MindSage Durable skills: Education beyond Academic
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Durable skills training provides students with a proven edge in school, the workplace, and life.
Research conducted by Harvard University, the Carnegie Foundation and Stanford Research Center has all concluded that 85% of job success comes from having well‐developed soft (durable skills) and people skills, and only 15% of job success comes from technical skills and knowledge (hard skills).
“For the overwhelming majority of 93% of employers, Soft skills play a key role in their decision of who they want to hire.”
-ZipRecruiter co-founder and CEO Ian Siegel , in the report The Job Market Outlook
“Once you get to a job interview, though, the whole picture changes. Employers are looking for qualities in their new hires that are never listed in the job ad. They want to meet people who are self-directed and responsible.
- Forbes Magazine, 12 Qualities Employers Look For When They're Hiring
“We all know that the world is changing rapidly and how work gets done is evolving. As a result, how we screen and hire employees and freelancers has changed too. Soft skills — such as empathy, emotional intelligence, kindness, mindfulness, adaptability, integrity, optimism, self-motivation, grit, and resilience — have become crucial success factors.”
- Forbes Magazine, Soft Skills Are Essential To The Future Of Work
The MindSage durable skills training framework is flexible, allowing teachers and trainers to tailor our principles and approach to their needs and the needs of their students. With seven years of development, including a three-year pilot testing phase in middle and high schools, we've gained a thorough understanding of the obstacles teachers face and developed solutions to adapt and implement our durable skills content.
Whether you're creating your own program from scratch or seeking to implement our framework in part or in its entirety, we are here as a resource for you.
LinkedIn's Global Talent Trends report found that 92 percent of hiring professionals say soft skills matter as much or more than hard skills.