It’s something that many dream about. It just seems cool, smart and mysterious; however, not everyone is meant for it. You must first have some foundation on patience, observativeness, and quickness, as well as the ability to solve spontaneous problems with perspicacity, and readiness to face risky circumstances. Not everyone is predestined for this role—and it is to become a professional ‘investigator’. 

The term ‘investigator’ may invoke the sense of coolness, but fulfilling this role requires a person to possess many professional elements and skills. You could have all the traits or only some of them, depending on who you are, your talents and your experiences. Some may have all of the traits required and deemed as a ‘Born-to-Be’, while some don’t and it is not a right-or-wrong thing. In other words, some people are just natural leaders while some are better at following instructions. If we combine with the peculiarities within each of us, this variety creates a society of balancing dynamics and powers by filling in on each other from a larger perspective. 

When people are judged from their true selves and encouraged to bring out their unique talents, it is like refining a diamond. In the field of investigators, there are varying degrees of abilities, from more, middle, to less complete and competent. Those who are leaders are usually externally unique; if you closely interact with them you will notice them showing the courage and quickness to learn new things, as well as excellent negotiation and memorizing skills. Those who are instructions implementers are not as provocative and choose to go with the rhythms and flows to carry out work successfully. 

The challenge of being an investigator lies in the constant pressure to perform superior abilities of analysis, synthesis, wit, and enthusiasm. An investigator needs to utilize science and art well; that is, apart from leading the project with logic and planning a coherent set of work to achieve reasonable targets, they need to also wield strong soft skills that are artful in nature. Soft skills are as essential as academic prowess, and they should fulfill each other. 

To examine soft skills which every investigator needs to develop in particular, we would like to raise examples. 

1. Leadership & Creativity: leadership skills aren’t exclusive to bosses—everyone can learn to lead. Creativity means you are able to initiate new things and proactively present them to people without waiting. Certain situations require decisiveness, and one must be able to decide and act quickly to prevent repercussions and increase work efficiency. 
2. Communication: To live in this society we need to communicate in many shapes and forms. What matters is to communicate promptly and accurately at once. Good communication lubricates the work. This is especially true with investigators, if they lack communicative and interpretive skills, it might cause a lot of damage to the team. 
3. Teamwork: In working there’s nothing such as a ‘one person’ show—everyone in the organization needs to work together at a collaborative pace. Each investigator provides an important function to their team, and excellent teamwork will only bolster the effectiveness and successes of the team’s endeavors and goals.