vocation
One's true calling
A vocation is work you feel called to do—originally a divine calling to religious life, now any career pursued with a sense of purpose or personal mission: Teaching isn't just a job for her; it's a vocation.
The word implies the work suits your nature or talents.
Vocational training prepares people for specific trades or occupations.
Trained occupational field
- occupationOne's regular paid work
- jobPaid position of employment
- fieldArea of specialty
- employmentPaid occupation status
industry · workplace · credentials · experience · training · skillset · position · role
Reason something exists
- missionPurpose-driven task
- destinyPredetermined course of events
- fulfillmentState of achieved purpose
- life's workOne's greatest lasting contribution
pursuit · aspiration · devotion · commitment · divine · spiritual · discernment · awakening
Skilled manual tradesperson
- handcraftedMade manually, not machined
- skillAcquired ability through practice
- masterworkSupreme creative achievement
- workmanshipSkill in creating objects
carpentry · pottery · weaving · tailoring · blacksmithing · joinery · masonry · leatherwork
profession
Trained occupational field
- occupationOne's regular paid work
- jobPaid position of employment
- fieldArea of specialty
employment · industry · workplace · credentials · experience · training · skillset · position · role · title
purpose
Reason something exists
- missionPurpose-driven task
- destinyPredetermined course of events
- fulfillmentState of achieved purpose
life's work · pursuit · aspiration · devotion · commitment · divine · spiritual · discernment · awakening · realization
artisan
Skilled manual tradesperson
- handcraftedMade manually, not machined
- skillAcquired ability through practice
- masterworkSupreme creative achievement
workmanship · carpentry · pottery · weaving · tailoring · blacksmithing · joinery · masonry · leatherwork · glassblowing
volunteer
Unpaid willing participant
aid · charity · nonprofit · humanitarian · welfare · outreach · activism · counseling · advocacy · missionary
enthusiasm
Intense eager enjoyment
love · drive · interest · fascination · obsession · yearning · eagerness · fire · heart · burning desire
- missionsmissionary work, foreign missions, mission trips, mission work, mission stations
- religious lifereligious vows, religious sisters, religious habit, novitiate, motherhouse
- workjob, 9 to 5, jobs, labor, employee
- biographybirth, death date, autobiography, life story, biography
- identityidentity, personal identity, self, selfhood, self-expression
- work termsboss, job, manager, career, company
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Pursuit outside one's profession
hobby · pastime · diversion · amusement · recreation
vocationleisure
Free time for relaxation
entertainment · fun · play · relaxation · idle time
vocationunemployment
Being without paid work
joblessness · purposelessness · idleness · aimlessness · directionlessness
- vocational trainingJob-skill education
- vocational schoolsInstitutions teaching practical job skills
- vocational collegesSchools for career-specific training
- vocational educationTraining for specific occupations
- vocational programsTraining for specific careers
- vocational high schoolsJob-training secondary institutions
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