people

English translation: people skills

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English term or phrase:people
Selected answer:people skills
Entered by: Manuel Cedeño Berrueta

10:20 Jan 29, 2007
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Management / Personnel management_skills required in job description_Operations Superintendent
English term or phrase: people
Hello everybody.

In the context of a job description (Operations Superintendent for a petroleum company), I have the following:

Critical Skills:
(…)

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“People” is between quotation marks in the original.
Can someone explain to me the meaning of “people” here?

Many thanks in advance,
Manuel
Manuel Cedeño Berrueta
Local time: 06:53
people skills
Explanation:
Since this is a list of critical skills, each skill may be followed by the type of skill it represents. So the two points you listed are "people skills", i.e. skills related to dealing with people.
Possibly..

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Note added at 9 mins (2007-01-29 10:29:57 GMT)
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People Skills are Key to Success For New Healthcare Financial Managers
http://www.hfma.org/publications/know_newsletter/100406.htm
Selected response from:

Nesrin
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:53
Grading comment
Thanks a million!

4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
3 +12people skills
Nesrin


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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +12
people skills


Explanation:
Since this is a list of critical skills, each skill may be followed by the type of skill it represents. So the two points you listed are "people skills", i.e. skills related to dealing with people.
Possibly..

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Note added at 9 mins (2007-01-29 10:29:57 GMT)
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People Skills are Key to Success For New Healthcare Financial Managers
http://www.hfma.org/publications/know_newsletter/100406.htm

Nesrin
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:53
Works in field
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Thanks a million!
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks, Nesrin. It sounds logical.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Peter Skipp: the set of skills which used to be called "man-management" in old days
19 mins
  -> I bet they tried to change that to woman/man-management

agree  Vicky Papaprodromou
1 hr

agree  Ken Cox: very plausible (I wonder whether the client intends to publish the text in this form...)
1 hr

agree  William [Bill] Gray: Seems to be what is meant, in the light of the other notations.
1 hr

agree  Can Altinbay: Especially given the added context. Great job.
3 hrs

agree  ErichEko ⟹⭐: OK!
3 hrs

agree  Lubosh Hanuska
3 hrs

agree  Hakki Ucar
4 hrs

agree  Paula Vaz-Carreiro: Brilliant suggestion Nesrin!
5 hrs

agree  Alfa Trans (X)
6 hrs

agree  Sophia Finos (X)
1 day 2 hrs

agree  Pham Huu Phuoc: A good answer
5 days
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