Feedback from Hiring Managers 1.0

Published on 06 May 2010 in Blog

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I recently published the following question to a Manager’s email list to which I belong:

I know what’s popular these days with respect to tools and technology, but what “soft skills” do you  look for when interviewing candidates? Or, which soft skills do you wish your staff had more of?

I copied the responses into a file and then sorted and tabulated the results.

Here are the top key words sorted alphabetically:

  • Ability to analyze
  • Ability to plan
  • Ability to work in a virtual environment
  • Adapt quickly to change
  • Analytical skills
  • Assertiveness
  • Being open
  • Body language, reading
  • Business acumen
  • Business analysis skills
  • Business of tech comm, u. of
  • Can-do attitude
  • Compromise
  • Conflict resolution
  • Creativity
  • Critical thinking skills
  • Cultural bounds, understanding
  • Curiosity
  • Customer service
  • Demonstration skills
  • Discretion
  • Flexibility
  • Fun to work with
  • Honesty
  • Humility
  • Independent
  • Initiative
  • Integrity
  • Interest
  • Interpersonal skills
  • Juggle workload
  • Leadership skills
  • Listening
  • Multicultural issues, awareness off
  • Multitasking
  • Office politics, awareness of
  • Organized
  • People skills
  • Positive attitude/outlook
  • Presentation skills
  • Proactive
  • Problem-solving
  • Project management
  • Project scheduling
  • Punctual
  • Quality, attention to
  • Relationship-building
  • Responsible
  • Self-motivated
  • Sense of humor
  • Service-oriented
  • Social skills
  • Stakeholder awareness
  • Strategic thinking
  • Strength
  • Strong work ethic
  • Tact
  • Task management
  • Teams, working in
  • Thick skin
  • Time management
  • Upbeat
  • Verbal communication skill
  • Voracious learner
  • Workload balancing
  • Written communication skill

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