A person specification is the list of qualities a candidate must have. Meet the person specification, essential in the person specification.
It is usually split into essential and desirable, and only the essential ones actually filter. A good application answers the person specification point by point rather than describing a career.
1nounperson specificationThe list of qualities a candidate must have.
“Half the applicants missed an essential item on the person specification.”
person specification is a list.
Practised in Work & Careers