vocations
Chosen career paths
Vocations are callings—occupations or pursuits to which someone feels particularly drawn or suited.
The word carries more weight than job or career, suggesting purpose or destiny: She found her true vocation in teaching.
Religious life is often described as a vocation, implying divine calling.
More broadly, any work that feels like a natural fit qualifies: Nursing wasn't just employment for him; it was a vocation.
Trained occupational field
- occupationOne's regular paid work
- employmentPaid occupation status
- livelihoodMeans of earning income
- career pathProgression through occupations
job market · workforce · recruitment · advancement · promotion · salary · benefits · retirement
Strongly felt purpose
- missionPurpose-driven task
- purposeReason something exists
- destinyPredetermined course of events
- life's workOne's greatest lasting contribution
passion · pursuit · dedication · devotion · service · ministry · consecration · commitment
Skilled manual worker
- artisanSkilled manual tradesperson
- plumberWater system tradesperson
- electricianWiring installation specialist
- carpenterTimber construction tradesperson
welder · mason · mechanic · tailor · blacksmith · painter · glazier · bricklayer
Licensed medical healer
- lawyerLicensed legal representative
- engineerTechnical design professional
- teacherOne who instructs others
- nurseHealthcare provider, bedside
accountant · architect · dentist · pharmacist · veterinarian · psychologist · therapist · surgeon
profession
Trained occupational field
- occupationOne's regular paid work
- employmentPaid occupation status
- livelihoodMeans of earning income
career path · job market · workforce · recruitment · advancement · promotion · salary · benefits · retirement · workplace
calling
Strongly felt purpose
life's work · passion · pursuit · dedication · devotion · service · ministry · consecration · commitment · sacrifice
craftsman
Skilled manual worker
- artisanSkilled manual tradesperson
- plumberWater system tradesperson
- electricianWiring installation specialist
carpenter · welder · mason · mechanic · tailor · blacksmith · painter · glazier · bricklayer · roofer
doctor
Licensed medical healer
- lawyerLicensed legal representative
- engineerTechnical design professional
- teacherOne who instructs others
nurse · accountant · architect · dentist · pharmacist · veterinarian · psychologist · therapist · surgeon · physician
- Catholic ChurchVatican, papacy, cardinals, popes, papal
- CatholicismVatican, cardinals, pope, Holy Communion, popes
- American Catholicismarchdiocese, parish council, archdioceses, Catholic school, Catholic schools
- Catholic ministrycatechists, evangelization, religious education, RCIA, youth ministry
- Irish ChristianitySt. Patrick, Catholic Church, monasticism, abbeys, patron saints
- monasteriesabbey, abbeys, abbot, abbots, abbess
vocationsavocations
Pursuits beyond one's profession
hobbies · pastimes · diversions · amusements · sidelines
vocationsplay
Recreation or staged drama
relaxation · idleness · downtime · leisure activities · leisure
- 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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