21 komplemen hard skills yang akan menentukan kesuksesan seseorang di dalam
bekerja.
B. Aspek Soft Skills
Berbagai pendapat dan kajian merumuskan bermacam-macam aspek soft skills yang dibutuhkan dalam dunia kerja. Sebagian di antaranya Spencer and
Spencer Idawati, 2004 mengemukakan terdapat 19 macam soft skills : Achievement orientation, Concern for order and quality, Initiative, Information
seeking, Interpersonal understanding, Customer service orientation, Impact and influence, Organization awareness, Relationship building, Developing
others, Directiveness, Teamwork and cooperation, Team leadhership, Analytical thinking,Conceptual thinking, Self control,Self confidence, Flexibility,
Organizational commitment. Patrick S. OBrien mengistilahkan soft skills sebagai karakteristik keunggulan winning characteristics yang terdiri dari
communication skills, organizational skills, leaders.
Astrid Wiratna mengemukakan 2008, soft skills yang perlu diasah dapat dikelompokkan ke dalam tujuh kategori yaitu: keterampilan komunikasi lisan
dan tulisan communication skills, keterampilan berogranisasi organizational skills, kepemimpinan leadership, kemampuan berpikir kreatif dan logis logic
and creative, ketahanan menghadapi tekanan effort, kerja sama tim dan interpersonal group skills dan etika kerja ethics.
C. Dimensi Soft Skills
Berbagai pendapat dan kajian merumuskan bermacam-macam dimensi soft skills yang dibutuhkan dalam dunia kerja. Sebagian pendapat dapat ditampilkan
sebagai berikut : Spencer and Spencer Idawati, 2004 mengemukakan terdapat 19 macam soft
skills yaitu : 1 Achievement orientation, 2 Concern for order and quality, 3 Initiative, 4 Information seeking, 5, Interpersonal understanding, 6 Customer
service orientation, 7 Impact and influence, 8 Organization awareness, 9 Relationship building, 10 Developing others, 11 Directiveness, 12 Teamwork and
22 cooperation, 13 Team leadhership, 14 Analytical thinking, 15 Conceptual thinking,
16 Self control, 17 Self confidence, 18 Flexibility, 19 Organizational commitment.
Patrick S. OBrien dalam www.ubs.com
mengistilahkan soft skills sebagai karakteristik keunggulan Winning Characteristics yang terdiri dari communication
skills, organizational skills, leadership, logic, effort, group skills, and ethics. Tabel 1 . Dimensi Life Skills
No Kategori
Dimensi
1 Corporate skills.
Political sensitivity. ~ Business and commercial awareness.
~ Strategic awareness. ~ Understanding funding streams and
mechanisms. ~ Information management.
~ Organisation and control. ~ Team building.
~ Communication and persuasion. ~ Networking and public relations.
~ Leading change.
2 Employability
skills communication, team working, leadership,
initiative, problem
solving, flexibility
and enthusiasm.
3 Life skills
related to the head, heart, hands and health ie highly personal and behavioural skills
D. Urgensi Soft Skills dalam Proses Pendidikan
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