Why aren't interpersonal skills and rapport building emphasised at school/Uni?

I don't know why educational institutions gloss over these two VITAL skills. They're probably the greatest predictors of future success in the corporate world.

Nothing will shoot you up that corporate ladder quicker than being able quickly build rapport, build working relationships and presenting skills. Even competence takes a back seat sometimes.

There a dozens of retards in any given company who aren't nearly as qualified or as experienced as their peers but who just keep getting promotions/pay increases/job offers wallahi. If you can do the bare minimum but shine when it comes to social skills, you'll fucking flys right past people who've been there x3 longer than you have.

These skills are argubly just as important as the degree/technical skills. And I know unis do little shit "group-projects" but that's not even in the same realm. So why don't they put more emphasis on this stuff? There should be entire modules dedicated to this shit at university!

Something as simple as adding a personal touch to your emails will make peopel, even external contractors/stakeholders, bend over backwards for you.

The ability to chit-chat with senior figures within your company will set you apart from the 99.99% of nameless, faceless office drones who can't keep eye contact to save their lives. The other added benefit is that they're more likely to overlook any serious f*ck-up, whereas other people who aren't generally well liked will be put through the meat grinder.


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This such a colossal oversight for most educational institutions wallahi. If this stuff doesn't come naturally to you then they fucked you:francis:
 

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I don't know why educational institutions gloss over these two VITAL skills. They're probably the greatest predictors of future success in the corporate world.

Nothing will shoot you up that corporate ladder quicker than being able quickly build rapport, build working relationships and presenting skills. Even competence takes a back seat sometimes.

There a dozens of retards in any given company who aren't nearly as qualified or as experienced as their peers but who just keep getting promotions/pay increases/job offers wallahi. If you can do the bare minimum but shine when it comes to social skills, you'll fucking flys right past people who've been there x3 longer than you have.

These skills are argubly just as important as the degree/technical skills. And I know unis do little shit "group-projects" but that's not even in the same realm. So why don't they put more emphasis on this stuff? There should be entire modules dedicated to this shit at university!

Something as simple as adding a personal touch to your emails will make peopel, even external contractors/stakeholders, bend over backwards for you.

The ability to chit-chat with senior figures within your company will set you apart from the 99.99% of nameless, faceless office drones who can't keep eye contact to save their lives. The other added benefit is that they're more likely to overlook any serious f*ck-up, whereas other people who aren't generally well liked will be put through the meat grinder.


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This such a colossal oversight for most educational institutions wallahi. If this stuff doesn't come naturally to you then they fucked you:francis:
How do you start up a conversation with random people, especially your superiors. Do you just walk up to them or something. Cold approaching someone always seemed weird to me
 

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I don't know why educational institutions gloss over these two VITAL skills. They're probably the greatest predictors of future success in the corporate world.

Nothing will shoot you up that corporate ladder quicker than being able quickly build rapport, build working relationships and presenting skills. Even competence takes a back seat sometimes.

There a dozens of retards in any given company who aren't nearly as qualified or as experienced as their peers but who just keep getting promotions/pay increases/job offers wallahi. If you can do the bare minimum but shine when it comes to social skills, you'll fucking flys right past people who've been there x3 longer than you have.

These skills are argubly just as important as the degree/technical skills. And I know unis do little shit "group-projects" but that's not even in the same realm. So why don't they put more emphasis on this stuff? There should be entire modules dedicated to this shit at university!

Something as simple as adding a personal touch to your emails will make peopel, even external contractors/stakeholders, bend over backwards for you.

The ability to chit-chat with senior figures within your company will set you apart from the 99.99% of nameless, faceless office drones who can't keep eye contact to save their lives. The other added benefit is that they're more likely to overlook any serious f*ck-up, whereas other people who aren't generally well liked will be put through the meat grinder.


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This such a colossal oversight for most educational institutions wallahi. If this stuff doesn't come naturally to you then they fucked you:francis:

I'm starting to realize how important relationship building and chitchat skills are. :dwill:Especially when I see dumb, chatty fucks get shown more leniency as compared to harder workers at the job.

Any tips?
 
omg theres this girl at my old work who'd slack 24-7 have the managers put her on jobs that she likes only bc she chatty with them and invited them to her birthday etc :gucciwhat: how do i be like this? I can waffle but only with ppl my age/same personality as me :cosbyhmm:feels awkward with anyone else
 
Yeah...No thank I would've honestly been pissed AS fuq if that was forced onto me as a teenager due to how annoying most of those gaalo kids are. Why would I want to willingly engage with them for long periods of time?
 
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Yeah...No thankful, I would've honestly been pissed AS fuq if that was forced onto me as a teenager due to how annoying most of those gaalo kids are. Why would I want to willingly engage with them for long periods of time?
really? what's so annoying about them?
 
really? what's so annoying about them?
I just couldn't stand them, I went to a school in the hood with the most ratchet people you could imagine and than I attended one in the burbs where everyone was an overly preppy a*hole. Forcing kids to socialize won't benefit anyone, it's basically legalized torture.
 
Ngl in my field (healthcare) that type of stuff is irrelevant.

Competence is everything in healthcare. You should still be cordial to coworkers and have good bedside manner with patients but, if you’re a chatty dummy you will still get into shit if you make a mistake. When it’s a life and death matter, everyone prefers the quiet introvert smart nurses who work hard, over the talkative incompetent/lazy ones

I’m glad for that cause I cannot be bothered to brown nose and kiss other people’s asses just because they have a higher “rank” than me. I go to work, do my job well, then go home
 

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I don't know why educational institutions gloss over these two VITAL skills. They're probably the greatest predictors of future success in the corporate world.

Nothing will shoot you up that corporate ladder quicker than being able quickly build rapport, build working relationships and presenting skills. Even competence takes a back seat sometimes.

There a dozens of retards in any given company who aren't nearly as qualified or as experienced as their peers but who just keep getting promotions/pay increases/job offers wallahi. If you can do the bare minimum but shine when it comes to social skills, you'll fucking flys right past people who've been there x3 longer than you have.

These skills are argubly just as important as the degree/technical skills. And I know unis do little shit "group-projects" but that's not even in the same realm. So why don't they put more emphasis on this stuff? There should be entire modules dedicated to this shit at university!

Something as simple as adding a personal touch to your emails will make peopel, even external contractors/stakeholders, bend over backwards for you.

The ability to chit-chat with senior figures within your company will set you apart from the 99.99% of nameless, faceless office drones who can't keep eye contact to save their lives. The other added benefit is that they're more likely to overlook any serious f*ck-up, whereas other people who aren't generally well liked will be put through the meat grinder.


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This such a colossal oversight for most educational institutions wallahi. If this stuff doesn't come naturally to you then they fucked you:francis:
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My boss/coworkers talk about their kids sport teams/dance recitals, last vacation, a pet who might as well be one of their kids, their relationships. We somehow skipped the "talking about the weather" stage of small talk and I legitimately have nothing to add to the conversation

Looks like I'll have to start watching hockey
:francis:
 
I'd rather not have this 'mandatory' should be something done personally.... sounds a lot like u need it or something usually people at the top dont advocate for this stuff
 
omg i hate those types when your alone with them their whole personality changes but they act so fake with other ppl
They piss me off to no end. Love being an young adult, honestly. You don't get forced to interact with the same group of people every day.
 

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