Soft Skills Gain Value in Employer Recruiting Efforts

Employers with hiring strategies that effectively evaluate job candidates’ soft skills are in better position to win top talent in the increasingly competitive hiring environment.

Employers are returning to a growth hiring mode, and that means they have to hire with “some thought for the future,” Paul Rubenstein, a partner in Aon Hewitt’s Talent, Rewards & Performance practice in New York, told Bloomberg BNA Jan. 6. By focusing on “soft skills,” employers can ensure a new hire has the appropriate personality, cultural fit, learning agility and predisposition to engage with the organization, he said.

The change in focus comes as ...