How to Compare and Contrast hard skills and soft skills?

Hard skills are those that you need to be able to perform a particular job. These often vary depending on the type of role you will be performing or the industry in which you will be working in. They can usually be developed through studying and training.   Examples of hard skills include an accountancy diploma, fluency in a foreign language, knowledge of a particular software or experience in a particular industry sector.

Soft skills on the other hand are usually self-taught and self-developed. Unlike hard skills they are not specific to an industry or job. As such they are becoming increasingly valuable to all employers, regardless of the type of industry they operate in, as it helps them to understand how you will fit in with their working environment and how you will perform as one of their employees.

Hard Skills are quantifiable, teachable abilities and/ or skills and as such examples would include typing speed, acquiring a degree in mechanics, operating a folk lift, driving a bus etc and on the other hand;

Soft skills are not easily quantifiable and may take the form of interpersonal skills or named People skills and examples include being able to teamwork, communicate, empathize, emotional intelligence and so on.

agree with  Mohammad Ikram Ali.

on the other side I would say in general, soft skills are more important in most business careers than hard skills.

Hard Skills :

1- Typing Skills.

2- Language Skills.

3- Academic Skills

etc

Soft Skills:

1- Body Language.

2- Verbal Communication.

3- Negotiation Skills.

etc

So you can compare according above criteria and discover the skills and and develop it