In this fifth installment of our blog series on interpersonal skills, you’ll learn about how being able to listen effectively will propel your career and how perfecting this one skill will help you set yourself apart in your data science career!
The good news for today’s workers is that despite some of the challenges facing them, there is still time to prepare for the Future of Work including upskilling in some of the most important interpersonal skills that will help protect their careers from automation and make them better data scientists.
The automation and elimination of workers’ jobs is a popular topic in almost every industry. According to McKinsey, in the US alone, between 39 and 73 million jobs stand to be automated within the next 5 years, which is around a third of the total workforce. Most of these jobs are being automated by robots. Additionally, companies are streamlining overall business processes, which puts those who have not taken steps to prepare at an even greater risk of losing their jobs.
Colaberry offers flexible online and on-campus training courses in data analytics that focus not only on technical and human skills but also some of the most important skills of all: interpersonal skills.
In this 7-part mini-blog series, we’re discussing 7 interpersonal skills you can develop right now that will set you apart in your data science career. If you missed some of our previous posts, you can click on the links below to read up on other valuable interpersonal skills.
7 Interpersonal Skills that Will Set You Apart in Your Data Science Career
Interpersonal skills are the skills that you, as a data scientist, will need to effectively communicate, interact, and work with other individuals on a team or in a group setting. Each of the skills below can be learned and mastered to give yourself a competitive advantage.
- Being patient – read part 1 here
- Being dependable – read part 2 here
- Having a strong work ethic – read part 3 here
- Responsiveness to feedback – read part 4 here
- Being a great listener
Being a Great Listener
Being an active listener is important for today’s data scientists, and this trait will really serve you well in your career and set you apart from the competition. Being able to focus, listen to others’ opinions, and digest what is being said will help you improve professionally and help you build a great reputation.
According to Forbes, “Genuine listening has become a rare gift—the gift of time. It helps build relationships, solve problems, ensure understanding, resolve conflicts, and improve accuracy. At work, effective listening means fewer errors and less wasted time.”
10 Quick Steps To Become a Great Listener
- Step 1: Face the speaker and maintain eye contact.
- Step 2: Be attentive but relaxed.
- Step 3: Keep an open mind.
- Step 4: Listen to the words and try to picture what the speaker is saying.
- Step 5: Don’t interrupt and don’t impose your “solutions.”
- Step 6: Wait for the speaker to pause to ask clarifying questions.
- Step 7: Ask questions only to ensure understanding.
- Step 8: Try to feel what the speaker is feeling.
- Step 9: Give the speaker regular feedback.
- Step 10: Pay attention to what isn’t being said — nonverbal cues.
Incorporating these quick tips will help you become a more engaging and effective listener, and those around you will appreciate your efforts.
Tune into our next blog to learn about how to collaborate with your team and how this skill will help you improve your professional life and set you apart!
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Colaberry School of Data Analytics has been providing groundbreaking, career-oriented training programs in Data Analytics since 2012. They run online classes that you can take from the comfort of your own home. Colaberry also offers instructor-led classes in the Dallas, TX area. More than 4,500 people have changed their lives by participating in these boot camp-style classes!
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With Colaberry, you will gain a unique set of skills that will put you ahead of the pack due to our focus on providing up-to-date knowledge and a curriculum written to fit right into even the most fast-paced job roles so you can hit the ground running.
Flexible Curriculum
Colaberry provides short intensives to help you upskill and specialize in the exact skills companies are looking for in those they employ. We offer online and on-campus programs in multiple locations such as Texas, California, and more.
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We want to ensure that your financial health isn’t a barrier to your attending classes. We offer flexible programs, payment plans, and counseling to make things easier for our students.
Real World Project & Portfolio Experience
Each of our classes integrates a project based on a real-world scenario helping you to grasp some of the most critical job skills that employers are hungry for. We work with you to build a digital portfolio that you can present to employers to demonstrate your competencies in a variety of highly in-demand areas of expertise.
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Our job offer rate is over 80% for our qualified students. That means we focus on developing you in both tech and human skills, how to interview successfully, and perfecting your interpersonal skills.
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