Classroom Kits and Soft Skill Lessons Are a Perfect Match
Classroom kits are easy to use and offer engaging, out-of-the-box learning experiences for students. Better yet, those learning experiences address both hard and soft skills. As we recently discussed, any assignment that involves collaboration will help your students hone their ability to work in teams, an essential soft skill. Another benefit of these classroom kits […]
10 Soft Skill Activity Cards All Teachers Need In Their Back Pocket
Soft skills, or employability skills, are essential no matter what career path your students choose. Depending on your program focus, however, incorporating soft skills practice opportunities into your curriculum can be difficult. These soft skill activity cards were written by industry professionals to help you provide those learning opportunities no matter how much time you […]
5 Reasons We Love Our New Online Employability and Leadership Soft Skills Programs
When we created our paper-based RealCareer™ Employability Skills Program 5 years ago, we did so to make it easier for teachers to address those key soft skills that all students need to succeed in future careers. Now, we’re excited to announce the availability of a new Online Employability Skills Program and Online Leadership Soft Skills […]
15 Tips for Teaching Soft Skills (Online or In the Classroom)
Teaching soft skills is more important than ever before. For years, hiring managers have long been reporting a lack of soft skills in recent graduates. Research conducted in 2018 with Fortune 500 CEOs by the Stanford Research Institute International and the Carnegie Melon Foundation, found that 75% of long-term job success depends on people skills. […]
5 Great Ways to Bring Soft Skills into the CTE Classroom
Soft skills, employability skills, people skills… however you refer to them, soft skills are critical to career success. Research conducted by Harvard University, the Carnegie Foundation and Stanford Research Center concluded that 85% of job success comes from having well‐developed soft and people skills, and only 15% of job success comes from technical skills and […]
5 Facts about Soft Skills
What are Soft Skills? Soft skills are personal attributes that enable someone to interact effectively and harmoniously with other people. Recent studies have found that employers think personality skills are just as important, if not more important, than hard skills. 46% of managers said young workers would do well to hone their communication skills and 56% said recent […]
15 Ways to Teach Soft Skills in Your CTE Classroom
What are soft skills? Soft skills, employability skills, job-readiness skills, emotional intelligence… there are many phrases used to describe these skills, but they all mean one thing: they are the personal attributes that enable someone to interact effectively and harmoniously with other people. They’re considered the “bedside manner” of the workplace. We’ve heard others say, […]
A Recipe for Creating Careers
By Diane Ross, M.Ed., Realityworks Senior Field Account Manager for NC, SC, VA, WV Creating Careers, not preparing students for a job. That’s the message I took away from a recent meeting with Dr. David Barbour with the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. During our time Barbour, an education consultant for Career and Technical […]
5 Key Soft Skills
What are Soft Skills? Soft skills are personal attributes that enable someone to interact effectively and harmoniously with other people. Recent studies have found that employers think personality skills are just as important, if not more important, than hard skills. This infographic discusses five key soft skills and why employers find them to be essential in […]