Today’s students need to encompass a high soft skills quotient, apart from the domain knowledge in order to succeed in this competitive era. For inculcating soft skills in them they have to be provided with trainings as a part of their curriculum. This in turn will help them to improve their complete personality and compatibility therefore enabling them to secure a respectable position in the corporate world.
Irrespective of the professional qualification and apart from the domain knowledge, today’s professionals need to posses a high Soft Skills quotient in order to succeed in this competitive era. Hard skills contribute to only 15% of ones success while remaining 85% is made by soft skills . There is a dire need of incorporating soft skills trainings in their curriculum, to ensure commendable placements.
- Introduction to the concept and importance of first impression
- Verbal skills – texting etiquette , e mail etiquette , awareness of the impact of social media .
- Correct body language , posture , eye contact
- Basic dining etiquette
- Personal shopping
- Skin / hair
- Fitness and nutrition
Having made my foray into the world of fashion with a course at the Indian Institute Of Fashion And Technology, Mumbai – followed with a teaching stint there, moving onto being an in-house fashion designer- For the boutique CLOTHES A LINE, I moved into the airline industry as a flight attendant with Cathay Pacific for a year, based out of Hong Kong.
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