Comments on: Hard Skills versus Soft Skills http://www.workbloom.net/hard-skills-versus-soft-skills/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:26:56 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Kathy http://www.workbloom.net/hard-skills-versus-soft-skills/comment-page-1/#comment-912 Kathy Fri, 09 Oct 2009 03:22:40 +0000 http://www.workbloom.net/?p=1142#comment-912 Hello, Jessica, Thank you for the clarification about whether or not to include soft skills in a resume. As a resume writer, I find a way to weave soft skills into one or two sentences in the Qualifications Summary, after I've covered the hard skills. I also include a keyword list below the Summary so they are in the top third of the page, for a quick read and resume database scanning. That way I present a complete "snapshot" of my clients. I love Ivory Dorsey's comment about being incomplete without both. So true! Best, ~Kathy Hello, Jessica,

Thank you for the clarification about whether or not to include soft skills in a resume. As a resume writer, I find a way to weave soft skills into one or two sentences in the Qualifications Summary, after I’ve covered the hard skills. I also include a keyword list below the Summary so they are in the top third of the page, for a quick read and resume database scanning. That way I present a complete “snapshot” of my clients. I love Ivory Dorsey’s comment about being incomplete without both. So true!

Best,
~Kathy

]]> By: Ivory Dorsey http://www.workbloom.net/hard-skills-versus-soft-skills/comment-page-1/#comment-583 Ivory Dorsey Tue, 08 Sep 2009 23:35:29 +0000 http://www.workbloom.net/?p=1142#comment-583 Hard Skills without Soft Skills is like a car motor without the oil as a lubricant. As I stated in my book, "Soft Skills for Hard Times," a tandem set of skills are essential and not in any order. Soft Skills will get you in but make no mistake; Hard Skills will keep you there until Soft Skills take you out. Both are needed at all times. Like the air we breath, it is not taken into consideration until the air or the lack of air starts to suffocate and ambush your efforts. It is a tandem set of skill-sets that are not negotiable these days Hard Skills without Soft Skills is like a car motor without the oil as a lubricant. As I stated in my book, “Soft Skills for Hard Times,” a tandem set of skills are essential and not in any order. Soft Skills will get you in but make no mistake; Hard Skills will keep you there until Soft Skills take you out. Both are needed at all times. Like the air we breath, it is not taken into consideration until the air or the lack of air starts to suffocate and ambush your efforts. It is a tandem set of skill-sets that are not negotiable these days

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