> Experience in grant-writing, data analysis and presentation will serve you well, say Samantha Baggott and Jonathan McGuire. These are in my opinion also soft

> Experience in grant-writing, data analysis and presentation will serve you well, say Samantha Baggott and Jonathan McGuire. These are in my opinion also soft skills from a PhD program (not 'hard' skills). The hard skills are the scientifically deep results that you learn and/or investigate as part of your research.