Soft Skills for Software Developers

Soft Skills is a common term referring to the behaviors that help employees build and keep good relationships with others, assimilate well to a new role, or even improve in their existing one. Additionally, soft skills are the general skills that are applicable across many industries and roles and can help improve the value of all employees. In fact, according to research by Skill Survey, 77% of employers say that soft skills are as important as hard skills for any job role. While this is valuable to the employer or client, it is also important to the employee because they can apply these skills to any career, enabling them to “reinvent” themselves despite a lack of experience in a new industry.

In this Lunch & Learn, Jamie Valentin will discuss the popularity and importance of soft skills to employers and clients, detail some of the common soft skills and clarify some of the reasoning behind why they are important. You'll walk away knowing how to:
Determine between soft and hard skills and their efficacy
Find examples of soft skills that you already possess
Learn how to research and develop new soft skills

About the Speaker:
A Drupal developer for now over ten years, Jamie Valentin started out as a door-to-door salesman, selling his desktop-publishing and graphic design services. As a developer, he's done a lot of direct consulting, 1-on-1 training and support, documentation, and customer service. He is a contributor to the Drupal ATS project, and a long-time code contributor.

About Esteemed:
At Esteemed, we strive to provide the premier collection of workforce and work-life management solutions in the world. We're the fastest-growing AI-powered talent management and career solutions provider delivering frictionless hiring and talent incubation for digital professionals.

We help job seekers succeed in their chosen careers and employers scale their businesses with quality tools and resources to thrive within the changing global landscape.

Learn more about us at https://www.esteemed.io