professional services
Hired specialized expertise
Professional services are specialized work provided by trained experts—lawyers, accountants, consultants, architects, engineers.
The term distinguishes knowledge-based work from goods or manual labor: The firm bills two million annually in professional services.
In business contexts, it often refers to consulting or implementation work sold alongside software or other products.
- consultingGiving expert advice professionally
- accountingMaintaining financial records
- auditFormal accounts examination
- financial auditExamination of accounting records
- feePayment for service
taxation · retainer · pro bono · arbitration · architects · fiduciary duty · contract negotiation · scope of work · non-compete clause · entrepreneurs · malpractice · self-employed · legal · expert witness · escrow · hourly · time sheets · client relationship
- servicesstreaming, salon, bellhop, janitorial, barber
- careersdoctor, lawyer, teacher, engineer, nurse
- industriesbusiness, factories, education, health, supply chain
- service sectorretail, finance, restaurants, hotels, transport
- UK industriesaerospace, automotive, construction, engineering, finance
- self-employmentself-employed, freelancing, self-employment, sole proprietorship, sole proprietor
professional servicesmanual labor
Work done bodily
unskilled labor · blue-collar work · odd jobs · day labor · factory work
professional servicestangible goods
Products with physical presence
consumer goods · merchandise · commodities · durable goods · raw materials
professional servicesDIY
Amateur home projects
casual labor · self-service · volunteer work · favors · odd jobs
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