caring profession
Service to others
A caring profession is work centered on looking after others' physical, emotional, or developmental needs—nursing, social work, teaching, counseling, eldercare.
The term emphasizes the emotional labor involved: She's spent her whole career in the caring professions.
Often used in discussions of pay inequity, since caring professions are frequently undervalued despite their demands.
- midwifeChildbirth assistance professional
- social workerHuman services professional
- child protectionMeasures ensuring youth safety
- mental health workerPractitioner treating psychological conditions
- nurseHealthcare provider, bedside
bedside manner · paramedic · counselor · helping hands · therapist · dietitian · pharmacist · patient advocacy · psychologist · doula · speech pathologist · chaplain · holding space · healing touch · empathy · occupational therapist · community health · humanitarian aid
caring professioninvestment banking
Advisory services for major transactions
corporate law · venture capitalism · debt collection · predatory lending · commercial enterprise
caring professiontobacco industry
Cigarette and cigar trade
loan sharking · weapons manufacturing · human trafficking · drug dealing · factory farming
caring professionalgorithmic trading
Computer-driven market transactions
data entry · data processing · clerical work · faceless bureaucracy · number crunching
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