Why Soft Skills are the MOST Important Skills - Issue #41

Hey friend! I’m writing this email newsletter in my hotel in Atlanta getting ready to present this afternoon at Connect Tech. This is my last conference for the season so my introvert self is going to go into hibernation. Today’s newsletter is highlighting a convo I had with our Head of Engineering from our Software Consulting arm at Vaco called Vaco Built.  

If you want to check out the full episode….

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3Oxa4aTuQ0TX4E9VwLNB7Q?si=-su7afdeRCeleKo0_Mtk1g&nd=1

Soft Skill Tips to Level Up Your Game

• Find a way to know the people you work with - living in a virtual world its IMPERATIVE to get to know your colleagues 

• Be comfortable talking as a real person over a video call - be your whole self at work and if your work doesn’t accept that…move on

• Be open about who you are and your interests - the only way you can build relationships is sharing your passions with others

• Have a conversation as if you were already an employee as you are interviewing 

• You are a person not a machine so stop acting like it in the interview process 

• Create a visual deliverable when talking through your accomplishments - which will help your interviewing changes 

• Prewrite notes, a cover letter if you will, ahead of your interview

• Keep the conversation going  - THIS IS HUGE. never said ‘I don’t know’ and stop talking 

• Bring a notebook so you can write questions down to avoid interruptions

Obviously most of these are simple but just a reminder for you if you start interviewing over the holidays! I appreciate you more than you know being a part of this community! Talk next week!

-Taylor