What does "soft skill" mean?

A personal skill that is usually interpersonal, nonspecialized, and difficult to quantify, such as leadership or responsibility.

Soft skill

Common synonyms include: behavioral skill, behavioral skills, communication skill, emotionally perceptive, interpersonal skill, nontechnical skill.

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A personal skill that is usually interpersonal, nonspecialized, and difficult to quantify, such as leadership or responsibility.

Coined by the U.S. Army in the late 1960s, referring to any skill that does not employ the use of machinery.