Soft vs$.$ Hard Skills

Recent survey evidence from CareerBuilder indicates that the top four skills sought by employers for the top $10$ jobs in $2013$ were all soft and portable skills. However, in today's competitive job market, it is imperative for job seekers to develop both hard skills and soft skills in order to remain competitive in their field. In fact, one comment from the CareerBuilixier study states that hard skills are the means to rising through the organization, but a lack of soft skills will spell a career's demise.

Some skills are job specific, such as knowing how to operate a specific proprietary computer system or some type of specialized machine. While other skills are portable, meaning that they can be utilized in a variety of jobs, situations, or careers.

Roll over each of the skills in the skills list to read the description or example of the skill. Then, click and drag the name of the skill to the appropriate skill type.

Hard, Portable

$***$ Mechanically inclined $2$

Hard, Job Specific

$x$

Computer skills $2$

Computer skills $1$