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May 19, 2022 Andrea Scheffler

How To Show Off Your Soft Skills When Applying to A Job

To secure that dream job you’ve had your eye on, you’ll need to champion and exemplify all your unique skills and experiences that make you a qualified candidate. Skills can be separated into two distinct categories: hard and soft. Hard

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January 23, 2020 Julie Shenkman

Is Hypersensitivity A New Skill Employers Are Looking For?

In 2016, the World Economic Forum (WEF) released a report in which it listed the top skills employers will be looking for in 2020. We’re now in 2020 and we can see that much of what was predicted in the

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How the Art of Small Talk Will Improve Your Career
October 24, 2019 Julie Shenkman

How the Art of Small Talk Will Improve Your Career

The art of small talk, no matter how scary it may seem, could be your most useful skill when it comes to advancing in your career. If you are anything like me, you dread small talk. You may not care

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The Most In-Demand Skill of the Future
October 8, 2019 Julie Shenkman

The Most In-Demand Skill of the Future

Every day technology is increasingly taking over every aspect of our lives. There almost isn’t a single instance in which technology has not made its presence known. Artificial Intelligence has allowed technology to take over even the most mundane of

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May 11, 2018 Emily McKinney

Hard Skills vs. Soft Skills – Which Do Recruiters Value Most?

When searching for a job, it seems almost impossible to know what employers want these days. Some people insist that companies care more about culture and look for people whose personality will mesh well with the team. Others say that

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Soft skills get little respect but will make or break your career
September 30, 2014 Julie Shenkman

Top 5 Soft Skills Employers Look For

While employers and hiring managers typically use a job seeker’s technical skills to narrow down the candidate pool, it’s the job seeker’s soft skills that will most likely land them the job. The interview process is the time when a

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September 15, 2014 Julie Shenkman

What skills matter most to recruiters? [INFOGRAPHIC]

So what are recruiters looking for, hard skills or soft skills? And are recruiters finding candidates with the skills they need

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September 11, 2014 Julie Shenkman

How to Get Your Soft Skills to Shine Through on Your Resume

When we hire employees at Nexxt we employ a philosophy that has yet to steer us wrong. The philosophy is easy—the skills can be taught, but you can’t teach fit. With that idea in mind we decided to survey both

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