How to Hire for Both Hard and Soft Skills
From Veterinary Team Training by Amy Newfield, MS, CVT, VTS (ECC)
September 2, 2025 · 33 min · Episode 105
About this episode
This episode discusses the importance of hiring for both hard technical skills and soft personality traits in veterinary teams.
Which is more important? Hard technical skills or soft personality like traits? The answer is both, but hiring for both is not often what happens during an interview. This podcast shares some insight into the difference between these two and how to interview for both.
People in this episode
Host: Amy Newfield
Topics covered
- hiring
- hard skills
- soft skills
- interviewing
- veterinary team
Keywords
- hiring
- hard skills
- soft skills
- interview techniques
- veterinary
- team dynamics
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