Skill

For other uses, see Skill (disambiguation). 3 People skills

Mastery redirects here. For other uses, see Mastery
(disambiguation).
Main article: People skills

A skill is the ability to carry out a task with pre-

According to the Portland Business Journal, people skills
determined results often within a given amount of time,
are described as:[4]
energy, or both.[1] Skills can often be divided into domain
general and domain-specic skills. For example, in the
domain of work, some general skills would include time understanding ourselves and moderating our re-
management, teamwork and leadership, self-motivation sponses
and others, whereas domain-specic skills would be use-
ful only for a certain job. Skill usually requires certain
environmental stimuli and situations to assess the level of talking eectively and empathizing accurately
skill being shown and used.
People need a broad range of skills in order to contribute building relationships of trust, respect and produc-
to a modern economy. A joint ASTD and U.S. Depart- tive interactions.
ment of Labor study showed that through technology, the
workplace is changing, and identied 16 basic skills that
A British denition is the ability to communicate ef-
employees must have to be able to change with it.[2]
fectively with people in a friendly way, especially in
business.[5] The term is not listed yet in major US
dictionaries.[6][7]
The term people skills is used to include both psycholog-
1 Labor skills ical skills and social skills, but is less inclusive than life
skills.
Main article: Skill (labor)

Skilled workers have long had historical import (see 4 Social skills
Division of labor) as electricians, masons, carpenters,
blacksmiths, bakers, brewers, coopers, printers and other
Main article: Social skills
occupations that are economically productive. Skilled
workers were often politically active through their craft
guilds.[3] Social skill is any skill facilitating interaction and
communication with others. Social rules and relations are
created, communicated, and changed in verbal and non-
verbal ways. The process of learning such skills is called
socialization.
2 Life skills

Main article: Life skills

Life skills are problem-solving behaviors that are used
appropriately and responsibly in the management of
personal aairs. They are a set of human skills, acquired
via learning (teaching) or direct experience, that are used
to handle problems and questions commonly encountered
in daily human life. The subject varies greatly depending
on societal norms and community expectations.
5 Soft skills
Main article: Soft skills
Soft skills are a combination of interpersonal people
skills, social skills, communication skills, character traits,
attitudes, career attributes and emotional intelligence
quotient (EQ) among others. [8]

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6 Hard skills
Hard skills are any skills relating to a specic task or situ-
ation. These skills are easily quantiable unlike soft skills
which are related to ones personality.[9]

7 See also
Communication skills
Deskilling
DISCO - European Dictionary of Skills and Com-
petences
Dreyfus model of skill acquisition
Game of skill
Online skill-based game
Transferable skills analysis
Procedural knowledge

8 References
[1] Howland, J.L. (2013). Facts101: Textbook Key Facts.
Contents Technologies Inc.. Retrieved 2015-10-03. This
tertiary source summarizes another source in low detail.
[2] ASTD and U.S. Department of Labor study -Retraining
50 Million Americans: The Electronically Mediated So-
lution. Retrieved 2012-03-15.
[3] Cowan, Ruth Schwartz (1997), A Social History of Amer-
ican Technology, New York: Oxford University Press, p.
179, ISBN 0-19-504605-6
[4] Rifkin, H. Invest in people skills to boost bottom line
Retrieved on 2009-10-14
[5] Macmillan Dictionary Retrieved on 2009-08-18
[6] Dictionary.com denition. Retrieved on 2009-08-18
[7] Encarta dictionary denition. Retrieved on 2009-08-18
[8] Marcel M. Robles, Executive Perceptions of the Top 10
Soft Skills Needed in Todays Workplace, Business Com-
munication Quarterly, 75(4) 453465.
[9] http://www.investopedia.com/terms/h/hard-skills.asp

9 External links
American Society for Training & Development
Australian National Training Authority
NCVERs Review of generic skills for the new econ-
omy
SKILLS EU Research Integrated Project
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