Developing Professional Skills Among Women

Abstract

Women need many qualities and skills to stable themselves in any type of profession. A woman needs to develop her ability to meet the demand of the twenty first-century working environment. Are women aware of their skills, knowledge, and ability to do certain work? Every profession requires certain skills to carry out work effectively. Women also require practicing some skills that enable them to sustain in their chosen profession and also require a certain expertise to adhere to self-growth. Self-growth comprises of lifelong learning, professional development, professional ethics, personality development, interpersonal skills and intrapersonal skills. Professional skills include the techniques, strategies and approaches that would help an individual to grow and sustain in the profession and also work towards the growth in the profession. It includes soft skills, interpersonal skills, management skills, and emotional intelligence, and above all being a lifelong learner. What is the importance of professional skills for women? What is the need of professional skills? The term professional skills refer to the skills necessary for a student/individual to succeed in professional practice. They include the “generic” or “transferable” skills and also include the attributes of self-motivation; self-confidence; self-management; self-promotion; as well as the ability to understand ethical conduct; meet deadlines; be punctual; get on well with others in the organization and clients; and show initiatives.(GriffithGraduateAttributeProfessionalSkillsToolkit.) The objectives of this research paper are to highlight need of professional skills for women and to identify various professionals skills for women and ways to enhance them. Many skills are needed to balance a professional life, and it also depends on the nature of work, experience, and educational qualifications. There has to be coordination between work and personal life, one need is to keep working on their skills to yield the best results in their professional life.KeywordsDevelopmentProfessionProfessional skillsSkillsWomen