occupations
What people do
Occupations are the work people do for a living—their jobs, trades, or professions.
The word carries a formal tone, appearing on forms and in official contexts: List your occupation.
Occupation also means the act of occupying space or time: her occupation of the corner office.
Military occupation is the seizure and control of territory by foreign forces: the German occupation of France.
Learner bound to employer
- journeymanQualified trade worker
- masterAuthority or controller
- electricianWiring installation specialist
- plumberWater system tradesperson
carpenter · welder · mason · mechanic · blacksmith · glazier · bricklayer · locksmith
Paid position of employment
- workplaceEmployment location
- employerOne who employs others
- employeeHired organizational member
- hireTake on for work
interview · resume · position · full-time · part-time · shift · coworkers · supervisor
Strongly felt purpose
- purposeReason something exists
- missionPurpose-driven task
- passionIntense emotional drive
- destinyPredetermined course of events
fulfillment · dedication · devotion · service · ministry · humanitarian · teaching · caregiving
Skilled manual tradesperson
- handmadeCreated manually, not mechanically
- potteryFired clay objects
- weavingInterlacing strands into fabric
- woodworkingCraft of shaping lumber
glassblowing · ceramics · leatherwork · metalwork · jewelry · embroidery · knitting · quilting
Skill from extensive practice
- specializationConcentrated expertise in one field
- qualificationRequired skill or condition
- certificationAttestation of qualification
- licensureOfficial permission to practice
credentialing · medicine · law · engineering · architecture · accountancy · dentistry · pharmacy
Forward movement or promotion
- promotionRank increase or publicity
- ambitionDesire for achievement
- corporateOf or relating to companies
- executiveSenior organizational leader
management · leadership · networking · mentorship · recruitment · headhunter · succession · climbing
apprentice
Learner bound to employer
- journeymanQualified trade worker
- masterAuthority or controller
- electricianWiring installation specialist
plumber · carpenter · welder · mason · mechanic · blacksmith · glazier · bricklayer · locksmith · roofer
job
Paid position of employment
hire · interview · resume · position · full-time · part-time · shift · coworkers · supervisor · salary
calling
Strongly felt purpose
destiny · fulfillment · dedication · devotion · service · ministry · humanitarian · teaching · caregiving · clergy
artisan
Skilled manual tradesperson
- handmadeCreated manually, not mechanically
- potteryFired clay objects
- weavingInterlacing strands into fabric
woodworking · glassblowing · ceramics · leatherwork · metalwork · jewelry · embroidery · knitting · quilting · tailoring
expertise
Skill from extensive practice
- specializationConcentrated expertise in one field
- qualificationRequired skill or condition
- certificationAttestation of qualification
licensure · credentialing · medicine · law · engineering · architecture · accountancy · dentistry · pharmacy · veterinary
advancement
Forward movement or promotion
- promotionRank increase or publicity
- ambitionDesire for achievement
- corporateOf or relating to companies
executive · management · leadership · networking · mentorship · recruitment · headhunter · succession · climbing · trajectory
- job marketjobs, employment, job seekers, job search, job hunting
- activismboycotts, activists, activist, advocate, demonstrating
- kindergartenkindergarten, kindergarten curriculum, kindergarten teachers, kindergarten enrollment, kindergarten readiness
- resistanceresistance, defiance, resistance fighters, civil resistance, resist
- Dissentprotest art, civil disobedience, dissidents, protest songs, protest poetry
- labor historyAFL-CIO, workers, labor movement, CIO, laborers
occupationshobbies
Leisure activities for pleasure
pastimes · leisure activities · recreations · avocations · diversions
occupationswithdrawals
Removal of deposited funds
evacuations · liberations · surrenders · retreats · abandonments
occupationsidleness
State of doing nothing
inactivity · unemployment · leisure · rest · joblessness
- German occupationMilitary seizure of territory
- occupational hazardDanger specific to one's profession
- military occupationForeign army's territorial administration
- occupational therapyRestoring practical life abilities
- Nazi occupationWWII German military rule
- occupational therapistHelps patients regain functional abilities
occupation, preoccupation, occupational, reoccupation, occupational therapy, occupational therapist