Skills needed in today's Changing World

To become successful Engineer, One need to develop both Hard and Soft skills

Hard Skills

1. Importance rating for success - 15%
2. Academic Qualifications
3. Expertise
4. Work Experience

Soft Skills

1. Importance rating for success - 85%
2. Attitude for learning
3. Motivates
4. Values
5. Adaptability

How can soft skills be acquired

1. Discover more about your personality, strengths and weaknesses and commit to creating a plan of action to address them
2. Practise presenting yourself - Your appearance and personality are as important as your knowledge about theories and concepts
3. Practice active listening, paraphrasing - pay attention to the rules of conversation; take notes to aid your understanding
4. Think big and practice your creative and innovation skills
5. Improving awareness skills reading and comprehending information
6. Remain positive - try to learn something from every experience

Characteristics of Soft - Skilled Individuals

1. Strong work ethic
2. Positive Attitude
3. Good Communication skills
4. Time Management skills
5. Problem Solving skills
6. Acting as a team player
7. Self confidence
8. Ability to accept and learn from criticism
9. Flexibility and Adaptability
10. Working well under pressure

Characteristics of successful engineering leadership

• Believable
• Dependable
• Trustworthy
• Accountable
• Integrity
• Effective
• Consistency
• likeability

all above will turn into Credibility

Hemant Gor, Compiled from Gulf News www.gnads4u.com/jobs