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. 2023 Jul 27;9(8):e18670. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e18670

Table 6.

Demand for particular soft skills.

Area/Soft skill Analytical and Critical Thinking Communication - interpersonal Communication - via IT Cope with ambiguity/uncertainty Creativity Emotional Intelligence Flexibility Initiative and Engagement Leadership skills Learning skills Organisational/Managerial skills Persistence Problem solving Taking responsibility Teamwork Value orientation Well-being Focused
Trading 59 592 214 264 227 29 679 13 056 3170 78 811 34 691 471 30 625 36 459 20 835 71 411 75 587 41 361 62 080 79 565
Information technologies 91 116 106 062 5489 6067 13 720 393 37 981 11 990 2519 24 226 61 201 5773 63 868 23 567 45 044 13 566 5460
Administration 81 279 115 759 184 21 369 6241 3218 44 815 15 589 303 18 279 35 710 8719 54 314 42 348 29 981 28 357 32 456
Economics, finance, accounting 91 787 84 758 378 8990 3570 531 27 342 11 587 439 16 461 23 154 6344 42 985 27 468 27 770 20 602 13 184
Production 72 750 20 082 127 13 443 78 534 57 36 773 5456 190 18 791 12 921 3570 45 545 72 212 12 990 45 423 24 501
Management 53 940 96 262 891 14 990 9461 1001 40 348 12 186 1670 8129 51 390 8602 47 021 30 749 29 497 17 098 15 934
Transport, forwarding, logistics 48 666 35 807 1 17 199 21 133 190 38 016 6474 61 9324 10 207 2062 38 941 58 095 14 518 47 674 20 938
Banking 41 255 57 837 98 7719 2732 556 13 407 6496 118 9178 13 634 9641 22 203 14 248 13 397 10 360 19 631
Engineering 35 350 14 599 223 4446 19 783 52 18 346 2842 48 7350 6252 1545 28 266 24 679 7642 15 536 4499
Electrical engineering and energy 32 279 19 641 641 4786 12 112 44 21 872 4038 75 7058 6366 1724 30 784 20 561 9237 14 119 4467
Automobile industry 23 945 14 605 176 3696 10 424 113 12 124 3001 48 3249 6745 1283 18 609 15 448 5066 10 853 4346
Tourism, gastronomy, hotel industry 10 080 26 210 0 9211 4473 306 16 147 2988 18 5700 4657 2278 17 154 24 397 10 546 14 329 24 342
Construction and real estate 26 584 19 866 7 6054 8313 160 18 260 4930 32 3946 7500 2442 22 243 22 591 7638 12 351 5279

Source: own research.