Hard Skills vs Soft Skills

when it comes to work skills they can be broken down into two types hard skills and soft skills they're pretty different from one another but both are necessary to be successful on the job let's take a look at the differences between the two hard skills are concrete skills that are specific to your job and are required for you to actually do your work for example if you're a chef cooking would be a hard skill or if you're a computer programmer coding would be an example soft skills on the other

hand are interpersonal or people skills that can be used in every job these include communication teamwork and adaptability hard skills are generally learned through school training or previous work experience they're more objective meaning that once you've learned the information or task you would then possess that skill soft skills are more difficult to develop you'll need to practice them over time in the real world with others they come naturally to some people while others may not have such

an easy time with them hard skills are easy to measure employers can get a good idea of your hard skills by looking at your education previous experience and certifications soft skills are harder to evaluate they can't really be communicated well through your cover letter or resume instead employers usually have to wait until an interview or your first few weeks on the job to get a good idea of your soft skills despite their differences you'll need both hard and soft skills if you want to becom

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