How to build soft skills? In the modern era, we can not deny the fact that soft skills have become more significant since the technology was modernized To be specific, communication, problem-solving, selfmotivation, decision-making, and time management skills are examples of soft skills According to Shen (2012) stated that employees should accomplish the adequate levels of soft skills that are considered desirable for moving forward in their career due to the impossibility of hard skills alone It is connected with the growing amount of education in the field of soft skills development Being aware of the importance of improving soft skills is essential for every individual in the 21st century Therefore, there are numerous ways that student and employees can improve their levels in two different environments First and foremost, soft skills are vitally important in all subjects and professions in education And the student years are the most crucial for developing the most appropriate soft skills As a result, there are several strategies to enhance soft skills in schooling Many qualities, such as time management, communication, and more, are learned through cooperation According to Tang (2015), the qualities required of leaders include a wide range of personal and interpersonal abilities As a result, taking on the position of the team leader is one of the most effective methods for students to quickly learn and improve their soft skills Fortunately, when asked which talents they desired to develop, Shaheen (2012) discovered that team leadership skills were the most popular Furthermore, extracurricular activities are one of the best ways for students to improve their soft skills Students are encouraged to participate in a variety of activities both during and outside of school hours in order to better prepare them for the world they will encounter after graduation (Yoder, 2019) These activities are intended to teach a variety of intangibles such as work ethic, character development, devotion, loyalty, and other abilities that are important for personal and societal progress For example,having a good content does not guarantee a good presentation, but the most important factor is how you deliver it As a reported by Ates (2020) from a university in Turkey, a project of working with the professionals through several discussion named Module which was identified as the most effective method based on its practicality Your ability to resolve conflicts, solve problems, and listen will aid you in developing excellent connections with coworkers, customers, suppliers, and other partners Many students, however, believed that their real soft skills were below the necessary levels Communication skills were also judged to be the least important by the students, which is likely why they did not make an effort to enhance them It was a cause for worry because communication skills were among the most wanted soft skills in many earlier research looking into competencies sought after by potential employers As a result, students must be made aware of the importance of communication skills for job growth, as well as how to develop and practice them Secondly, employees must have both soft and hard skills to thrive in today's competitive and changing corporate sector Technical skills are necessary for individuals to execute their jobs , but soft skills are what help them succeed and stay employed in the long run Meanwhile, many executives and managers in a variety of businesses are still unaware of the impact of soft skills training on employee performance Some managers, in fact, have misunderstandings regarding soft skills Many people bemoan the large sums of money spent on such training; they cannot truly account for the return because the trainees cannot apply what they've learned in the classroom to their work However, the majority of employers still understand exactly the significant of possessing soft skills in workplace and organize various programs to better their employees’ skills in workplace In another study by Ali (2017) , there is a fact that training is one of the best methods to achieve a high work performance culture Company is the complicated environment with many troubles besides working problems so personal qualities, habits, attitudes and social graces are the keys to being a good employee and a compatible co-worker On the one hand, hard skills are typically easier to see, quantify, training and vice versa for soft skills For instance, communication, dealing with people, managing people and so on are difficult to get a common result through training because of differences in personality of each person However, the training program of soft skills improvement for their employees are still needed to hold Employees who are simply taught hard skills comply with duties and procedures but are less engaged and proactive, thereby creating a strict and unpleasant environment that causes work delays Therefore, employees need to improve themselves through training events from their company , build positive relationships, communicate often and especially step out the comfort zone means broading their horizons and skills A soft skills training program for employees should be established that includes a combination of both group and individual training , particularly part of the course should be focused on communication ( Susan, 2017) In another study by Jody (2018) claimed that training should be reflect exactly to the real-work cases or become meaningless because employees will not know how to apply it in a real workplace Always boosting the soft skills is the only key for employees to survive and be long-lasting in their careers In conclusion, developing soft skills is critical The more mastering of extra soft skills , the more new opportunities in the professional sphere ( Neli ,2021 ) As a student, they should be aware of the importance of establishing their own values, particularly soft skills, because this is the best time to be prepared for the workplace Still, becoming an employee implies that is not too late to develop the needed skill set once you have worked in a corporate atmosphere As a result of the preceding data, instead of losing focus and blaming the surroundings, take proactive steps out of your comfort zone to learn and develop yourself Moreover, soft skills are just as any car engines that can boost maximum the working speed ,and will fade away over time if it does not get the specific attention REFERENCES LIST - Susan Dean, A (2017) Soft Skills Needed for the 21st Century Workforce Proquest Dissertation Publishing https://www.proquest.com/openview/01b0aeeffe7900aa19e138603efd18fe/1?pq%20origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750 - Ates, S., (2020) How to improve soft skills of accounting students Press Academia Procedia (PAP), V.11, p.98-100 https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/1221796 - Maria , K., Oksana , M , Lyubov ,P , Svetlana, S , Nelli , C , (2021) Soft skills development in personnel training E3S Web of Conferences 273, 12017 https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202127312017 - Ibrahim, R., Ali, B ,Bakare, K.K (2017), The effect of soft skills and training methodology on employee performance, European Journal of Training and Development, 41( 4), 388-406 https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/EJTD-08-20160066/full/pdf?title=the-effect-of-soft-skills-and-training-methodology-on-employeeperformance - Nida’a K AbuJbara , Jody A Worley ( 2018) Leading toward new horizons with soft skills Emerald Publishing Limited , 26(3), 247-259 .https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/OTH-10-20170085/full/pdf?title=leading-toward-new-horizons-with-soft-skills - Shaheen Majid, Zhang Liming, Shen Tong, Siti Raihana (2012) Importance of Soft Skills for Education and Career Success International Journal for Cross-Disciplinary Subjects in Education (IJCDSE), 2(2) http://infonomics-society.org/wp- content/uploads/ijcdse/published-papers/special-issue-volume-2-2012/Importance-ofSoft-Skills-for-Education-and-Career-Success.pdf - Yoder, Bradley (2019) Instructor Perceptions of Extracurricular and Co-curricular Activities on Developing 21st Century Soft Skills in Students Proquest https://www.proquest.com/openview/6480532f45dfd5eee87f45b4880193df/1?pqorigsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y