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The Crisis with Soft Skills

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The Crisis with Soft Skills

Season 7 Episode 705 | 26m 46s | CC

Soft Skills are defined at personal attributes that enable someone to interact effectively with other people and workforce experts say today's young people are facing a significant deficit in soft skills. It's a problem that can have a serious impact on young people as they search for jobs, and even as they apply and interview for college and other crucial post-high school education opportunities.

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