Soft Skills

Soft skills that I consider my strengths are respect, friendliness, self-confidence, self-motivation, teamwork, empathy, selflessness, listening, and questioning. I consider myself to be very respectful as I believe respect is supposed to be given to everyone and something that is needed universally. I am very friendly and wouldn't make someone feel like they couldn't speak to me or couldn't ask for my help. I find myself to be very self-confident and self-motivating because I know what motivates me through good and bad times. I would be considered by my peers as a good team player as I know the importance of teamwork, how to motivate others and how important it is to have everyone happy in their role. I feel empathy is a great soft skill to have and I am very caring about others and passionate about being there for others. I would consider myself selfless because I think about others and would put my stuff aside, to help someone in need or put my agenda aside for the greater good. I have great listening skills as I can listen to instructions or what someone is saying and respond accordingly to the said conversation. I am also able to question well which is an underestimated soft skill and can come in handy when you don't know something, or you just want clarification. My soft skills that I consider my weaknesses or that I need to work on are memory, prioritizing, and multi-tasking. I feel memory is something I need to work on because sometimes you have a lot on your plate and it's easy for anyone to forget something, but I strive to accomplish everything I set out to. Prioritizing is something I consider my weakness because I tend to work and not really think much about what needs to be done first and plan to properly accomplish that. Multi-tasking is also something I need to work on because when you have multiple things to accomplish, you may need to do certain things all at once. 

I will use my strengths to further my career goals by motivating others and being a great team player, listening and paying attention to detail, asking questions when need be, being respectful, and keeping my actions as a reflection of my work ethic and communication skills. I will improve upon my weaknesses by putting forth a consistent effort and taking constructive criticism when need be as I know they could in turn be a strength of mine or very key to helping me progress.

Express Employment Professionals (2017, September 8). Express Employment Professionals - Soft Skills for Career Success - (Video file). Retrieved from https://youtu.be/dEJQImzyOZ4