I'm among those who considered soft skills as mostly innate, and very difficult to teach or assess.  I'm intrigued with the concept of translating the taxonomy of essential workforce skills into something that can be observable and measurable. 

I thought this first module was very interesting and engaging, and I am excited to complete the course and start looking at our curriculum to see how we can facilitate the acquisition of these skills by our students.

I think the best way to learn how to apply soft skills is through real cases. I usually share real situations that I have lived in programs, projects, technologies, organization, management and structuring businesses. I describe the case, explaining the technical and management side of it but also detailing how the soft skill was used and how important it was. Most professionals/students understand soft skills at a high level, but it takes practice to use them (well). 

In your opinion does learning on the job produce better results than obtaining accolades like certifications or degrees?

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Preparing for ACCSC's Essential Workforce Skills Programmatic Certification -->EWS: The Certification Process

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