Hard means it is easy to measure as they have rigid shape and form. Soft means it is hard to measure as soft items doesn't have shape or other properties similar to hard items.
So a hard skill could be "this person knows how to code basic programs that works". A soft skill could be "this person knows how to write code that others find easy to understand and modify". The first is much easier to test and measure, the second is really hard to test but is still valuable.
Note that hard/soft has nothing to do with how difficult they are to acquire.
Thus the hardest of skills are when the job requires licensing or similar. If you want to hire a doctor then you need someone who is licensed for it. This requirement is 100% rigid and it is very easy to test if they have a licence, the candidate absolutely needs it so there is no compromise to be done.
Yes. I think the point is that the hard skills required to be a lawyer (e.g. case review, brief writing, contract interpretation, knowledge of the bar exam) are different from the soft skills required (e.g. client management, arguing at trial...).
But not that one is more difficult to acquire than the other.
So a hard skill could be "this person knows how to code basic programs that works". A soft skill could be "this person knows how to write code that others find easy to understand and modify". The first is much easier to test and measure, the second is really hard to test but is still valuable.
Note that hard/soft has nothing to do with how difficult they are to acquire.
Thus the hardest of skills are when the job requires licensing or similar. If you want to hire a doctor then you need someone who is licensed for it. This requirement is 100% rigid and it is very easy to test if they have a licence, the candidate absolutely needs it so there is no compromise to be done.