Reference no: EM133320325
Professional Development
Engagement Activity
Soft Skills - Human Skills - People Skills:
Task: Please research two articles. One article discussing the importance of Soft Skills/Human Skills in the workplace business environment in general and one article on Soft Skills/Human Skills needed to land business career opportunities.
Your response to each question should be reflective, not copied/pasted from an online source or copied from a classmate, that is plagiarism which violates Loyalist College's Academic Integrity Policy. Offences will result in a grade of zero (0) on any material that can be demonstrated to be dishonest. Please provide your sources and citations are necessary when needed throughout your assignment as per Loyalist College's Academic Integrity Policy.
Reflective writing is a process of putting into writing YOUR reflective thinking. Reflective thinking is about looking back and/or forward and thinking about how the lessons YOU have learned could be applied to your personal, academic and professional life.
You need to answer the following questions about both articles please.
Question 1) What are the articles about? Were you surprised with the author's opinion? Did you agree with the articles? Why or why not?
Question 2) Do you feel that soft skills-human skills are important in 21st century business environments? Why or why not?
Question 3) What are your soft skill strengths? Please provide two specific examples of how you have demonstrated these strengths. What soft skills do you need to work on? Provide an action plan to improve your soft skills.
Question 4) Advise why you chose each of the two articles and how will you use this information in the future in your personal, academic and professional life.
Question 5) What new information did you gain from the assigned LinkedIn learning module and completing this assignment? How will you use this information in the future in your personal, academic, and professional life?