What Are The Top Soft Skills That Kenyan Employers Seek?

By Perminus Wainaina

Soft skills is a synonym for “people skills.” The term describes those personal attributes that indicate a high level of emotional intelligence.

Unlike hard skills, which describe a person’s technical skill set and ability to perform specific tasks, soft skills are broadly applicable across job titles and industries.

Traditionally the Kenyan job market focused on hard skills but things have taken a turn in recent years with employers having a keen interest on soft skills, this is evident with the rise of young CEO’s in top companies.

It is believed that hard skills get you the job but soft skills keep you on the job.

5 soft skills that will put a you ahead of fellow candidates in a job hunt.

1. Communication skills

This tops the list .almost every job advertisement you will come across puts communication skills as a desired attribute. In any work place communication is essential either between colleagues or even for dissemination of communication across the job hierarchies and even between employees and clients.

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Being a good listener is one of the best ways to be a good communicator. No one likes communicating with someone who only cares about his opinion, and does not take the time to listen to the other person. If you’re not a good listener, it’s going to be hard to comprehend what you’re being asked to do.

2. Team work skills

This is equivalent to combined skills, in every organization there are various tasks that require group work for the best results to be achieved, team work skills ensure that you can easily accommodate other people when you are handling a given task at hand.

Teamwork is when a task at a workplace requires combined effort from people with different skills; a task would require IT and sales department to work together in creating a presentation for potential clients, bringing together different skills to achieve a common goal.

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