LinkedIn Data: Soft Skills Tied To Faster Promotions
LinkedIn, Tuesday, March 5th, 2024
Hard skills, as the name suggests, tend to be concrete, tangible, and technical: Think tax preparation, graphic design, or language proficiency. They're relatively easy to define and straightforward to assess.
Soft skills, on the other hand, can often feel squishy, slippery, and generic - how do you define problem-solving or accurately evaluate someone's organizational skills?
Yet as nebulous as soft skills can seem, we know they're incredibly important for building successful careers, workforces, and organizations.
New LinkedIn data reveals some hard stats on the value of soft skills: People with them get promoted faster than those who don't.