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essential soft skills for students
I. Introduction
A. Hook: “Soft skills account for 75% of your success”, Master Le Tham Duong said.
B. Back ground Info: Nowadays, the world has changed, and we live in an era of
profound change in all aspects of the "flat world" era. Earth has become "the global
village of all mankind". In order to integrate and adapt to that environment beyond
capacity (knowledge, skills, attitudes), students must have certain soft skills.
C. Thesis Statement: Although students need a lot of skills when studying at
university, there are three mainly soft skills that they have to focus mostly are
teamwork, leadership and confidence.
II. First main idea: Teamwork: Teamwork is one of the most sought-after skill in the
university
1. Definition of teamwork
2. The importane of teamwork:
a. Building relationship
b. Building Responsibility
3. Examples of teamwork skills
a. Communication
b. Empathy
c. Collaboration
III. Second main idea: Leadership: Another aspect of university’s soft skill that you
need to boost is leadership
A. Definition of leadership:
B. The importance of leadership:
a. Future Career: working high positions, high salary
b. Inspiring and motivating team members to stretch themselves on
an important project
c. Creating enthusiasm an organization through times of challenge
or difficult change
C. Examples of leadership
a. Leading a Group Project
b. Becoming President of a Club or Organization
c. Doing some volunteering
IV. Third main idea: Confidence: Having self-belief and confidence in your own
abilities
 Is valuable when you are at university.

A. Definition of confidence:
B. The importance
a. Helping people gain credibility
b. Making a strong first impression, better performance
- Ex: ‘Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway’- Dr. Susan
Jeffers- 1987
c. Improving relationships.

C. Ways to build confidence

a. Using the Power of Positive Self-Talk
- You'll not only break the ice, you'll melt it away
with your new skills." Larry King- – October 10,
2003
b. Taking Care of Your Body
c. Practicing Self-Compassion
V. Conclusion
A. Restating thesis statement: Though there are a variety of skills you need when
you enter university, teamwork, leadership, and confidence are three vital skills
you have to develop most.
B. Summary main ideas: Take time to evaluate your current skill set and identify
areas for improvement. With time and practice, you can begin building a strong
set of teamwork, leadership and confidence skills.
C. Give opinion: More and more, we’re hearing about the value of personal soft
skills surpassing the value of technical skills in today’s job market for men and
women alike. Developing your soft skills can establish the foundation to develop
a future career.