people skills
noun
: the ability to work with or talk to other people in an effective and friendly way
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Technologies and industries will keep changing, but engineers who stay curious and adaptable — while balancing technical depth with people skills — will always be in demand.
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Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2025
Providing opportunities for the workforce to improve its people skills is important, regardless of how powerful or capable AI becomes.
—Beena Ammanath, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
With their people skills and strong presence, ESFPs are well-suited to the modeling industry.
—Sophie Caldwell, CNBC, 30 July 2025
His mood wavers between disgust and disdain, and his people skills were not improved by nearly dying in an ambush that left one policeman dead and Morck’s partner, Detective Sergeant Hardy (Jamie Sives), in a wheelchair.
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 29 May 2025
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Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2025
Providing opportunities for the workforce to improve its people skills is important, regardless of how powerful or capable AI becomes.
—Beena Ammanath, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
With their people skills and strong presence, ESFPs are well-suited to the modeling industry.
—Sophie Caldwell, CNBC, 30 July 2025
His mood wavers between disgust and disdain, and his people skills were not improved by nearly dying in an ambush that left one policeman dead and Morck’s partner, Detective Sergeant Hardy (Jamie Sives), in a wheelchair.
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 29 May 2025
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“People skills.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/people%20skills. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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