I do the job of computer related work,online or offline,and many more social work,and teaching,and all types of work in our professionals at many points of our lives – from dentists to teachers, from pension managers to careers advisers, from town planners to paramedics. We rely on professionals to be experts and to know what to do when we need them to.
Back in the nineteenth century, the professions were defined as law, religion, and medicine. Nowadays, the number of professions is much wider and ever-increasing, as occupations become more specialised in nature and more ‘professionalised’ in terms of requiring certain standards of initial and ongoing education – so that anything from automotive technicians to web designers can be defined as professionals.
Check out our Profession Finder to find out just how many professions there are. Then find out more about therole of professional bodies and what they can do to support you in your career.