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Soft skills are more valuable than hard skills

CLO Magazine

We know some people don’t like to use the term soft skills, implying that the skills may be inferior. While core skills or power skills may be better, soft skills is the term most people understand and use. Three important data sets suggest executives consider hard skills to be more valuable than soft skills.

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Closing the Skills Gap: How to Find and Develop Capable Employees

KnowledgeCity

In 2018, we published an article about the skills gap in the United States – the difference between the number of unfilled positions and the number of people with the proper skills to fill those positions. These include soft skills like communication, collaboration, problem-solving, and basic reading and writing.

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How to apply active listening skills to your remote team

Poll Everywhere

In the business world, active listening is a critical skill that receives far too little focus and even less practice! Business leaders who can improve their active listening skills will be able to better connect with their remote team.

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The Degreed Vision: Automation, AI, and a Skills-first Future

Degreed

Are you skills-first or skills-last? But sometimes it can feel very all-or-nothing when you’re exploring skills-first principles, or focusing on the skills people have and gain rather than their job titles or the auspiciousness of their college degrees. Just kidding. It’s not that simple. And for good reason.

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How Does an LMS Help in Improving Employee Skills in the Aviation Industry?

Paradiso

Enhance Training with Live and Recorded Videos: Practical skills are as vital as theoretical knowledge in aviation. Features such as polls, leaderboards, and gamification can be utilized to enhance the learning experience. The post How Does an LMS Help in Improving Employee Skills in the Aviation Industry?

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Developer Marketer Job Description Template: Skills, Knowledge, and Expertise

Appsembler

Skills, Knowledge, and Expertise. Here are some examples of skills, knowledge, and expertise: Ability to build long-term relationships with developers. Here are some examples of skills, knowledge, and expertise: Ability to build long-term relationships with developers.

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My Top Blog Posts of 2022

Experiencing eLearning

Training with Branching Scenarios : You can do live, instructor-led training with branching scenarios using full group discussions, polls, small groups, or assignments. This was a follow-up post from a Twitter debate about whether and how research is relevant to the work of instructional designers and corporate training professionals.

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