The present study set out to investigate the concept of soft skills in academic translator education in Iran. To this aim, a needs assessment was conducted with two groups of stakeholders: i.e. translation professionals and translation students. The professionals were asked to indicate the importance of a set of soft skills in the context of the translation profession. Next, we examined through...

Psychological theories assert that not everybody is fit for every task, as people have different personality traits and abilities. Often, personality traits are expressed in people’s soft skills. That is, the way people perceive, plan and execute any assigned task is influenced by their set of soft skills. Most of the studies carried out on the human factor in Information System concentrate pri...

UNLABELLED Soft skills adoption is a learning experience for every practitioner and every academician. Author has expressed his opinion for success through educational and real values of soft skill. Soft skills behavior of individual and institution help in achieving desirable goals in general and specialty practices. Author also focused on some realistic soft skill methods for improvisation of...

Wer sich heute dem Begriff der „Soft Skills“ nähert, stößt auf ein wohl bestelltes Feld der Seminarangebotsund Bewerbungstrainingsindustrie. Ohne Soft Skills, erfährt man in einem populären Online-Magazin, ginge derzeit „gar nichts“. Mit Soft Skills hingegen könne man seinen Wettbewerbs-Faktor erhöhen und schließlich mit Persönlichkeit zum Traumjob finden. In einem Job-Portal wird der Begriff i...