A Perspective on “Critical Skills”

In an examination about critical skills, a perspective is in order inasmuch as “one size does not necessarily fit all.” This is true if the examination is about “soft skills” – SCANS, “Critical Skills,” “Skills for the Twenty First Century,” etc. There are a variety of such “skills” as well as other skills that enter […]

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The Verified Resume

The Verified Resume is a skills-based credential created by Dr. Arnold Packer, former Executive Director of the Secretary’s Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS). This tool is an authentic assessment document demonstrating, through third party verification, that an individual has mastered certain essential critical skills. Assessment of the so-called “soft skills” and Critical Skills do […]

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Develop Your “Interpersonal” Skill Set

The “Interpersonal Skill” is defined in many ways from multiple sources.  My own definition of the skill is as follows:   The “Interpersonal Skill” is not a skill that enables you to “win friends;”  rather, it is a skill that is best described by how others view you after you have worked with them on […]

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