Soft skills and Management training

Soft skills are the personal traits each of us has. They, include our attitudes, habits and how we interact with other people. They are less tangible than technical skills.

You do not learn soft skills in a training program. You can, acquire them through educational, work and life experiences. Let’s say you are awful at managing your time but if you are in a class that requires you to complete various tasks. To complete these tasks on time you need to improve your time management skills in order to meet your deadlines. You can learn how to better manage your time by getting advice from superiors, colleagues or others.

Examples of Soft Skills

Communication Skills: People this skill have the ability to convey information to others either orally or in writing.

Interpersonal Skills: It  means that one has not only the ability to communicate with others, but is willing to listen to people without judging them, share ideas and help  when co-workers need help.

Problem Solving: This is the ability to identify a problem and then come up with possible solutions.

Active Listening Skills: This takes place when we make an effort to understand what others are saying, and ask questions that will help clarify the information.

Active Learning Skills: This is the ability to acquire knowledge and then apply it in their work life Time Management Skills: This is to know how to schedule tasks in order to complete projects according.

Team Player: This relates to being cooperative and willing to share responsibility with other team members.

Professionalism: Professionalism includes many things including showing up on time, being polite, being generally pleasant and helpful, dressing appropriately and taking responsibility for your own actions.

Why Do You Need Soft Skills?

Soft skills and management training help us do and manage our work 

Every single occupation demands that you have specific character traits, whether you're a doctor who needs to be an excellent communicator in order to convey information to patients, or a  a worker who must have good interpersonal skills so that he can get along with his co-workers.

Metrics are a system for measurement

·         HR Metrics

·         Metrics are a system for measurement

·         Some of the Metrics in HR are

·         Staffing ratio

·         Staff ratio

The ratio of the staff or workforce of a place to another group, for example to staff in another department, the ratio of patients to nurses in a hospital, or the ratio of pupils to teachers in a school

·         Time to fill

Time From the time you advertise your vacancy, how much time passes before the successful candidate starts on the job 

·         Cost per hire

You should consider the following factors when calculating the cost of hiring new employees:

Advertisements placed (if they are billed directly to you);

Setting up and maintaining social media accounts like Facebook and LinkedIn;

Time your hiring managers spend interviewing potential employees;

Recruiter fees; and Any accounting and administrative costs involved in setting up a new employee (eg contracts, pay accounts, health benefits etc)

·         Revenue per employee

Revenue per employee an important ratio that looks at a company's sales in relation to the number of  

 employees they have. It is calculated as