[Venturer]

I can easily tell you what soft skills are missing.

1. They cannot show up on time.
2. They do not give a days work for a days pay.
3. They do not know that lunch hour is an hour.
4. They call in sick any time they don’t feel like working.
5. If they are hired to stock shelves they are insulted if you ask them to clean a toilet.

[jimpick]

You forgot initiative. As in if you don’t specifically give them a task they will stand around and do nothing rather than look for something to do.

And don’t let them know that they are stealing if they take a 16 minute break rather then the 15 minutes allotted. Who cares if everything shuts down because they took to much time.

[No Socialist]

“I can easily tell you what soft skills are missing.

1. They cannot show up on time.
2. They do not give a days work for a days pay.
3. They do not know that lunch hour is an hour.
4. They call in sick any time they don’t feel like working.
5. If they are hired to stock shelves they are insulted if you ask them to clean a toilet.”

Absolutely right!!!

Add “not insurable on auto insurance policy to the list”. Lots of DUI’s and suspended licenses due to the number of infractions or child support.

[Ellendra]

I can easily tell you what soft skills are missing.

1. They cannot show up on time.
2. They do not give a days work for a days pay.
3. They do not know that lunch hour is an hour.
4. They call in sick any time they don’t feel like working.
5. If they are hired to stock shelves they are insulted if you ask them to clean a toilet.

Corollary to #3: They can't accept that they don't get multiple lunch breaks for an 8-hour shift. (I had to fire someone who tried to take 6 lunch breaks every day. Seriously.)

6. They don't understand that mouthing off at customers and/or supervisors is a bad idea.