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    The document discusses the relative importance of hard skills versus soft skills for employability. It notes that there is a mismatch between the skills graduates have and the skills employers need. Specifically, graduates lack language, cognitive, and soft skills. Soft skills are interpersonal skills like communication, leadership, problem-solving, and teamwork. Hard skills are more technical and job-specific. Soft skills, which are important for emotional intelligence, are among the most common skills employers seek. While both hard and soft skills require practice, soft skills are generally harder to learn since there are no direct measures or exams to prove proficiency.

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    The document discusses the relative importance of hard skills versus soft skills for employability. It notes that there is a mismatch between the skills graduates have and the skills employers need. Specifically, graduates lack language, cognitive, and soft skills. Soft skills are interpersonal skills like communication, leadership, problem-solving, and teamwork. Hard skills are more technical and job-specific. Soft skills, which are important for emotional intelligence, are among the most common skills employers seek. While both hard and soft skills require practice, soft skills are generally harder to learn since there are no direct measures or exams to prove proficiency.

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    The document discusses the relative importance of hard skills versus soft skills for employability. It notes that there is a mismatch between the skills graduates have and the skills employers need. Specifically, graduates lack language, cognitive, and soft skills. Soft skills are interpersonal skills like communication, leadership, problem-solving, and teamwork. Hard skills are more technical and job-specific. Soft skills, which are important for emotional intelligence, are among the most common skills employers seek. While both hard and soft skills require practice, soft skills are generally harder to learn since there are no direct measures or exams to prove proficiency.

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    5 - Hard Soft Skills

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    Jad Lavilla
    The document discusses the relative importance of hard skills versus soft skills for employability. It notes that there is a mismatch between the skills graduates have and the skills employers need. Specifically, graduates lack language, cognitive, and soft skills. Soft skills are interpersonal skills like communication, leadership, problem-solving, and teamwork. Hard skills are more technical and job-specific. Soft skills, which are important for emotional intelligence, are among the most common skills employers seek. While both hard and soft skills require practice, soft skills are generally harder to learn since there are no direct measures or exams to prove proficiency.

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    THE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE between

    HARD and SOFT SKILLS


    National Employability
    Survey
     A BIG problem on MISMATCH of graduates
     Graduates lack SO MUCH on the following:
    1.LANGUAGE SKILLS
    2. COGNITIVE SKILLS (mental activities)
    ( thinking, analyzing, learning, remembering)

    3. SOFT SKILLS
    What are Soft Skills?

     The phrase ‘soft skills’ is often used to describe the skills


    which characterize relationships with other people, or
    which are about how you approach life and work.
     Others phrases that are often used for these types of skills
    include:

     ‘people skills’,
     ‘interpersonal skills’,
     ‘social skills’ or
     ‘transferable skills’.

    Read more at: https://www.skillsyouneed.com/general/soft-skills.html


    Hard skills
     by contrast, is a phrase usually used to
    describe job-specific skills

    Examples of such skills include:


    - professional skills
    - medical expertise such as diagnosis and treatment
    or other skills that can be taught and whose presence is
    testable through exams.
    - computer auditing, journalizing, preparing job description
    Emotional Intelligence

     Many people have characterize soft skills as those relating to

    -- Emotional Intelligence –

    - the ability to recognize and manage your own emotions and others'
    emotions
    - how you organize yourself
    - how you approach life
    --- in the wider realms and beyond ---
    most common soft skills employers
    are looking for
     Good Communication Skills - Leadership Skills
     Strong Work Ethics - Analytical skills
     Positive Attitude
     Time Management Abilities
     Problem-Solving Skills
     Acting as a Team Player / Teamwork skills
     Self-Confidence
     Ability to Accept and Learn From Criticism
     Making Logical Decisions
     Self - Motivation
    Soft skills being HARDEST to learn
    The good news is that you can learn and develop soft skills as well as hard
    skills.

    The bad news is that soft skills are often much harder to develop, and there
    is no easy measure of success.

    Like hard skills, soft skills require a lot of practice to make you really
    skilled at using them.

    Unlike hard skills, there are no exams to prove that you can do all these soft
    skills.

    You measure your success in developing soft skills in how well you manage
    the relationships with those around you: family, friends, and co-workers, as
    well as customers and those who provide you with goods or services.

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