Is it important to train new employees on soft skills?

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If you looking for high performance and healthy beginning , so I would to say " yes it is very important "   

Yes it is very critical to train all employees - old and new......

While your technical skills may get your foot in the door, your people skills or soft skills are what open most of the doors to come. Your work ethic, your attitude, your communication skills, your emotional intelligence and a whole host of other personal attributes are the soft skills that are crucial for career success.

With these soft skills you can excel as a leader. Problem solving, delegating, motivating, and team building are all much easier if you have good soft skills. Knowing how to get along with people – and displaying a positive attitude – are crucial for success.

The problem is, the importance of these soft skills is often undervalued, and there is far less training provided for them than hard skills. It is a very good idea to train new hires on soft skills from day one, if budget and management permits.

It is very important and even essential

Well , every training is done basis of need and opportunities.

Suppose , We need to create a talent for promotion and bigger role. We identify people and provide needed training , specially soft skills.

So for training identify the need and opportunities  along with benefits and train them if needed.

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In present era every employee must be trained for soft skills to enhance the capabilities. If their nature of job is not related to soft skills at any stage than may be ignored.

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Of course, successful organizations are taking the bulk of this is of interest.

There is no doubt about it. Training employees first on soft skills is not just important but it is rather indispensable.

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Thank you for your invitation. I agree with colleagues answer & looking forward to new answer.

Thanks for invitation,

I do believe that it has to be "mandatory",  in order to get effective and efficiency performance (unless the new incomer employee has previously been trained for same),