News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Employers Find ‘Soft Skills’ Like Critical Thinking in Short Supply. Parent comment

Re:Employers Find ‘Soft Skills’ Like Critical Thinking in Sh... by Edmond on Sunday September 04, 2016 @08:51AM (#12424066)
Indeed, quite odd to describe "soft skill" as critical thinking skills, ie cognitive skills. soft skill typically is social skill, the type of nebulous skill that while it may have value leaves huge room to interpretation.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Employers Find ‘Soft Skills’ Like Critical Thinking in Sh... by curiousgal on Sunday September 04, 2016 @11:55AM (#12424966)
The way I see it, critical thinking has a social aspect because an individual has to communicate those thoughts, or else how would we know they're critically thinking?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Employers Find ‘Soft Skills’ Like Critical Thinking in Sh... by aqwfgm on Sunday September 04, 2016 @03:07PM (#12426130)
The way you see it, you could put there physics, engineering or any other hard skill just because you have to communicate what you've learned.
[ Parent | on HN ]