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title: "Recruiting Roundup | What Are \"Soft Skills\" and Why Do They Matter?"
description: Discover the importance of soft skills in hiring and why they should be a key focus in your talent acquisition strategy as the workforce evolves.
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# [Recruiting Roundup | What Are "Soft Skills" and Why Do They Matter?](https://blog.randallreilly.com/content/what-are-soft-skills-and-why-do-they-matter)

 Written by [Joshua Miller](https://blog.randallreilly.com/content/author/joshua-miller) | September 18, 2024

As the workforce continues to shrink and attractive traits declining, **it may be time to start focusing on “soft skills” when it comes to your talent acquisition** and hiring approach

 

What exactly does that mean? What are “soft skills”? We explain in today’s edition of the Recruiting Roundup.

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Sources:  
[Indeed.com](https://au.indeed.com/hire/c/info/soft-skills-when-hiring?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjww5u2BhDeARIsALBuLnMmV2wekz2Z1cvcOLF2p7dDQfXFTql-1bbUgfUqh6cBYZIX92KeyH0aApFhEALw_wcB&aceid=&gclsrc=aw.ds)  
[TestGorilla.com](https://www.testgorilla.com/blog/recruiters-or-candidates-market/)  
[National Skills Coalition](https://nationalskillscoalition.org/news/press-releases/new-report-92-of-jobs-require-digital-skills-one-third-of-workers-have-low-or-no-digital-skills-due-to-historic-underinvestment-structural-inequities/)  
[HireWell](https://talentinsights.hirewell.com/blog/talent-insights-blog/4-ways-the-2024-hiring-market-is-different-from-the-2023)  
[CBS News](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jobs-report-revision-bls-818000-fewer-jobs-what-it-means/)  
[Statista](https://www.statista.com/statistics/193961/seasonally-adjusted-monthly-civilian-labor-force-participation-rate-in-the-usa/#:~:text=U.S.%20civilian%20labor%20force%20participation%20rate%20seasonally%20adjusted%202011%2D2024&text=In%20May%202024%2C%20about%2062.5,in%20the%20everyday%20U.S.%20economy)

**Bureau of Labor Statistics  
**[State Employment and Unemployment Summary](https://www.bls.gov/news.release/laus.nr0.htm#:~:text=Twenty%2Deight%20states%20and%20the,higher%20than%20in%20July%202023)  
[The Employment Situation – August 2024](https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf)  
[Labor Force and Macroeconomics Projections](https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2023/article/labor-force-and-macroeconomic-projections.htm#:~:text=The%20participation%20rate%20declined%20from,annual%20decline%20of%200.3%20percent)

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