What are soft skills?

You’re skilled at executing your tasks at work but is that enough to succeed?

Unfortunately, no, but soft skills can get you there!

Soft skills are non-technical skills that enable you to:

• Work effectively with with colleagues

• Respond constructively to others' ideas

• Resolve issues, challenges, problems, and conflicts

• Build trust with others

• Manage your work

Here are just a few examples of soft skills:

Teamwork and Collaboration

Empathy

Growth mindset

Hard skills are teachable and easy to quantify:

• Proficiency in a foreign language

• Ability to build a deck

• Typing speed

• Computer programming

Compare these with soft skills that can be applied to many contexts:

• Communication

• Leadership

• Flexibility

• Time management

What is the most important soft skill? The quick answer to this question is none!

All soft skills are important as they relate to how we work and succeed on the job, and underlie all of our hard skills.

Team players, collaborators, and innovative thinkers are in high demand and soft skills make the difference between an average performer and a star!

To gain a competitive advantage in your job search use soft skills to showcase the full potential of your hard skills.

The good news is, soft skills can be practiced and learned!

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