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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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5 Expert Tips To Make A Successful Early Career Pivot

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For individuals not originally trained in STEM fields, learning quantitative skills like data analysis or statistics could lead to more stable and higher-paying jobs. 52% of recent four-year college graduates are underemployed within a year of graduating, and are struggling to find employment that matches their education level.

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The U.S. Needs More Tradespeople and Women Are Answering the Call

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and fewer workers entering the trades than in previous decades, the United States is facing a skilled worker crisis. While the manufacturing industry emerged strong after the COVID-19 pandemic, it could be facing up to 1.9 The aging of skilled workers The aging of the skilled worker population is an area of concern.

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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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How Influential Leader Deborah Collier Helps Digital Businesses Thrive

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Planning for the future is all in a day’s work for Digital Skills Authority president Deborah Collier. I later invested these constantly updated certifications into the new dedicated awarding body, Digital Skills Authority , with growing content and training delivery by a team of experts,” Collier recalls.

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