soft skills

Soft Skills are becoming increasingly essential for career success and mobility. If you’re looking for a quickfire way to invest in your future, then adding these soft skill diplomas to your CV will mark you out to potential employers as a personable team player and someone they’ll want as part of their business. Some job-seekers…

The World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report 2025 examines anticipated challenges and opportunities facing economies from 2025-2030. It harvested the views of more than 1,000 who represent some 14 million workers worldwide.   While the ascendency of AI, the cost of living and climate change are the top three trends impacting economies, WEF also analyses…

Justine Dalke is a certified English as a Second Language (ESL) teacher and holds a variety of specialised teaching qualifications, including teaching grammar, business English, and test preparation. She has worked in classrooms around the world and taught students from various backgrounds and a diverse range of countries, from Japan to Ukraine to Brazil. Justine…

Written by Liau Alex Social skills are the way we behave, communicate, and connect with others in various social situations. They include things like how we talk to people, listen to them, and work together in groups. These skills are like the building blocks of successful interactions and relationships. In special education, paying attention to…

“My name is Amgad Mohammed. I am forty years old and I am a chemist. Last summer, I found Alison by searching the internet for platforms I could use to improve my skills.” What was your first course on Alison, and why did you choose it? I don’t remember because I’ve studied a lot of…

Leaving a stable environment to open a business requires faith, time, money, energy, and investment to become successful. But you’ve done the research. You’ve studied the market. Put together a viable business plan and have secured funding. Now the time has come for you to make the leap from being an employee to an employer.…

Given that there are as many as five generations to be found in the contemporary workforce, you must factor in not only individual learning and communication styles, perspectives, and work habits but also those that are broadly characteristic of each generation. Participating in a survey of 5,598 employers in 36 OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation…

Today’s youth are tomorrow’s leaders. The youth make up a significant percentage of the world’s population. This stark reality emphasises how important it is to shape, equip, and embrace their place in society knowing that it is them that will carry the successes and failures we create today. In the not-too-distant future, the older generation…

It might sound as exciting as a trip to the dentist, but digital literacy is a fundamental skill if you want to get the most out of 21st-century living. In our rapidly evolving times, the ability to use the internet is no longer a luxury but a necessity. Whether you’re a student, professional, or simply…

Running a business is not easy. It requires time, energy, a dedicated team to drive and achieve objectives, and a leader to show the way. Leadership is a valuable trait that lies at the core of every successful project, event, and corporation. But great leaders are sometimes difficult to come by. This is because leaders…