came The Millennials and Gen Z to show us than BEING HUMAN, even and ESPECIALLY in the age of technology, matters.
Pearson’s Skills Outlook report on “Power Skills” determined that communication, customer service, leadership, attention to detail and collaboration are the top five human skills that employers are seeking today.
The heightened demand for these skills is reversing the course of today’s workplace where soft skills are the new hard skills, which rely on human connection (aka emotional intelligence) and the ability to lead. Those are two things that we will never be able to automate.
As more and more people have become tethered to their technology, the human touch has been waylaid, and as we are beginning to see a sea change in what matters most…the human connection.
Cheers to being human!
Date and Time
Friday May 5, 2023
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM EDT
8AM registration and networking, 8:20 program start
Location
The Broadway Diner
55 River Road, Summit
Fees/Admission
Free to attend & BYOB (buy your own breakfast)
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Contact Information
Karen Hadley, Executive Director
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