10 Skills to Help Launch Your Career

This week on The JSA Blog, we’re sharing some news from the Staffing Industry.


A polished resume with relevant job and life experience may land you an interview, however there are often many “soft-skills” and intangibles that will make the difference in landing a new job and spring boarding your career. These soft-skills are often what an interviewer is trying to gauge during the interview process because “soft skills like grit, excitement, and respect are what make a stellar employee” according to Melissa Rosenthal at Fast Company.

Melissa Rosenthal at Fast Company has compiled the following 10 skills to help launch your career:

  1. Adaptability
  2. Emotional Intelligence
  3. Effective Communication
  4. Negotiation
  5. Teamwork
  6. Positive Attitude
  7. Time Management
  8. Conflict Resolution
  9. Work Ethics
  10. Collaboration over Competition

For more details on each of these 10 skills, click the link below to read the full article!