Concept in Definition ABC

A person's profession is the work activity through which he has a salary that allows him to organize his personal life. Making a list of professions would be an endless task. Nowadays, new professions appear as a result of the development of new technologies. And for this reason, those more traditional activities disappear.

Already in the first steps of humanity there is evidence of the most common professions: farmer, bricklayer, teacher, rancher... As the civilization it was developing different professions arose.

In the Middle Ages the first appeared organizations that grouped the different professions (the guilds) and each one of them had its rules and characteristics. In the initial training period, the professional was an apprentice and was acquiring the basic knowledge. Later it became an official and, finally, reached the category as a teacher, only if he could demonstrate a high level of experience and skill. This structure has not changed at present, since with other terms and approaches we continue to use it.

Trade unions and professional groups are the organisms that look after the interests of professional activities. These entities work to improve the working conditions of workers (salary, rights, hours... ).

Each profession requires a period of prior training, studies through which people learn the techniques and processes that they will later put into practice in their profession.

One of the problems related to the profession is the phenomenon of unemployment or unemployment. When a professional does not have the possibility of working, he is inactive and, logically, looks for a job. In this search process you need to train in new skills or prepare for another profession.

In the educational stage, people study so that in the future they can practice a profession. This period is key, since it is the moment where the professional vocation is acquired, that is, the inclination for a type of knowledge that, in turn, is related
with a work activity.

The globalization and social networks have created a new framework for human relations. In this context, different professions are emerging, linked to logistics, environment, technology, etc. Industrial relations experts believe that the future is uncertain as labor will be less and less needed as a result of mechanization. Some analysts consider that the concept of habitual profession no longer responds to the current coordinates.