Why We Need to Let Go of the Term ‘Soft Skills’ And Replace It With Something More Useful

Dave
4 min readJun 13, 2022

In Human Resources, anything that’s not technical is often referred to as ‘soft skills.’ These include collaboration, communication, relationship building and problem-solving — all of which are constantly introduced as ‘nice to haves’ alongside the technical skills required for a position.

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Dave

Dave is a coach, father, entrepreneur and leader. He lives in Steveston, B.C., Canada and is the founder of the Small Pause. See more at www.smallpausecoach.com