Difference Between Soft Skills And Hard Skills

Graduating from your college, you might be seeking job opportunities in various kinds of the domain. At that time you must be wondering, what skills are appropriate for a particular job? Wait, there may be some confusion which might have crosses your mind about soft and hard skills. You might have heard this term often but you are unable to distinguish from one another.

Let us understand it in a more detailed way so that in future when you are applying for some job opportunities; you try to write those skills on your resume.

What are hard skills?

These are set of specialized skills which are learned after the years of practice from some specified institutes like schools, colleges or coaching centers. In more simple words, it can be described the knowledge of technical skills which you have learned for years in order to perform a specific task. Your learning abilities which help you to perform in any occupation or job is termed as hard skills. Hard skills are often termed as your Intelligence quotient of a person. It includes critical thinking, analytical knowledge, programming a code, logical reasoning, making different sorts of strategies etc.


Below are some of the examples which can give you a better idea to understand.
1. A degree from a college in specific education
2. Software Knowledge
3. Research and Development
4. Engineering
5. Video Editing, Writing, Typing and all sorts of creative work.
6. Solving Mathematical Problems
7. Learning Foreign Languages

What are Soft Skills?

Soft Skills basically comes under the set of skills which gives a personal attribute to an individual. It includes the interpersonal skills like working with a team, leadership traits, ability to communicate frankly, management skills, and etc. These soft skills also test your knowledge by asking you to solve a tricky problem, in this case, it tries to check your attitude and how you take up the challenging tasks in a company. Soft skills are quite essential as it helps to know the overall personality of an individual; whether he or she is fit for the job or not. You should try to adhere as many soft skills as you can, as it can help you to achieve bigger goals in a short period of time.

Some of the soft skills are given below so that you inculcate these skills in yourself-


  •        Adaptability
  •       Work Ethics
  •        Attitude
  •        Leadership Qualities
  •        Decision Making
  •        Optimistic and Perseverance
  •        Communication and client-relationship
  •        Problem Solving


Probably, now you are aware of both the skills including the hard and soft skills. A candidate who is seeking any job opportunities should possess at least two to three soft and hard skills in order to get a job in the preferred industry. Try to keep these points in mind before going for any job interview. 

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