Question

What soft skills do employers request when they list job openings in your field?

Your Task. Individually or in teams, check the listings at an online job board. Visit Monster, CollegeRecruiter, CareerBuilder, or Indeed. Follow the instructions to search job categories and locations. Study many job listings in your field. Print or otherwise save the results of your search. How often do the ads mention communication, teamwork, and computer skills? What tasks do the ads mention? Discuss your findings with your team members. Then prepare a list of the most frequently requested soft skills. Your instructor may ask you to submit your findings and/or report to the class. If you are not satisfied with the job selection at any job board, choose ads posted on the websites of companies you admire or on LinkedIn.

Answer 1

After searching and discussion, following are the list of skills frequently demanded and expected by the employer on indeed:

✓ Jobs in the field of sales: (on indeed)

* Communication skills

* Convincing ability

* Pressure handling

* Relationship building with clients

* Time management

* Presentation

* Analytical skills

* Teamwork

* Computer knowledge

(Communication skills, client handling and computer knowledge are most frequently asked skills in the field of sales. Other skills being convincing ability, good over phone, and other listed ones. Not many add required team work, every 4 or 5 job focus on communication skills.)

✓ Tasks mentioned:

* researching and analyzing sales options.

* Maintains relationships with clients

* Inbound and outbound sales generation

* Daily follow up and maintaining quality service

* Achieve monthly sales targets

* completing assignments on time.

* Work with a team to complete the tasks.

* Use computer knowledge and record on field sales generated.