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What is occupation?
Occupation
Occupation
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Occupation
may refer to:
In business:
Employment
, a person's job or work in service of an employer
Profession
, an occupation requiring specialized knowledge
Vocation
, an occupation pursued more for altruistic benefit than for income
Career
, a person's occupational history
Day job
, an occupation solely for income, while pursuing another preferred career track
List of occupations
Standard Occupational Classification System
, developed and used by the U.S. government
Occupational prestige
, the relative esteem in which a particular job is held
Occupational therapy
, assisting people who have difficulty performing occupational functions
Occupational science
, the study of humans as occupational beings
Occupational disease
, chronic ailment resulting from work
Occupational crime
, opportunistically committed in the course of legal occupation
In a military context:
Military occupation
, control of a territory by a military force
Law of occupation
, portions of the law of war which relate to military occupation
List of military occupations
, notable historical instances of military occupation
'''Elsewhere:
Occupation (protest)
, the temporary forceful occupation of a building, space or symbolic site
Occupancy
, use of a building for shelter or support of persons, animals, or property
Occupation 101
, 2006 documentary film about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Occupation: Dreamland
, documentary film about 82nd Airborne in Iraq
Occupation Double
, a Canadian reality television show
"Occupation"
(Battlestar Galactica)
, an episode in the third season
Occupation: Foole
, comedy album by George Carlin
"
The Beautiful Occupation
", song by the band, Travis
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