Occupation

Occupation could mean:

In business:

• Employment, a person's job or work in service of an employer
• Profession, an occupation that requires special education and training. For example, law, medicine, or theology.
• Vocation, an occupation pursued more for altruistic benefit than for income
• Career, a person's occupational history
• Day job, an occupation solely for income, while pursuing another preferred career track
• Standard Occupational Classification System, developed and used by the U.S. government

In a military context:

• Military occupation, control of a territory by a military force
  • Occupied territory
  • Law of occupation, the laws of war which relate to military occupation
• List of military occupations, notable historical instances of military occupation

Elsewhere:

• Occupation (protest), the temporary forceful occupation of a building, space or symbolic site
• Occupancy, use of a building for shelter or support of persons, animals, or property
• Occupation 101, 2006 documentary movie about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
• Occupation: Dreamland, documentary movie about 82nd Airborne in Iraq
• Occupation Double, a Canadian reality television show
• "Occupation" (Battlestar Galactica), an episode in the third season
• Occupation: Foole, comedy album by George Carlin
• "The Beautiful Occupation", song by the band, Travis