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Are you a professional looking for Executive Management Jobs? Have you ever thought about what it means to be a professional?

Whenever we talk about finding jobs, we are usually talking about professionals. A professional is a person who has highly specialized and/or technical skills or knowledge and applies that knowledge to a task that an untrained person could not otherwise complete on their own. The word comes from the Latin and means “to swear an oath”, which historically has meant that a professional adheres to some sort of ethical standard such as doctor/patient confidentiality, honesty, and a desire to be an expert- along with the desire to uphold the reputation of the profession as a whole.

A profession is an occupation that usually involves some degree of prolonged academic training, formalized qualifications and membership in good standing in a professional or regulatory body of some kind. Most professional fields are regulated by a body that tests for competence, acts as a licensing authority or enforces that its members complete their assignments according to a standardized code of ethics, such as the one adhered to by those working Finance Jobs.

A profession does not just “come to be”, there are a distinct series of steps that a certain job must evolve through to be then considered a profession. Usually, something starts to become a “profession” when formal qualifications are developed (often based on training and testing); from there, regulatory bodies emerge so that members may be admitted and disciplined if necessary; from there, members of the profession often lobby to have legal exclusion (for example, not just anyone may practice medicine or law), and culminating in a formal declaration of professional ethics for members of the profession to conduct business by.
Professionals are usually very highly regarded by society, which recognizes their sacrifice and higher “social goals” of that professions work- all professions are characterized by technical, specialized and skilled work which as a whole may be referred to as “professional expertise”. This high level of knowledge is obtained through education and licensing, without which, one may not enter that profession. Another characteristic of a “profession” is that its members regularly update and refresh their skills through continuing education.

One of the main distinguishing factors of a “profession” is that its regulation is enforced by statue. That is different than a “trade group” which is in the process of acquiring professional status for its members. In every country, professions have their own regulatory bodies, which define, oversee, support and regulate their members affairs.

Historically there were only 3 professions: Divinity (religious affairs) Medicine, and Law. There are several milestones in what marks an occupation as a profession:

1. The occupation becomes a full-time occupation
2. Establishment of the first training school
3. Establishment of the first University
4. Establishment of the first local Association
5. Establishment of the first national Association
6. Introduction of a code of professional ethics
7. State licensing laws introduced

In the United States (according to the above milestones) the first established profession was Medicine, followed by Law, Dentistry, Civil Engineering and Architecture. Also included in the “professional” designation by the year 1900 were Pharmacy, Veterinary Medicine, Nursing, Teaching, Optometry and Social Work. Wishing you the best of luck in your search for professional Financial Services Jobs!