qualifications

Job application requirements

Qualifications are the credentials, skills, or attributes that make someone suitable for a position or task: Her qualifications include ten years of experience and an MBA.

The word also refers to conditions or limitations placed on a statement: He accepted, but with qualifications.

To say something without qualification is to state it absolutely, with no reservations or exceptions.

credentials

diploma

Academic completion document

accreditation · certification · transcript · documentation · permit · clearance · authorization · endorsement · verification · authentication

requirements

prerequisites

Necessary prior conditions

eligibility · minimum · threshold · benchmark · specifications · conditions · stipulations · mandate · baseline · cutoff

competence

proficiency

Skilled performance level

experience · skill · ability · aptitude · capability · know-how · specialization · talent · knowledge · acumen

education

bachelor

Unwed male adult

  • masterAuthority or controller
  • PhDHighest academic credential
  • doctorateHighest academic credential awarded

associate · undergraduate · graduate · postgraduate · major · minor · thesis · dissertation · coursework · curriculum

professional

board certification

Formal professional competency verification

chartered · medical board · CPA · accredited · licensed · registered · certified · credentialed · practicing · journeyman

limitations

caveats

Cautionary stipulations attached

provisions · exceptions · restrictions · disclaimers · amendments · modifications · contingencies · provisos · addendum · fine print

Categories
Opposites
competence and credentials

qualificationsdisqualifications

Rulings of ineligibility

inadequacy · incompetence · inability · deficiencies · incapacity

eligibility and entitlement

qualificationsdisqualifications

Rulings of ineligibility

ineligibility · exclusion · bars · prohibitions · disbarment

certainty of statement

qualificationsabsolutes

Unconditional, unqualified things

blanket statements · generalizations · certainties · definitives

Phrases
Family

qualification, prequalification, disqualification

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