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Future-proofing your job against the robots

Comatch

There is little that machines, robots, and software-based AI won’t be able to do in the future – apart from feeling and acting in a human and emotionally intelligent way. “Our so-called “soft skills” are what make us human. Pause several times during the day and listen to your feelings and needs.

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The Right Way to Check Someone’s References

Harvard Business

In the uncommon event that your understanding differs from what you hear from one or more references, ask the candidate to explain. Be sure to ask referees about the candidate’s soft skills and social and emotional-intelligence-based capabilities, says Fernández-Aráoz. .”