1. Le professioni i mestieri il lavoro

2. la professione A professione is a life-time career; it usually requires a college degree (la laurea) plus some additional training. It is NOT just a job lets say while you are in high school or college to earn some spending cash. A professione is a life-time career; it usually requires a college degree (la laurea) plus some additional training. It is NOT just a job lets say while you are in high school or college to earn some spending cash.

3. il mestiere A mestiere is a full time job and one which may last for a life-time. Unlike the professione, in Italy it does NOT require a college degree. Being a fireman or a policeman or a construction worker would be examples of a mestiere. A mestiere is a full time job and one which may last for a life-time. Unlike the professione, in Italy it does NOT require a college degree. Being a fireman or a policeman or a construction worker would be examples of a mestiere.

4. il lavoro This is just a job, like you, as a high school student might have. It may be tempo pieno (full time) or part time. This would be the equivalent of someone in Italy who works in McDonalds or you working in an animal hospital, on a golf course, check out person in a grocery store, or a life-guard are a few examples. This is just a job, like you, as a high school student might have. It may be tempo pieno (full time) or part time. This would be the equivalent of someone in Italy who works in McDonalds or you working in an animal hospital, on a golf course, check out person in a grocery store, or a life-guard are a few examples.

5. il dottore

6. (il) la dirigente

7. linfermiere / linfermiera

8. lavvocato

9. la commessa

10. lingegnere

11. il cameriere / la cameriera

12. il musicista

13. il fotografo

14. lo scienziato

15. lo psicologo

16. il pompiere

17. la veterinaria

18. il giornalista

19. lattore / gli attori

20. lattrice le attrici

21. larchitetto

22. il poliziotto

23. lassistente sociale