Soft skills are general, non-technical skills and developing these will help you stand out as an employee and help you add greater value to your working environment​. Some examples of soft skills are:

• goal setting
• flexibility
• honesty
• time management
• conflict resolution
• eagerness to learn
• interpersonal communication

Developing these skills are important as they help make the working environment better through improved employee relationships, more efficient processes, and giving the employees a better sense of confidence in themselves and their management. Building a resume of soft skills also show that employees are invested in their careers and will help put you on a path of promotion and leadership.

The question then would be how to actually develop these skills? The best way is to be willing to take advantage of all opportunities, even if they don’t seem relevant to your career. You never know what could be the chance that puts you on your best path. Other ways to build these skills are by asking questions, observing others you see as successful, and finally, be willing to make mistakes and learn from them. While working on these, it is also important to be patient, learning new things takes time, but the outcome is well worth the effort.