. INTER-PERSONAL COMMUNICATION AND SKILLS
All skill sets and experience levels are in high demand from startups to giant corporations, but that doesn’t mean that every engineer will be employed or successful. Interpersonal skills are becoming increasingly important in career advancement. They are just as important as the technical skills, as they help create personal branding and a well-rounded network of professionals, opening opportunities and creating relationships with peers. Engineers of all types use approximately the same set of personal and interpersonal skills, and follow approximately the same generalized processes. Engineers must possess the ability to use communication skills such as:
i) Body language
Body language is a kind of nonverbal communication, where thoughts, intentions, or feelings are expressed by physical behaviors, such as facial expressions, body posture, gestures, eye movement, touch and the use of space. It is also known as kinesics. Problems in communication are often caused by the difference between the words and the body language. As the matter of fact we often believe body more than we …show more content…
An example could be that you are rocking with your legs under the table or you are staying in front of people clicking a pen while you are giving an instruction. These activities are activities that now make sense. Displacement activities are a kind of models that you have more or less incorporated in your communication. These activities calm you and relax you when you feel nervous or need time to think. Many displacement activities are characterized by touching yourself or a thing e.g. a pen, and that touch gives security. Displacement activities can also be a way to use extra energy. A displacement activity you are doing again and again can distract your audience’s attention. They will pay more attention to your activity than to your
All skill sets and experience levels are in high demand from startups to giant corporations, but that doesn’t mean that every engineer will be employed or successful. Interpersonal skills are becoming increasingly important in career advancement. They are just as important as the technical skills, as they help create personal branding and a well-rounded network of professionals, opening opportunities and creating relationships with peers. Engineers of all types use approximately the same set of personal and interpersonal skills, and follow approximately the same generalized processes. Engineers must possess the ability to use communication skills such as:
i) Body language
Body language is a kind of nonverbal communication, where thoughts, intentions, or feelings are expressed by physical behaviors, such as facial expressions, body posture, gestures, eye movement, touch and the use of space. It is also known as kinesics. Problems in communication are often caused by the difference between the words and the body language. As the matter of fact we often believe body more than we …show more content…
An example could be that you are rocking with your legs under the table or you are staying in front of people clicking a pen while you are giving an instruction. These activities are activities that now make sense. Displacement activities are a kind of models that you have more or less incorporated in your communication. These activities calm you and relax you when you feel nervous or need time to think. Many displacement activities are characterized by touching yourself or a thing e.g. a pen, and that touch gives security. Displacement activities can also be a way to use extra energy. A displacement activity you are doing again and again can distract your audience’s attention. They will pay more attention to your activity than to your