The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of hard skills and soft skills on employee performance at Education Department of Bengkulu City. This research is a quantitative research. The method used in this study is a questionnaire method, with a sample of 102 employees who have become ASN employees at Education Department of Bengkulu City. The results show that multiple linear regression Y = 19.309 + 0.295 (X1) + 0.360 (X2) + 1.053, meaning that the hard skills (X1) and soft skills (X2) variables have a positive or unidirectional relationship to employee performance (Y) at Education Department of Bengkulu City. The results of the t-test that the hard skill variable (X1) shows t count 3.779>t table 1.984 and a significance of 0.000<0.05, then the results of the hypothesis Ha are accepted and Ho is rejected, meaning that hard skills (X1) have a positive and significant effect on employee performance (Y) at Education Department of Bengkulu City, then the results of the soft skills variable t test (X2) showed t count value of 8.231>t table 1.984 and a significance of 0.000 <0.05, then the results of the hypothesis Ha were accepted and Ho was rejected, meaning that soft skills (X2) had a positive effect and significantly to the performance of employees (Y) at Education Department of Bengkulu City. The result of the F count test is greater than F table, which is 33,939>2,46, it is concluded that the hypothesis is accepted, meaning that there is a simultaneous influence between hard skills (X1) and soft skills (X2) on employee performance (Y) at Education Department of Bengkulu City. This can be seen at a significance level of 0.000<0.05.