Simply put, skills are things that we can do.
We learn them through life, school, and work. We gain many skills from our day-to-day that most people don’t even realize or recognize their value in the job market.
Life skills are things you learn from your surroundings. Soft skills involve your social and people skills. Hard skills are the things you actively had to seek out to learn.
Many people confuse attributes and personality with their skills. Attributes and personality are who you are. Skills are the things you can do.
When building your Talent profile to match with jobs successfully, list the skills that make you unique or make the job you seek unique. Only list those skills you want to use in your next job, otherwise, you may not get the right match.
As best practice, think ‘quality’ of skills over quantity.
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