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Hard Skills vs. Soft Skills
SchrEck Inc. Started conversation Aug 28, 2003
Recently, in German Human Resources Mumbo-Jumbo, the terms 'Hard Skills' and 'Soft Skills' are much spoken of. Yes, the English terms. Hard skills are what you could prove, ie. by certificates, diplomas or references. No problem with that.
Set apart from that are soft skills, ie. knowlegde or experience you couldn't prove. While it is always good to show initiative and extend your skills on your own, this must be believable when stated in a CV. Lately employers get a bit suspicious and are looking for ways to verify stated soft skills. For instance, when you're stating you designed a small company's website in your free time, they'd want to see it.
A litte exaggeration may be harmless though, but it could backfire. Imagine you had French at school some years ago and boasted about speaking French, and for once you're told 'Here's our customer from Lyon in the line, you got to speak to him'...
Hard Skills vs. Soft Skills
Anushodhak Posted Aug 29, 2003
Soft skills are also referred as Competencies in HR community 
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