The Importance of Soft Skills in Employability: A Two-Way Perspective

Authors : Büşra Yılmaz, Bahar Urhan

Pages : 941-955

Doi:10.29023/alanyaakademik.1508405

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Publication Date : 2024-09-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Soft skills are skills that people are born with and are known to be strengthened and increased with experience and practice, such as effective communication, emotional intelligence, leadership, creativity, teamwork, and critical thinking. They are also called 21st century skills due to their power to compete with technology in employability. The business world needs employees with developed soft skills to complement their technical skills in an increasingly competitive environment with the development of technology. In the research, the skills that employers and managers look for in the people they can employ were investigated through semi-structured in-depth interviews and it was seen that 26% of these were technical skills and 74% were soft skills. A total of 470 university senior students participated in the survey study conducted with students and the factors of skill perception were determined as Effective communication, Professional competence, Self-efficacy and Emotional intelligence. Skill perceptions differ according to gender. Perceptions of professional competence increase depending on the educational level of their mothers.
Keywords : Soft Beceriler, Teknik Beceriler, Öğrenci, Eğitim, İstihdam Edilebilirlik