Korean slang profile

스펙

seupek

A job applicant's credentials

A collection of qualifications used to assess job applicants, such as university, major, education, training, certificates, GPA, and TOEIC score.

This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.

01Examples, with English translations

Example by Julimmal
취업 준비하면서 스펙을 쌓고 있어.
I'm building up my qualifications while preparing to find a job.
Quoted from a source
개인 이력, 기록 명세란 뜻이다.[2]
It means personal history, record details.
English translation by Julimmal.

September 2007Financial News: “It is true that the flashy 스펙 attracts the attention of personnel managers, but a resume and self-introduction that only emphasizes 스펙 cannot be the key to success in employment.”[1]
October 2008It means personal history, record details.[2]

Short for “Specification.” The 2008 source from Seoul Shinmun explicitly gives this explanation. Who first used it and when have not been verified.

Evidence for the origin explanationMedium

One source explicitly explains the term. When it was first used is unknown.

Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.