Soft Skills vs Hard Skills
The Difference Between Hard Skills and Soft Skills
Hard skills are teachable abilities or skill sets that are easy to quantify. Typically, you'll learn hard skills in the classroom, through books or other training materials, or on the job.
Examples of hard skills include:
Proficiency in a foreign language
A degree or certificate
Typing speed
Computer programming
These hard skills are often listed in your cover letter and on your CV and are easy for an employer or recruiter to recognize.
You might have heard people talk about "soft skills" before and wondered what exactly they mean. Well, they're not talking about software or softball or anything fluffy...
Soft skills is a term often used by careers advisors and employers to describe the kind of essential personal skills and social capabilities people need to be able to do most jobs.
The best thing about soft skills is you don’t need qualifications to get them and you can start working on them right now, whether you are at school, in training or in work
Take a quick look at this video, where employers explain why soft skills are so important in the workplace: