Skill

A skill is the ability to carry out a task

with determined results often within a
given amount of time, energy, or both.
Skills can often be divided into domain-
general and domain-specific skills. For
example, in the domain of work, some
general skills would include time
management, teamwork and leadership,
self-motivation and others, whereas
domain-specific skills would be used only
for a certain job. Skill usually requires
certain environmental stimuli and
situations to assess the level of skill
being shown and used.

People need a broad range of skills to

contribute to a modern economy. A joint
ASTD and U.S. Department of Labor
study showed that through technology,
the workplace is changing, and identified
16 basic skills that employees must have
to be able to change with it.[1]

Labor skills
Skilled workers have long had historical
import (see Division of labor) as
electricians, masons, carpenters,
blacksmiths, bakers, brewers, coopers,
printers and other occupations that are
economically productive. Skilled workers
were often politically active through their
craft guilds.[2]

Life skills
An ability and capacity acquired through
deliberate, systematic, and sustained
effort to smoothly and adaptively
carryout complex activities or job
functions involving ideas (cognitive
skills), things (technical skills), and/or
people (interpersonal skills). See also
competence.

People skills
According to the Portland Business
Journal, people skills are described as:[3]

understanding ourselves and

moderating our responses
talking effectively and empathizing
accurately
building relationships of trust, respect
and productive interactions.

A British definition is "the ability to

communicate effectively with people in a
friendly way, especially in business."[4]
The term is not listed yet in major US
dictionaries.[5]

The term people skills is used to include

both psychological skills and social skills
but is less inclusive than life skills.

Social skills
Social skill is any skill facilitating
interaction and communication with
others. Social rules and relations are
created, communicated, and changed in
verbal and nonverbal ways. The process
of learning such skills is called
socialization.

Soft skills
Soft skills are a combination of
interpersonal people skills, social skills,
communication skills, character traits,
attitudes, career attributes and emotional
intelligence quotient (EQ) among
others.[6]

Hard skills
Hard skills are any skills relating to a
specific task or situation. These skills are
easily quantifiable unlike soft skills which
are related to one's personality.[7]

See also
Communication skills
Deskilling
DISCO - European Dictionary of Skills
and Competences
Dreyfus model of skill acquisition
 Game of skill
Online skill-based game
Transferable skills analysis
Procedural knowledge
Relationship between skills and core-
competencies in education[8]

References
1. "Publications and Research Search
Results, Employment & Training
Administration (ETA) - U.S. Department of
Labor" . wdr.doleta.gov. Archived from
the original on 28 April 2018. Retrieved
28 April 2018.
2. Cowan, Ruth Schwartz (1997), A Social
History of American Technology, New
York: Oxford University Press, p. 179,
ISBN 0-19-504605-6
3. Rifkin, H. “Invest in people skills to
boost bottom line” Archived 18 July
2008 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved
on 2009-10-14
4. “Macmillan Dictionary” Archived 5
November 2009 at the Wayback Machine.
Retrieved on 2009-08-18
5. Dictionary.com definition . Retrieved on
2009-08-18
6. Marcel M. Robles, Executive
Perceptions of the Top 10 Soft Skills
Needed in Today’s Workplace Archived
12 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine.,
Business Communication Quarterly, 75(4)
453–465.
7. Staff, Investopedia (15 May 2010).
"Hard Skills" . investopedia.com.
Archived from the original on 5
December 2013. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
8. Ryu, Cheong-san (2017). "Educational
Significance of Soft Skills and Hard
Skills". The Journal of Korean Practical
Arts Education. 23 (1): 1–17.

External links
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American Society for Training &

Development
 Australian National Training Authority
NCVER's Review of generic skills for
the new economy
SKILLS EU Research Integrated
Project

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