Soft skills relate to your attitudes and your intuitions. As soft skills are less referable to your qualifications and more personality-driven it is important to consider what your soft skills are and how you might show evidence of them before you apply for a job.

soft skills is a term used by employers to refer to the more intangible and non-technical abilities that are sought from candidates.

Soft skills are sometimes referred to as transferable skills or professional skills. As this term implies these are skills that are less specialised less rooted in specific vocations and more aligned with the general disposition and personality of a candidate.

It’s easy to understand why employers want job candidates with particular hard skills. After all if you are hiring a carpenter he or she needs skills in carpentry.

However soft skills are important to the success of almost all employers. After all nearly every job requires employees to engage with others in some way. Therefore being able to interact well with others is important in any job.