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Hard Skills vs. Soft Skills: What’s the Difference and Which Do I Need to Build?

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Whether you are a hiring manager determined to build a winning team or a job-seeker searching for the perfect career, you need to know the difference between hard skills and soft skills. The relative importance of hard skills vs. soft skills can vary between industries and positions. So how do they differ?

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5 Ways to Include Soft Skills on Your Resume

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Listing your previous job responsibilities, technical skills and education is relatively straightforward. However, communicating intangible soft skills on your resume, like attention to detail, work ethic and people skills, can be more difficult. What are soft skills?

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Some Companies Are Asking Employees to Pay for Training to Increase Buy-in. But Does It Work?

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You make it through hurdle after hurdle, from multiple interviews to onboarding, and you are ready to start training. And then, you are asked to sign a Training Repayment Agreement Provisions (TRAPs) agreement. You spend months, possibly even years, hunting for the right job.

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The Rise of the Skills Training/Job Placement Industry

Small Business Labs

  The problem is a mismatch between job skills and job openings. Add in a growing reluctance by corporations to train their staff and the mismatch becomes even clearer. In response to this problem a rapidly growing industry focused on providing skills training and job placement has emerged.

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Craft Your Career With These 9 Top Professional Development Courses

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Meeting those objectives requires commitment to learning in areas such as leadership development and soft skills education. Plus, the best classes are guided by proven industry experts. Additionally, these courses accelerate your career by offering fresh insights from proven industry experts.

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The SUCCESS Interview: Francois Reihani and the Power of Building a Business Focused on Giving Back

Success

Editor’s Note: The SUCCESS Interview tests the foundational principles of this 125-year-old personal and professional development magazine against modern realities. That taught me a lot about the foster youth industry. Reihani also launched the We Are One project with the aligned goal of helping foster care system youths.

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Overqualified and Interviewing

Office Dynamics

I needed health insurance and retirement opportunities and wanted to stay within the industry I had most of my career experience in. I knew with my experience and overqualifications the interview committee would want to know why I would be willing to take a pay cut and less work responsibilities. Ask questions during the interview.