Job specification

A job specification states the minimum qualifications that a person must possess to successfully perform a given job. It identifies the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to do the job effectively. Both the job description and job specification are important documents when managers recruit and select employees.

Job specification is a document that describes the characteristics a qualifications needed in some one who could successfully perform a given job.

Job Specification is a list of a job's "human requirements," that is, the requisite education, skills, personality, and so on--another product of a job analysis.

Job specification is a written statement of the human qualifications, education, and experience needed to perform a job.