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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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The Ultimate Layoff Survival Guide: How To Rebound From A Job Loss

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Allow yourself to grieve being laid off If you do unfortunately lose your job, it’s important to allow yourself time to grieve; being laid off is a very stressful situation for anyone. Job seekers should be cautious about the companies they choose to work for or interview with. In the first column, list the skills required for each job.

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Diplomas and Dilemmas: How 2023 Graduates Can Navigate Job Market Chaos

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Develop a strong online presence: Showcase your skills and experience through a professional website, blog, or portfolio. Upskill: Continuously improve your skills and knowledge by taking online courses, attending workshops, or earning certifications. It may also lead to a full-time job offer.

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Interview with Monique Helstrom on Effective Communication

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Earlier this year, Team ELS had an opportunity to interview Monique Helstrom, speaker, activator, and un-locker of human potential, on effective communication. I have a three-hour workshop. I talk a lot about the skills of how to communicate as a human being, what we need to do, and how we need to put our conversations together.

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Advancing Women in Tech: Executive Nancy Wang’s Forward-Thinking Nonprofit

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This interview has been edited for length and clarity. And in the living room of my very tiny San Francisco apartment, we thought about how to broaden access and right to knowledge and skill and even to a hands-on training workshop. We asked Wang about leadership in the tech sector and how she’s paved her path to success.

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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. They include online workshops, prerecorded sessions and insider tips, quizzes and even opportunities to earn a certificate in a particular field.

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Empowering Tips for the Administrative and Executive Assistant – Part 3

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Competence is proficiency or ability in a specific skill area. Empower yourself and others by not only attending events that encourage competency discussions with others, but also create opportunities, as often as possible, to develop your personal skills such as those listed below. Confident communication. Decision making. Persuasion.