Sociology Of Work
A human being must have occupation if he or she is not to become a nuisance to the world.
Dorothy L. Sayers (1893 - 1957)
A career is many different things to different people, but what I've learned for this course is that a career is a number of related work statuses that a person fills over time.
A career can mean professional occupation, also, which is an expert knowledge of one's work and having more control over your work environment as well as exclusive jurisdiction over primary tasks that are yours alone. One must have an education and expertise within the field of professionalism. There is usually a certain amount of respect that follows one in a profession over, say, a laborer position or contingent workers.
One will often stay in their chosen professional occupation a lifetime, as there is upwardly mobile opportunities and usually good pay with benefits and job stability.
The Los Angeles police can be called professionals in some ways, yet......
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