WHAT IS THE MEANING OF PROFESSIONAL? WHO IS PROFESSIONAL?

A professional is a person in a profession that requires certain types of skilled work requiring formal training or education. In western nations, such as the United States, the term commonly describes highly educated, mostly salaried workers, who enjoy considerable work autonomy, economic security, a comfortable salary, and are commonly engaged in creative and intellectually challenging work.A professional athlete is someone who derives income by participating in competitive sports. Sometimes the term is also used to indicate a level of quality of goods or tools, sometimes also called "commercial grade".

A 'true' professional must be proficient in all criteria for the field of work they are practising professionally in. Criteria include following:

1. Academic qualifications - i.e., university college/institute

2. Expert and specialised knowledge in field which one is practising professionally

3. Excellent manual/practical & literary skills in relation to profession

4. High quality work in (examples): creations, products, services, presentations, consultancy, primary/other research, administrative, marketing or other work endeavours

5. A high standard of professional ethics, behaviour and work activities while carrying out one's profession (as an employee, self-employed person, career, enterprise, business, company, or partnership/associate/colleague, etc.)

So, as a future counselor, let us prepare ourselves to be a ture professional school counselor