But “qualified” and “qualifications”, which I hate as a standard for any kind of hiring, imply straight credentials—instead of talent or ability.
I disagree. An employer’s listed, desired qualifications should only reasonably and genuinely seek talent and ability.
DEI must DIE.
I see your hearkening to “how the term is used.”
(Here insert my rant about HR.) In the good old days (go back thirty years, when I ran the company), HR was made to understand “qualifications” in an interpretive sense, not via check-boxes that even a eight-year old could check.