When hiring future workers, employers look for hard skills (those we learn such as mastery of software applications or accountancy procedures) and soft skills. Soft skills are personal characteristics, strengths, and other assets. Studies have divided soft skills into four categories:
1. Thinking and problem solving
2. Oral and written communication
3. Personal qualities and work ethic
4. Interpersonal and teamwork
Your Task Using the preceding categories to guide you, identify your own soft skills, paying attention to those you think a potential employer would value. Prepare lists of at least four items in each of the four categories. For example, as evidence of problem solving, you might list a specific workplace or student problem you recognized and solved. You will want to weave these words and phrases into cover letters and résumés,
Submit in a Memo Format.

2. Oral & written communication: My oral and written communication skills for career progression would include body language & non verbal cues, verbal & presentation skills, teamwork skills, active listening and questioning skills etc.

3. Personal quality & work ethic: My personal quality & work ethic skills would include dependability & responsibility, being self motivated, honesty & integrity, adaptability etc.

Interpersonal & teamwork: My interpersonal and teamwork skills would include having control over my emotions i.e. emotional intelligence, reliability, empathy,leadership etc. and team working skills such as participation keenly, helping out others, etc.