Soft Skills pathway - Business Skills

Learn what skills you need to stand out to employers

Why choose the Soft Skills pathway - Business Skills?

We have created 3 dedicated learning pathways to develop the most valuable soft skills to support your career. The pathways aim to support your technical skills and ensure you stand out as a well-rounded candidate to future employers.

Drive your ideas forward with the support of our Business Skills learning pathway. You will develop your written communication and learn how to make an impact through critical thinking and professional strategies.

OverviewWhat you'll learnWhat's included

Course Guide

The key facts about your online training

Study time: Up to 95 hours

Vendor: Skillsoft

Provider: Skillsoft

Student support: StudentCare^TM and Career Services

Prerequisites: None

Assessment: Module tests. (Once the equivalent of 50 hours study across any of our soft skill learning pathways is completed you will be eligible for a Learning People Certificate of Completion)

Resources: Internet access and email

Ideal for: Everyone looking to boost their career

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Included in your modules

Essential skills for your career

Influence and Persuasion

Written Communication

Building business cases and plans

Business Grammar

Presentation Skills

Creative thinking and Brainstorming

Finance Essentials

Critical thinking

Managing Risk

Negotiation

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Develop a skill the Learning People way

Multi modal learning that works around you

World's #1 eLearning portal

Watch micro learning video content

Read a selection of top business titles across whole subject range

Listen to audiobooks and book summaries

Award winning training used globally by leading corporate clients

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According to recent research by leading networking site LinkedIn, employers have raised their demand for hiring candidates with strong soft skills in 2020.

- LinkedIn, Learning 2020 Workplace Learning Report

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These skills are so important that research found that 67% of HR leaders say they have withheld a job offer from a talented candidate due to a lack of soft skills.