{"id":47197,"date":"2014-08-14T17:11:01","date_gmt":"2014-08-14T21:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=47197"},"modified":"2014-08-14T17:11:01","modified_gmt":"2014-08-14T21:11:01","slug":"for-studentsrecent-grads-especially-the-surprising-reason-why-youre-not-getting-hired-danielle-setola-antes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2014\/08\/14\/for-studentsrecent-grads-especially-the-surprising-reason-why-youre-not-getting-hired-danielle-setola-antes\/","title":{"rendered":"[For students\/recent grads especially] The Surprising Reason Why You\u2019re Not Getting Hired [Danielle Setola Antes]"},"content":{"rendered":"

[For students\/recent grads especially]<\/em>
\nThe Surprising Reason Why You\u2019re Not Getting Hired<\/strong><\/a> — from good.co by Danielle Setola Antes<\/p>\n

Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n

Within the survey, employers and recruiters\u00a0indicated two distinct areas where candidates were falling short: a lack of technical skills, and a lack of workplace competency skills (i.e. \u201csoft skills\u201d).<\/strong><\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

Soft Skills: 101<\/strong>
\nSo what exactly are these \u201csoft skills\u201d that candidates are lacking, and how can you develop them? And\u00a0more importantly, how can you showcase the soft skills you\u00a0do\u00a0<\/em>possess to potential employers?<\/p>\n

Communication Skills
\n<\/strong>You\u2019re likely to find \u201cstrong communication skills\u201d in the requirements section of almost any job description. Whether written or verbal, employers are looking for employees who can make a point quickly and effectively, understand how to explain subjects to a diverse audience, and keep their team in the loop.<\/p>\n

Critical Thinking Skills<\/strong>
\nCritical thinking and problem solving are both skills that are\u00a0essential for success in the workplace. You should be able to dissect problems and prioritize creative solutions using all of the resources available to you. Critical thinking also involves taking multiple perspectives into account and re-evaluating solutions in light of new evidence, which shows that you\u2019re flexible and able to make the best decision for the team.<\/p>\n

Motivation<\/strong>
\nThe desire to learn, or motivation, is another soft skill that employers are looking for, especially in candidates who lack technical skills. Your ability to learn doesn\u2019t necessarily have to be tied to your cognitive abilities \u2013 it\u2019s ok if you\u2019re not a quick learner.<\/p>\n

Other Skills<\/strong>
\nThere are a number of other soft skills employers will want to see \u2013 humility, confidence, attitude, and dependability<\/strong>, among many others \u2013 that may get your foot in the door for the perfect job.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[For students\/recent grads especially] The Surprising Reason Why You\u2019re Not Getting Hired — from good.co by Danielle Setola Antes Excerpt: Within the survey, employers and recruiters\u00a0indicated two distinct areas where candidates were falling short: a lack of technical skills, and a lack of workplace competency skills (i.e. \u201csoft skills\u201d). … Soft Skills: 101 So what […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[174,433,406,66,90],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-career-development","category-communications","category-motivation","category-student-related","category-englishwriting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47197"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47200,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47197\/revisions\/47200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}