11/16 Assignment

http://growingleaders.com/blog/first-soft-skill-develop-students/

There are several challenges youth may face in the workplace One of them is that they might lack what they need in order to get the job. WE have not yet learned soft skills and how to interview well. If we do get the job, we often face the challenge of not knowing what is expected of us. We might keep a cluttered workplace, we might not show up on time, or we may not have a strong work ethic. Since we have not had a job, we think it is okay to work the same way we live: cluttered and lazily. Another challenge we may face is our sense of identity. Most of us think we know who we are but we base it on the outside qualities such as appearance and clothing style. So when asked to change this "identity," we are not open to the suggestion. Since no one has ever taught us how to act on the job and we haven't had much working experience before, we struggle regularly with things that older workers may not. I also think since technology is so prominent, my generation never learned how to communicate. We always text someone instead of calling them or talking to them in person. This is not necessarily anyone persons fault, the advance on technology is mostly to blame. However, the youth are at fault because we never put the technology on the back burner and focus on true social interaction. Our parents are also partially to blame, because they allowed us to turn to technology rather than using our imagination for play or visiting someone to talk to them.

Social intelligence is the ability to understand and manage men, women, and children, to act wisely in human interaction. The quality of a first impression and a lasting impression depends heavily on social intelligence. Social intelligence is needed in not only jobs and college, but it is needed in everyday life. We must be able to develop relationships with people in a face to face manner. Professional relationships can't be made through a phone or computer screen. My generation struggles with this because we never had to develop relationships with anyone without using technology.

Social intelligence is important everyone must be able to develop healthy social relationships. Having social intelligence and being able to develop relationships, sets a person ahead in the workplace. They show that they have the capability to be a leader and to teacher to others. It proves to employers that the person is a good candidate for the job and they will go far in the business world.

One thing about this article that spoke to me personally was the amount of youth that doesn't know how to make a strong first impression or interview well. Since I do pageants, I interview quite frequently. It is definitely a something I had to learn how to do well but I guess I never considered how well rounded or not other teens are during interviews. It never crossed my mind that they don't get the practice like I do. I was able to connect to the article because it explained me very well when I first started interviews for pageants.