Soft skills more important than hard skills?

Question

A new report by Pearson predicts that the top five most in-demand #skills in 2026 will be the human skills of

🤝 Collaboration,
🎯 Customer Focus,
👨‍🎓 Personal #Learning & #Mastery,
🌟 Achievement Focus, and
⁉ Cultural and Social Intelligence.

They go on to say that "While #technical skills are important for many jobs, people will need to retrain frequently to ensure they keep up with the pace of technology. Employers are now realising that human skills are the power skills that really help people stay relevant and adaptable in a changing world."

The main reason? The time a hard skill (like technology) stays relevant is getting shorter every day. This means employers are valuing softer, transferrable skills more, as mentioned above.

This makes a lot of sense to me - and means that ways to measure these (soft) skills will only grow in importance. What do you think?

Tedel · Accepted Answer

I think that, when time comes to roll up your sleeves and get to work, a collaborative person is not even slightly more useful that a person who knows how to do the job well.

I say that sometimes it is better to put up with a person's inability to communicate well (or other soft skills) to get the job done as fast and efficiently as our competitive markets demand.

maryam sh · Answer

it's interesting

Soft skills more important than hard skills?

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