All competencies can be divided into 3 types:
Soft skills (personal competencies) are a set of career-important cross-professional competencies that are not related to a specific subject area and do not depend on the specifics of the job.
hard skills (professional competencies) are the skills of a person’s professional activity, technical abilities that can be measured and learned.
managerial skills (management competencies) – people management skills.
Why are soft skills important?
According to sociological research, most employers consider soft skills, or “soft skills”, no less important than hard skills. These are the very useful properties that we usually write in the “personal qualities” column when compiling a resume.
Sociability, responsibility, initiative, critical thinking, diligence, learning ability and much more – for each profession, the set of soft skills will be individual. For example, perseverance, goodwill, and the ability to negotiate are key skills for a sales specialist. Analytical thinking, attentiveness and accuracy, a systematic approach to business will add +100 points to the programmer. “Soft skills” are not specifically taught at school or university. Some of them are character traits, others are acquired through experience and additional development in the professional industry..
It is important for you to evaluate soft skills if …
To summarize everything that has been said, why is it so important to evaluate soft skills at the entrance of candidates, we get the following list:
You don’t want new employees to change one by one
You do not want your working employees to be demotivated by an excess of tasks assigned to them
You don’t want your company to be circulated negatively by departed newcomers
You want the new employee to fit perfectly into the company and be able to effectively perform the assigned tasks.