Some employers believe that job applicants’ social skills are more important than their academic qualifications. Do you agree or disagree with this opinion?

Nowadays, organizations consider both educational as well interpersonal skills before deploying an applicant for the available vacancy.

This

has always been a matter of debate, if their emotional intelligence is as vital as their academic qualification and employers’ opinions, regarding

this

, vary. I totally see eye to eye with

this

opinion, and in

this

essay, I will explain the reason for

this

belief.

Firstly

, human resources are considered a crucial asset of the

organization

and their contribution to the progress of a business is undeniable. They represent the

organization

in front of society, customers and vendors.

Moreover

, the growth of a business can be hampered extensively, if the people working with it, do not go well with their coordinators.

For example

, to crack a deal with a client, an

organization

does not appoint an employee who is only well qualified but has a great understanding to read the mind of the client and can behave

accordingly

.

Secondly

, when people in the

organization

go well with each other, they

work

as a better team to contribute towards its growth. In today’s era, there is no

such

work

that can be done solely;

hence

, an

organization

appoints a team to

work

on a project. If people working as a team do not behave in well-manner with each other, it will create a hostile environment in offices.

Additionally

, it will create

such

an organizational and

work

culture where no one would like to

work

which will result in frequent resignations by employees. To cite an example, I would mention my own real-life experience of an

organization

where I worked for just 10 months because of the uncooperative and unfriendly behaviour of my colleagues. In a nutshell, I would say that

along with

academic qualification, it is indispensable for employers to take the social skills of employees into consideration because business growth is not dependent only on the knowledge that employees possess but

also

on how well they go with each other and their clients.