It’s an odd title for a blog, to be sure. Nevertheless, it is accurate. Here’s why.
Communication could very well be the single most important skill a person possesses when trying to predict whether s/he will have a successful career. Not all good communicators are guaranteed success, but poor communicators are virtually guaranteed failure.
Here are three points to keep in mind as you commit yourself to workforce and career development:
- Across the board, human resource professionals tend to identify communication as the most essential skill of the 21st century (Sabo, 2000).
- The Wall Street Journal confirms this, saying that a lack of communication skills is the single most important reason people do not advance in their careers (Cole, 1997).
- And communication is absolutely at the top of the list of desired traits when hiring new employees (Daniel, 1998).
Do you want to help your customers, clients, and students find a good job? Teach them to communicate. Do you want to help them enter a career ladder and climb it? Teach them to communicate better. Communication really is the key to career success today. That’s why we called this little article, “communicating a great career.” Think about it!
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This article is definitely on point. I am in human resources, and I put a great deal of emphasis on an applicants communication skills. If I’m interviewing an applicant if they can not speak clearly and enunicate their words then I move on to the next applicant. Employees are a reflection of the company and if they can’t speak where others can understand them, they’re not a good representation of the company.
I could not agree more with this article. I think one of the reasons I have been so successful in job hunting is because of my ability to to communicate well. Communicating well with employers is key to obtaining jobs, keeping jobs, and moving up the ladder. It did not always come easy to me and the older and more experienced I become, the easier it is. Fake it ’till you make it!