Person specification
What Person specification means in Business GCSE, as defined for AQA, OCR, Pearson Edexcel.
Definitions of Person specification
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Reference: OCR, Pearson Edexcel
A document detailing the skills, qualifications, and experience required of the ideal candidate.
Lists the essential and desirable qualities, experience and qualifications of the ideal candidate.
A document detailing the qualifications, skills, experience, and personal attributes required by the ideal candidate.
A document that details the skills, qualifications, and experience required by an applicant to perform a job.
A profile of the ideal candidate, detailing the qualifications, skills, and experience required.
Topics that use Person specification
- Influences on business (AQA GCSE)
- Recruitment and selection of employees (AQA GCSE)
- People (OCR GCSE)
- Recruitment and selection (OCR GCSE)
- The role of human resources (OCR GCSE)
- Effective recruitment (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Job description
- External recruitment
- Internal recruitment
- Chain of Command
- Delegation
- Recruitment
- Span of Control
- Adapting the marketing mix to external pressures
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