soft skills

plural noun

1. desirable qualities for certain forms of employment that do not depend on acquired knowledge: they include common sense, the ability to deal with people, and a positive flexible attitude

Example Sentences

Colleges are graduating a surfeit of young people who lack hard or even soft skills.

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“There’s nothing soft about soft skills,” said Courtney della Cava, senior managing director and global head of portfolio talent and organizational performance at Blackstone.

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There’s also an expectation, Williams explained, that women have more soft skills, like empathy and morale-building, which people hope will save them in a crisis.

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Further, the governor’s office said, “working allows children to learn valuable soft skills that will help them be successful.”

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But to really up your income, hard skills like AI proficiency needs to be combined with less tangible soft skills, like interpersonal skills, communication skills, critical thinking and analytical skills, said Lisa Countryman-Quiroz, CEO of JVS, a San Francisco-area nonprofit that provides job training programs.

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