HIring Tip

Hard Skills? Soft Skills? What's more important in the hiring process?

Technical competence is important, but that should never be the only thing to look for. If the proper training program is put in place, individuals can be skillfully trained to do what they need to. Think more about their soft skills...Does their personality and attitude fit your workplace? Are they easy to get along with? Optimistic and self motivated? Can they make decisions on their own? Do they have common sense; a sense of humor?

For many, it's the hard skills that get the interview, but it's the soft skills that are needed to get (and keep) the job.

Q: What do you look for in a new hire?