Hard Skills — Study Resources & PYQs
Concept and significance of technical and job-specific hard skills.
- Estimated study time: 30 minutes
Study resources
- University of Mumbai - Soft Skills Development (PDF) — Clearly distinguishes hard skills (technical, acquired through formal education and training) from soft skills, and explains why employers value both. The best single source for this unit.
- NPTEL - Enhancing Soft Skills and Personality (YouTube Playlist) (Video) — The complete IIT Kanpur lecture playlist on interpersonal, social and management skills. Watch the interpersonal-skills weeks for this unit.
- Manmohan Joshi - Soft Skills (Free Full Book) (PDF) — A complete free book covering interpersonal skills, values, ethics, teamwork and communication. Chapters on interpersonal and social behaviour cover the types and components of social skills well.
- NPTEL — Soft Skills, IIT Roorkee (Article) — NPTEL course covering communication, listening, business writing, personality development and organizational communication.
- British Council — LearnEnglish (Article) — Structured English-learning resources for speaking, listening, writing and professional communication skills.
Taught in these subjects
- BUSINESS COMMUNICATION & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT — BHST22 · Government College of Engineering and Technology, Jammu
- Professional Communication Skills — HMT1202 · Government College of Engineering and Technology, Jammu
- Technical Communication Skills — HMT1101 · Government College of Engineering and Technology, Jammu