Soft Skills Importance in NGOs’ Positions

Getting a job is the target of most people especially youth after graduation; however nowadays having a university certificate is not the only thing which matters for employers, especially with the continued increment in the graduates’numbers. Currently, many employers are searching for the perfect employee who will have both hard and soft skills.This study aimed to highlight the soft skills role in getting a job and it will focus on the Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) sector.As it is one of the most attractive destinations for youth nowadays. NGOs are characterized by international work environments, its staff consists of a different variety of people who have different certifications and skills. The study examines the importance of soft skills through understanding the most important soft skills needed and required for the NGOs’ jobs and owned by the NGOs’ staff. In order to achieve the purposes of the study, the researchers collected the data from its various sources. The study will adopt the descriptive analytical method and a questionnaire as a key tool to obtain the required information. The study sample consists of employees of the NGOs sector; they ranked the soft skills depending on their daily work tasks as NGO staff. The results of this study show that soft skills are very important to get involved in the NGOs sector and ranking shoes the top 10 most used soft skills in NGOs positions which can be useful to the youth who would like to work for NGOs to start developing these skills during and after their university degree. The study also showed that having a university degree is required in NGOs’ jobs however the most of the positions are not limited to one specialization.