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“I need employees who can get work on time and
work productively once they get there.” These are
examples of the “soft skills” employers want from our
students—non-technical skills such as:
• teamwork
• telephone etiquette
• attitude
• judgment
• truthfulness/honesty
• loyalty
• conflict resolution skills
• decision making
• communication
• diversity training
• critical thinking skills, and
• attendance/punctuality.
We may assume that once students have completed
the requisite work for a certificate or degree that they
are ready to be employed. Surveys of employers
indicate a strong desire for non-technical training, and
they indicate that lack of such training, or perhaps just
poor training, is the primary reason for employee
turnover. Turnover is costly to the employer—and,
ultimately, to the public— because it increases the cost
of goods and services.
Business owners lament the lack of “soft skills” and
frequently refer to them as the “’home training’ your
mother should have given you.” At a recent workforce
development collaborative, I visited with several
business owners about their primary workforce needs.
To a person, they all indicated that getting employees
who can fill out the application and answer questions
correctly was a basic need. They observed that far too
many applicants showed up late for the interview or did
not have a pen with which to complete the application.
Several applicants arrived without proper interview
attire. Overall, there was a general sentiment that
colleges and other training entities are doing a very
poor job of addressing the basic job-readiness needs of
potential employees.
There were questions about where and when these
concerns first began to surface and then became such
important issues in the workplace. One widely held
theory was that “soft skill” development was weakened
considerably when we began to de-emphasize voca-
tional training as part of our curriculum. At least,
vocational training historically provided some rudimen-
tary training in areas such as teamwork, critical think-
ing, judgment, and other skills of similar ilk. Employers
talked openly about the “good ol’ days” of vocational
training, home economics, and wood shop. Many said
that this was a period in our history when recognition of
the value of “soft skills” was at its peak; and, therefore,
we produced trained individuals who were accom-
plished in all skill areas. While there may be debate on
the merit of this argument, we are hard-pressed to come
up with alternative explanations.
Even as we grapple with the “soft skill” issue,
another phenomenon is developing. The labor market is
aging, and so many workers who received “soft skills”
training and developed them on-the-job are retiring in
massive numbers. Their retirements are becoming
critical issues for community colleges that are moving
expeditiously to meet the growing demands for a
trained workforce. Developing the requisite technical
skills is a major component of training programs;
another is developing the “soft skills” that provide
employers with employees who can work well in a
team-based, budget-limited, self-managed environment.
What can we do now?
We must recognize that poor “soft skills” develop-
ment is a problem in the workforce, and we need to
build collegewide consensus on addressing it. We must
also consider:
• Developing multi-disciplinary collegewide teams
to develop a core curriculum in job-readiness for
all students
• Developing business advisory committees across
disciplines
• Developing instructor externships in business and
WORKING HARDER ON “SOFT
SKILLS”