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Professions and Jobs

This is a list of the most common jobs and professions in English.

Professions and Jobs - People

accountant
actor
air steward
architect
assistant
personal assistant
shop assistant
author
baker
barman / barmaid / bar person
builder
businessman / businesswoman / executive
butcher
caretaker
chef
civil servant
clerk
computer operator / programmer
cook
decorator
dentist
designer
director
company director
film director
doctor
driver bus / taxi / train driver
garbageman (refuse collector)
economist
editor
electrician
engineer
farmer
fisherman
fishmonger
flight attendant
hairdresser
head teacher
jeweler
journalist
judge
lawyer
lecturer
manager
miner
musician
news reader / news presenter
nurse
optician
painter
photographer
pilot
plumber
police officer
politician
porter
printer
prison officer / warder
receptionist
sailor
salesman / saleswoman /salesperson
scientist
secretary
soldier
solicitor
surgeon
tailor
teacher
telephonist
telephone operator
travel agent
TV cameraman
TV presenter
vet
waiter
writer

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