What is the most important skill for a student?
No matter at what stage of life you are or what your goals are. One thing that will always help you is Good communication skills.
Basic Pointers about Communication skills:
Be a good Listener, it is the best way to be a good communicator. When you listen carefully you are able to understand the expectations and the query/ doubt carefully and can then only, think about being right in answering on what is asked. Otherwise you could be beating around the bush and miss the conversation. Being a good listener requires attention and a clear mind.
Watch your Body Language, it is the first thing that communicates because first you present yourself and word comes later (Unless you're an RJ) your body language is the first impression anyone has of you. One important aspect of body language is the clothes you wear. You need to make sure that the clothes are comfortable to you as well as presentable according to the occasion. For interviews you should be in formals and for other discussion's it depends on the audience but formals generally work everywhere.
Carry Confidence on your face, it makes other person curious to talk to you and know about you. But make sure don't make it awkward by fake smiling. Keep a gentle smile on the face. Make good eye contact with the person you are talking to at that time, but don't stare.
Keep your mind open, enter the conversation with a good mind and open mind and don't keep preconceived unnecessary notions about someone. First talk and get firsthand impression about them and then take the conversation forward in the direction you want to.
Show the friendliness rather then rigidity even maybe you're not convinced but this show you respect their views but not agree to them. you can simply pass it on or just say gently, that "I do not agree with you on this", or say "I don't know about this" or, "I don't have good understanding about the topic".
Show empathy and sensitivity towards them and watch your words, don't say anything that doesn't suits your organization or yourself.
How can we develop skills in the students?
In this time of immense competition and lack of jobs, there are certain skills that students must inculcate in themselves. the survival of the fittest is the theory that is working in today's world. if you are not up to the mark or you are lagging then this world will be cruel to you. teachers can play a major role in a student's life by teaching them skills to sustain themselves in the future at every front of their lives.
Teaching them the importance of teamwork
collaborating with others too succeed is a very good idea. students must know that they would require plenty of favors from others in the workplace and in the classwork. so, they should know how to collaborate and work in teams with others.
2. teach them tolerance
the students must be able to get open to every type of environment and should to able to adapt it. the companies will look at their skill to adjust and familiar with the unknown community and how well they could adapt.
3. help them know their strengths
every child is born with their strengths its just that they need to know about it and only a teacher can find the best in their students. so it is their responsibility in order to make them aware of their own skills that they are unaware of.