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What is the difference between Soft Skills and Hard Skills Training?

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Question added by Ernesto Marquez , HR and Recruitment Coordinator , Webuild S.p.A
Date Posted: 2015/05/13
LABIB KOOLI
by LABIB KOOLI , Director of the Sectoral Center for Training in Hotel Technologies at Southern Hammamet , Tunisian Vocational Training Agency (ATFP)

Hard skills are teachable abilities or skill sets that are easy to quantify.

Examples of hard skills include:

  • Proficiency in a foreign language
  • A degree or certificate
  • Typing speed, Computer programming, Machine repairing 

Soft skills, on the other hand, are subjective skills that are much harder to quantify. Also known as "people skills" or "interpersonal skills," soft skills relate to the way you relate to and interact with other people. Examples of soft skills include:

Saiful Islam Hiron
by Saiful Islam Hiron , Site HR Manager , Handicap International

Soft Skills: managerial training as communication skills or public speaking.

Hard skills: Technical or bottom level staff training.

Shamiala Kiran
by Shamiala Kiran , Primary school teacher , Expert teacher

Which we learn and get certified are called hard skills, eg MBA CP. After learning which is our practice or reaction according our education is soft skills. If we get education about computer technology then we do business. Achievements in business are our soft skills. In other words, which we get physical shape is called hard skills and which change sychologically is called soft skills.

As Saleh
by As Saleh , Recruitment Manager , Saudi House Recruitment

Personal skills are self-development by doing some tasks required of it and the use of individual skills to achieve the speed of completion of the transaction

As for skills training depends primarily on training and practice to achieve results

Navin Kumar
by Navin Kumar , Capacity Building & OCM Consultant , MeitY

Those skills which are used by us at the workplace and outside of it are called soft skills.Contrary to this,those skills which we use only at the workplace are generally classified as hard skills.

Muhammad Irshad Iqbal Irshad
by Muhammad Irshad Iqbal Irshad , Manager Technical Operations , Zxmco Motorcycles Pvt. Ltd.

Hard skill is a knowledge "How to repair a machine"

Soft skill is "How to train to repair a machine"

Mohammed Talaat
by Mohammed Talaat , Managing Director , ELTIZAM

 

Hard skills 

You can it's you major Filed like when you study management or  Engineering or Marketing......etc

 

Soft skillsYou can say it's your bridge to transfer you Hard skills, so if you are a great manger and you can;t communicate with your team, so you hard skills doe'st work , it's like it's you activation to you hard skills

Lakshmi Kumar
by Lakshmi Kumar , Ground Handling Professional , Emirates Airlines

Questions are always a path to new knowledge. So , Regard to your question, let me jot down something what I think might help you.

Hard skills are something that we learn from books in school. There are usually designated level of competency and direct path as how to excel with each skill. Accounting is the best example of hard skill. You can take up basic accounting and then advance accounting courses. You can then work to get experience and take an exam to be a certified CPA etc.. 

Coming to soft skills, It is something that we learn on the job by trial and error. You can of course achieve training of soft skills  but, a soft skill is developed once when you have a chance or situation to work  on it. Examples of soft skills -  Time Management abilities, Problem Solving attitude, Pressure Handling skills etc.

Hope this helps you .

Tamiru Jabessa
by Tamiru Jabessa , Director Of Operations , Government Administration

Hard skill can gain from Institute, College and University. For example I have been graduated the 2st degree in Language and litrature MA in Journalism and communicationspecility in Public relation and strategic communication. Aswell as MA Educationla planning and managmet speciality in Educationl leadership & management. These are HARD skil that I could gain from University.

Soft skill is the internal thinking or the attitude that I can provoc from my IQ, commitment to utilise my knowledge, my initiation the ability to utlise my inner potential.., 

Alaa Chawki
by Alaa Chawki , Operations Manager , Silkor Cosmetic Surgery

Hard skills are teachable abilities or skill sets that are easy to quantify.

Examples of hard skills include:

 

  • Proficiency in a foreign language
  • A degree or certificate
  • Typing speed
  • Machine operation
  • Computer programming

These hard skills are often listed in your cover letter and on your resume, and are easy for an employer or recruiter to recognize.

Soft skills, on the other hand, are subjective skills that are much harder to quantify. Also known as "people skills" or "interpersonal skills," soft skills relate to the way you relate to and interact with other people.

Examples of soft skills include:

  • Teamwork
  • Communication
  • Flexibility
  • Patience
  • Persuasion
  • Time Management
  • Motivation

Skills Employers Look For

While certain hard skills are necessary for any position, employers are looking increasingly for job applicants with particular soft skills. This is because, while it is easy for an employer to train a new employee in a particular hard skill (such as how to use a certain computer program), it is much more difficult to train an employee in a soft skill (such as patience).

Halima AL-Dhahouri
by Halima AL-Dhahouri , HR Generalist , GlassPoint Solar Muscat (Miraah Project)

Soft skills are related to your behavior& attitude and it's more interpersonal. exmaple: Communication skills , organization, time management...act. On the other hand, hard skills are basically those technical skills you need to meet to the job requirement, example: Computer skills, programming, keyboarding.

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