Even if you don’t know how to run a CNC machine, fix an HVAC unit or build a house, We Are Hope Inc. Executive Director Kim Carley says there are skills you can bring to a business that every employer can use.

According to the Society for Human Resource Management, 46% of new hires fail within the first 18 months. Of those failures, 89% are due to a lack of soft skills such as poor interpersonal skills, lack of dependability and subpar time management.

Carley says good soft skills will travel with you no matter where your career path takes you, at a time when employers are looking for good, hardworking, dependable people to fill their open positions.

More than a dozen employers will be looking for individuals with strong soft skills at We Are Hope’s Job and Community Resource Fair on March 10 from 2 to 5:30 p.m.

You can listen to our full interview with Kim Carley here