Here are eight soft skills recommended for every college graduate to possess for a competitive level job. Please respond and rank these into the top five skills you feel are most important to possess and demonstrate. Feel free to add additional ones. Use a forced ranking system with #1 being the most important and #5 being important, but less so. Then, discuss why you ranked them in that order.

1) Emotional Intelligence. Emotional intelligence is often referred to as the ability to recognize and manage your emotions and the emotions of others. ...

2) Team Player Attitude. ...

3) Growth Mindset. ...

4) Openness to Feedback. ...

5) Adaptability. ...

6) Active Listening. ...

7) Work Ethic.