June 27, 2005 1:18 PM

Top ten soft skills employers seek
Posted by Douglas Eisenhartat 1:18 PM

While many individuals focus on the acquisition of job-specific skills and knowledge in order to obtain and retain employment, these attributes alone are not enough. Employers also recognize and seek out another set of attributes, broadly known as "soft skills", that enable a person to work well within an organization:

'Soft-skills' refer to a cluster of personal qualities, habits, attitudes and social graces that make someone a good employee and a compatible co-worker. Companies value soft skills because research suggests and experience shows that they can be just as important an indicator of job performance as hard skills.

Read the article, via our NYT sister site About.com, including a list of the top ten soft skills sought by organizations.