Your job performance is a combination of your "hard skills" — your technical knowledge and hands-on work product — and your intangible "soft skills," which are taking the American workplace by storm.

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Teaching — and measuring — hard and soft skills are uniquely different. It’s far easier to teach and measure hard skills, and usually, ...

Employers look for candidates who have both hard and soft skills. Hard, or technical skills, can be learned, but soft skills are innate and come naturally. Soft skills make candidates more valuable ...

Soft skills like time management and interpersonal communication are crucial to career success. Creative thinking and leadership in the workplace can lead to promotions and recognition. Developing ...