{"id":40708,"date":"2017-10-30T11:00:42","date_gmt":"2017-10-30T03:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.usim.edu.my\/uncategorized\/edisi-konvo-usim-utamakan-kebolehpasaran-graduan\/"},"modified":"2017-11-22T10:25:22","modified_gmt":"2017-11-22T02:25:22","slug":"usim-convo-edition-the-importance-of-soft-skills-development-3__trashed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.usim.edu.my\/ms\/uncategorized-ms\/usim-convo-edition-the-importance-of-soft-skills-development-3__trashed\/","title":{"rendered":"USIM Convo Edition : The importance of soft skills development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:1216.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_4 1_4 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-person person fusion-person-left fusion-person-1 fusion-person-icon-top\"><style>.fusion-person-1 .imageframe-liftup:before{-webkit-border-radius:6px;-moz-border-radius:6px;border-radius:6px;<\/style><div class=\"person-shortcode-image-wrapper imageframe-liftup\"><div class=\"person-image-container dropshadow person-rounded-overflow\" style=\"-webkit-border-radius:6px;-moz-border-radius:6px;border-radius:6px;border:0px solid #f6f6f6;-webkit-box-shadow: 3px 3px 7px rgba(0,0,0,0.3);box-shadow: 3px 3px 7px rgba(0,0,0,0.3);-webkit-border-radius:6px;-moz-border-radius:6px;border-radius:6px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"person-img img-responsive\" src=\"http:\/\/www.usim.edu.my\/newusim\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Dr.-Muzaffar-Syah-Mallow.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Muzaffar Syah Mallow\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"person-desc\"><div class=\"person-author\"><div class=\"person-author-wrapper\"><span class=\"person-name\">Dr. Muzaffar Syah Mallow<\/span><span class=\"person-title\">Fakulti Syariah dan Undang-Undang<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"person-content fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:25% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 3.84%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 7.68%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:25% !important;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 3.84%;margin-left : 7.68%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:100% !important;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-flex-container.fusion-builder-row-1{ padding-top : 0px;margin-top : 0px;padding-right : 0px;padding-bottom : 0px;margin-bottom : 0px;padding-left : 0px;}<\/style><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:calc( 1170px + 0px );margin-left: calc(-0px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-0px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>As many universities and colleges including Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM) will be having their convocation for the graduates, one cannot stop wondering and asking a simple question do a perfect Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) guarantee our student\u2019s future and their survival in harsh reality of the outside world?<\/p>\n<p>Of course having a good CGPA is crucial to get the best student award from the respective learning institution or get exemption from repayment of certain study loan which allow such exemption to be given to any best student, but would it guarantee their place in this competitive world which demand more than academic excellent and qualification? Well, short answer to this is no as there are many skills which seen lacking among the graduate in order for them to face the harsh reality of the outside world. The theoretical knowledge which the student have learn in the classes and during tutorial is only a part of what\u2019s necessary for them to land in the outside world.<\/p>\n<p>Nowadays, employers are becoming more and more concerned with what they call the \u201cskills gap\u201d in today\u2019s graduates. They\u2019re concerned that today\u2019s graduates doesn\u2019t have all of the necessary \u201csoft skills\u201d to succeed in today\u2019s workplace. Although a strong background in traditional \u201chard skills\u201d like writing, mathematics and science will always have its place in academic and career worlds, an increasing number of employers desire prospective employees with certain \u201csoft skills\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Soft skills here include the ability to adapt to changing circumstances and the willingness to learn through experience. Soft skills cannot be learn through a single subject as many higher education institution are currently trying to do, it is something which need to be expose during early age by qualified instructor including with good parenting. As such, it is important for our students in the country to develop and even master the soft skills component during early age in kindergarten and school before they start entering university or college.<\/p>\n<p>There are\u00a0several importance soft skills students require to have like pleasant personality, honesty and integrity, team work collaboration, confidence, communication sand interpersonal skills, ability and creativity in problem &#8211; solving, time management, discipline, good leadership and others. The new integrated cumulative grading system for the students which recently been adopted under the Malaysian Education Blueprint 2015 &#8211; 2025 (Higher Education) will assess academic performance as well as values, community service and leadership qualities. The new integrated cumulative grading system for the students will create more marketable, competitive graduates in the long run.<\/p>\n<p>However, it might take some time for the result of this new system to be seen by us. For the time being, all education sectors in the country need to work together and developed comprehensive and effective plans on this issue in order to produce graduate with proper and enough skills needed in facing with the harsh reality in the outside world.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-1{width:100% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 0px;}.fusion-builder-column-1 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 0px;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 0px;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-1{width:100% !important;}.fusion-builder-column-1 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 0px;margin-left : 0px;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-1{width:100% !important;}.fusion-builder-column-1 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 0px;margin-left : 0px;}}<\/style><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-flex-container.fusion-builder-row-2{ padding-top : 0px;margin-top : 0px;padding-right : 0px;padding-bottom : 0px;margin-bottom : 0px;padding-left : 0px;}<\/style><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":40388,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usim.edu.my\/ms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40708"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usim.edu.my\/ms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usim.edu.my\/ms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usim.edu.my\/ms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usim.edu.my\/ms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40708"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.usim.edu.my\/ms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40708\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40833,"href":"https:\/\/www.usim.edu.my\/ms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40708\/revisions\/40833"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usim.edu.my\/ms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usim.edu.my\/ms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usim.edu.my\/ms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usim.edu.my\/ms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}