Developing soft skills at work

In short: Soft skills are cross-disciplinary abilities such as communication, teamwork or time management that help determine career success alongside specialist knowledge. Contrary to common belief, they can be specifically trained.

In more detail: Employers regularly name soft skills in surveys as equally or more important than purely specialist qualifications.

In detail

• Communication: Speaking and writing clearly, understandably and appropriately for the situation.
• Teamwork: Working constructively with different personalities (gruppenarbeit-im-studium-organisieren).
• Time management: Prioritising tasks and meeting deadlines without being constantly under pressure.
• Problem-solving: Approaching challenges in a structured way instead of falling into frantic action.
• Giving and receiving feedback: Formulating constructive feedback and accepting it openly yourself.
• Opportunities to practise: Volunteering, club work or project work offer practical training fields.
• Self-reflection: Regularly thinking about your own behaviour promotes further development (feedback-geben-und-annehmen-konstruktiv-im-team).