More employers are looking for the whole package when hiring IT professionals for their teams – candidates with a solid mix of technical and soft skills. Here are some of the most common soft skills IT leaders are seeking:
• Communication: Speaks to both technical and nontechnical audiences with ease.
• Problem-solving:Understands complex business issues and how to solve them through technology.
• Collaboration: Leverages the strengths and unique perspectives of others within the organization and works with all stakeholders to reach a solution.
• Team-oriented: Works effectively and thrives as a member of various work groups to bring greater value to the overall organization.
• Creative: Finds new and innovative approaches to performing the business at hand.