Such skills can be acquired in economics courses. On the other hand, if the student wants to be a personnel manager, the technical skills needed would range from interviewing techniques to testing methodology. The individual must have an understanding of where his or her function fits within and relates to other functions in the organization. Without this understanding, the individual operates in a vacuum and can become easily disenchanted with hir or her career objective. Such conceptual skills can be developed in a variety of advanced courses in psychology involving the integration of many different theoretical viewpoints.
Human skills involve an understanding of human behavior and communicaiton processes.
These skills can be acquired in many psychology courses as well as in speech and writing courses. Taken with permission from Undergraduate Training and Skills for Careers Outside Psychology by Bernardo J. Carducci. Paper presented at the American Psychological meeting, August, 2000. Successfully intelligent people use analytical intelligence.