occupation
skilled/unskilled occupations (=needing training and experience/not needing training and experience)
Example Sentences:
Plumbing and carpentry are highly skilled occupations.
Workers in unskilled occupations are finding fewer job opportunities.
service occupations (=a job in which you provide a service rather than producing goods)
Example Sentences:
Around two-thirds of the labor force is employed in service occupations.
professional occupations/white-collar occupations(=jobs that usually involve a lot of education)
Example Sentences:
Teachers’ pay compares poorly with that of other white-collar occupations.
"Occupation" can also mean an activity that a person spends time doing. For example:
Example Sentences:
His favorite occupation [=pastime] is playing chess.
managerial occupations (=a job that involves being a manager)
Example Sentences:
Women in managerial occupations tend to have children later.
"Occupation" can also mean the activity of living in or using a particular place. For example:
Example Sentences:
Some evidence of human occupation was found in these caves.
Collocations
have an occupation
Example Sentences:
The people in the region have a variety of occupations.
manual occupations/blue-collar occupations (=jobs in which you work using your hands)
Example Sentences:
People from manual occupations are most at risk of experiencing poverty.
choose an occupation
Example Sentences:
Young people need help with choosing a suitable occupation.
a working-class/middle-class occupation
Example Sentences:
Teaching is regarded as a middle-class occupation.
Working-class occupations may be divided into skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled.
take up an occupation = enter an occupation
Example Sentences:
Our recent graduates have entered a wide range of occupations.
Many of his colleagues have taken up another occupation.
"Occupation" means a person's job or profession. For example:
Example Sentences:
Our recent graduates have entered a wide range of occupations.
Many of his colleagues have taken up another occupation.
He is thinking about changing occupations and becoming a police officer.
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