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 become more
hireable or be successful in your
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