Values ​​and ability to act describe soft skills

For satisfaction and success in everyday working life, values ​​(mindset) and the ability to deal with practical challenges in a self-organized manner and to act effectively are important. Values ​​and ability to act describe soft skills. Soft skills enable people to master everyday work situations in a self-organized manner. Soft Skills Analytics is not about an assessment, but rather serves to describe the characteristics of soft skills.

Electronic questionnaire

Soft Skills Analytics is based on the scientific framework of John Erpenbeck and Werner Sauter. To determine soft skills, we use an empirical approach that is common in science. An electronic questionnaire is used for this.

Practical, professional situations

The questionnaire describes professional situations and suggests several possible actions. An appropriate number of points can be awarded for each possibility by the person putting themselves in the professional situation described. The answer that applies most gets the most points. This is followed by the less applicable options. The least applicable actions get the fewest points. In total there are 2x 16 professional situations. The time required is around 20-30 minutes. Soft Skills Analytics can be interrupted at any time and ended at a later time.

Soft Skills Analysis is not a test

Soft Skills Analysis is not a test. It is an answer to the question of the extent to which a candidate has certain soft skills. Based on the answers collected, an evaluation of the characteristics is carried out. This evaluation is then compared with the requirements profile.

Self- and external assessments

360-degree feedback is a common method for assessing action capabilities from different perspectives. Compared to the one-person perspective (self-assessment), the results from a multi-person perspective achieve significantly higher reliability (or validity) and dependability (or reliability). That is why it is very important to choose at least one, up to a maximum of four reference persons from your own professional environment and to give us the corresponding email addresses. The reference persons receive the same electronic questionnaire and award an appropriate number of points for 16 action skills. A reference person needs about 10-20 minutes.

Examples of two questions about action skills and values: