Nontechnical Skills Resource Guide

This guide is designed to give you advice on expanding your repertoire of nontechnical or “soft” skills, as they are often referred to. Most of these are required in all professional sectors. Below are a few suggested discussion prompts and resources. Use only the resources that will aid you in making progress toward the goals you have set with your mentor. Read more about these prompts.

• Time management
• Self-regulated learning
• Maintaining professional contacts
• Résumés 101
• Online job applications
• Interview success
• Salary negotiations
• Communicating in the workplace
• Plainspoken science
• Using social media as a scientist