professional qualifications

Formal career credentials

Professional qualifications are credentials that certify competence in a specific field—degrees, licenses, certifications, or specialized training that authorize someone to practice.

A lawyer's bar admission, a doctor's medical license, and an accountant's CPA are professional qualifications.

Job listings often specify required professional qualifications: Candidates must hold relevant professional qualifications in nursing.

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formal credentialing vs. informal competence

professional qualificationspractical experience

Knowledge from doing, not studying

on-the-job training · street smarts · life experience · tacit knowledge · natural ability

qualified vs. unqualified status

professional qualificationsincompetence

Lack of required skill

decertification · debarment · ineligibility · disbarment

professional vs. amateur standing

professional qualificationsdabbler

One who skims surfaces

enthusiast · untrained · uncertified

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