I am working and currently going to school to be a Human Resource Manager. This job requires special people skills that are all important, but on a scale of 1-10 not all are equal. A Human Resource Manager will need to start with the following 10 soft skills, in order from most important to least.
1. Listening - Without this skill you might as well not be dealing with people. This is the most vital skill and by taking the time to simply listen you can effectively manage a group of people.
2. Communication - We all need to communicate especially in a workplace, the fastest way to make people angry is to not tell them what's going on.
3. Meeting Management - Its also pretty important to be able to manage meetings so you can discuss ongoing issues or new ones.
4. Stress Management - In a high demand job for you and employees its good to be able to manage stress in a healthy way, this in turn can avoid conflict later.
5. Time Management - Time is a large factor in stress for you and employees, learning the skill of time management will make it easier to get tasks done.
6.Conflict Resolution - Conflict Resolution should be low on the list since the other skills should prevent much conflict, but it's always good to know how to deal with it when it arises.
7. Networking - Working with your employees is always a good thing but with Human Resources you're almost working for the employees.
8. Problem Solving - Hopefully not many problems arise but when they do it should be taken care of. Not that this skill isn't important, it just should be low on the list.
9. Collaboration - Collaboration again like networking is not too terribly vital for my career.
10.Self Awareness - I should be aware of what I do but I feel I am a good person and the other skills that are more important will hopefully keep me from getting into any situation where I have to be self aware.
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