usually as pluralA certificate confirming someone's achievement in a course of study or training, in contrast to practical experience.
good paper qualifications alone do not guarantee a good job
Example sentencesExamples
Though degrees, diplomas, and other paper qualifications were essential, it was the 'life skills' that made a difference when it came to leading a successful career and living a purposeful life.
The company will consider equivalencies instead of paper qualifications, where appropriate.
I like to remind young scientists of examples in the recent past when people without paper qualifications made great contributions.
So often the successful entrepreneurs turn out to be the ones who weren't academically smart at school, who don't have the paper qualifications.
A stammering farm child who hated school and left without paper qualifications, he worked all hours to set up his company.
Schools should not be exam factories which churn out pupils with handfuls of paper qualifications but few usable skills.
The fashionable emphasis on career development means officers have to acquire a wide range of paper qualifications to advance.
It is probably true that most of the PhDs will find themselves a job on the basis of their paper qualification.
We have an education system that gives paper qualifications, and the labour market that demands such qualifications regardless of the skills.
There is every likelihood that paper qualifications will become more, rather than less, important in the immediate future.