How to Leverage Your Soft Skills in Your Job Search, with Yadi Caro

Find Your Dream Job: Insider Tips for Finding Work, Advancing your Career, and Loving Your Job

Mac's List

Careers, Business

4.8 • 624 Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Check out the podcast on Macslist here: (https://www.macslist.org/?post_type=podcasts&p=15902&preview=true) Employers want to hire people who are great communicators, who can collaborate with others to solve problems, and who receive correction well. These qualities are known as soft skills, and Find Your Dream Job guest Yadi Caro says you can learn them if you feel lacking. While hard skills matter, Yadi says those who communicate well, know how to set priorities, and work well with others will rise to the top of the hiring manager’s list. Yadi shares how to learn and practice soft skills, as well as practical tips for sharing them in resumes and interviews. About Our Guest: Yadi Caro is a Harvard-trained organizational psychologist who teaches career skills to professionals around the world. Yadi also hosts the Hardcore Soft Skills Podcast. Resources in This Episode: Connect with Yadi on LinkedIn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:02.0	This is Find Your Dream Job, the podcast that helps you get hired, have the career you want,
1:19.0	and make a difference in life. I'm your host, Mack Pritchard. I'm also the founder of Max List.
1:25.1	It's a job board in the Pacific Northwest that helps you find a fulfilling
1:28.8	career. Every Wednesday, I talk to a different expert about the tools you need to get the
1:34.5	work you want. You can't rely on your credentials alone when you look for work. You also have
1:41.1	to be good at connecting, communicating, and collaborating with others.
1:46.1	Yadikaro is here to talk about how to leverage your soft skills in your job search.
1:52.7	She's a Harvard-trained organizational psychologist who teaches career skills to professionals around the world.
1:59.4	Yaddy also hosts the hardcore soft skills podcast.
2:03.5	She joins us from Tampa, Florida.
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