Internship Program

Course Overview

Your education, degree, and certifications might help you get an interview, but your soft skills are what will help you get the job and sustain it. A good appreciation of these skills and willingness to build up skills in these areas is what this A&P Intern Connect Africa internship programme on soft skill seek to do.

What are soft skills? Soft skills include some character traits (such as being self-motivated, creative, or reliable) that positively affect how you work and interact with others. They are considered the “people” skills and they are what will help you excel on any job.

Who needs soft skills? Everybody needs soft skills, especially continuing student and young employees. These skills equip individuals to cope on the job and help to make them efficient and effective, these skills ultimately will make one excel on the work place. Organisation can thrive when their employees have the necessary skills to succeed at what they do.

How do you acquire soft skills? They are acquired through a combination of skill transfer opportunities including non-formal targeted trainings, internships, coaching, mentorship and on-the-job practice.

Employers across every industry are looking for candidates with a strong set of soft skills. Although you can’t sit down in a classroom and learn them, you can still hone and develop these talents through programmes like this. And as with any skill, practice makes perfect.

The 10 main soft skills that will be highlighted and imparted in our internship programme are:

• Communication
• Teamwork
• Adaptability
• Problem-Solving
• Critical Thinking and Creativity
• Work Ethics – Integrity and Honesty at Work
• Interpersonal Skills
• Time Management
• Leadership Skills
• Attention to Detail
• Assertiveness and Confidence at Work

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Technical skills are the specialized knowledge and expertise required to perform specific tasks and use specific tools and programmes in real world situations. Diverse technical skills are required in just about every field and industry, from IT and business administration to health care and education. Each industry may have specialized technical skill that they require.

• What technical skills do you need to stay ahead?
• How can you acquire and improve on the critical technical skills that employers are look for?

In this module A&P Intern Connect Africa through its online internship programme highlights 6 critical technical skills that cut across various industries and will get you ahead.

• Report Writing
• Presentation Skills
• Digital Skills
• Basic Project Management
• Gender Equality and Social Inclusion
• Monitoring and Evaluation

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You may have an impressive combination of soft and technical skills that employers are looking for but if you are unable to clearly articulate this in a curriculum vitae or job profile you may never be shortlisted for an interview.

Through our in-person coaching sessions A&P Intern Connect Africa will help set clear career personal development goals, develop a realistic plan of action to achieve your goals. You will be assisted to redefine yourself in the way your present yourself in your CV or job profile so that it stands out. You will grasp how to list you soft and technical skills to respond to needs of the employer.

Register and sign up now for your online and in-person coaching and internship programme now to start your journey of a successful career.

Soft Skills Critical Technical Skills Personal Development