I like to know what people do for work. It says a whole lot about a person. Why doesn't this site have an option to view someone's job title in a search or even in saying that, how come every time I open up someone's profile I can't find a job title?

Maybe we feel that is something the members can tell someone if they want to. It's really not pertinent info in joining a dating site.

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if you look at their profile there is profession on it.

It is on our profile and I believe should be. What we do says a lot about who we are.

It is listed on the profile. It is also a good way for scammers to zero in on a person..if someone says, for instance, that they are into banking or something like it. I've been here since '09 and have never once looked at someones profession to see if I would be interested in that person.That is just me though..jobs do tell a lot about a person., if it is their career, and not just a stopgap until something better comes along.

Actually, for some people what they do for a living doesn't really say a whole lot about who they are. In today's economy, many people have been forced out of jobs they really loved and were suited for and take whatever job was available, even if it is ill-matched to their personality or education. It's quite possible to be far better-defined by what one does in one's off hours than what one does to pay the bills.

Using myself as an example: At present, I work full-time in office support and administration. That really doesn't define me well, as that's a career field (if you can call it that) with wide variation in skill sets, pay rates and responsibility given. It's also a field I aim to leave, in favor of technical writing, public relations or publishing. I list my occupation as "writer/editor" because I do those on the side and they're a much better indication of the type of person I am.

If you have an interest, in a certain profession,
you can list it here in the Search engine:

http://mingle2.com/search/interests/teaching

I listed 'Teaching' as an example.

This information is culled from the 'Interests'
people list on their profiles, which often also
includes their profession.

As others have said, there is 'Profession'
listed on each profile if one cares to fill that in.

I really don’t have a single job title. I work for my dad so I am manager of the store, sales clerk, sectary and janitor.

In all fairness to Mingle the choices provided to describe ourselves I feel are very good.

No matter how we feel about what we do the OP was saying that the option was not there, but maybe didn't see or know that it actually was.

This is very true in todays world take the job and keep looking for something better. It does not define who I am inside.

I have my profession listed, I don't know why you don't see others as I do

Such as how big the person's salary is?

Seriously, a person's occupation isn't something that one needs to know right away. As ViaMusica says in her post, a person's current occupation doesn't necessarily reflect that person's personality, interests, values, etc.

I agree with dodo and musica

For the same reasons that we can't view someone's mental/medical condition or if they have a certificate of sanity from a recognized mental institution....

I'm starting to find this topic more interesting as I read responses. Isn't what we do, who we are? It is at least 8 or more hours a day for most of us.

Since as long as I can remember, one of the very first "mingling" questions that is asked when you talk to someone is "what do you do for a living?". That's like a standard.

With times being tough or not this doesn't change who you are, or what you do or have done. I'm a baker, I'm a builder, I'm a teacher. Sounds to me like it's easy enough to fill in the blank, I'm a _______ . No one is asking if you are employed, or what you make, or how many hours a week you work, their just asking what your profession is. Some are making it sound unimportant. Really? You mean you can talk about all the things you feel and think in life (and in great detail I might add) but you can't say what you do? I find this almost a little unsettling.

You can talk about who should pay for a meal and make it in to a big deal, I mean long threads about that, but you can't say what you do?

Once again you have proved to be a very strange crowd.

I personally think its a good and bad to putting ur occupation for others to see. What if someone decides they want to use you because they feel like u make good money. To me it's just a gamble. But their are some websites that do make you list your profession. I guess to help out with matching purposes which is good to

I sleep for up to 8 hours out of 24, too, but that doesn't make me a sloth. What we do for a living isn't necessarily what we are. In the course of three decades in the workforce I've worked the counter at McDonald's, waited tables, worked/managed in retail, done advertising design and layout, delivered pizza, worked as an administrative assistant, written novels and edited other people's manuscripts. I also dropped out of the workforce (except for writing and a very small amount of freelance editing) for four years to be a stay-at-home caregiver to my elderly father. Which of those things would you say is "who I am"?


And that places at a disadvantage anyone whose current occupation bears no relation to their education, prior work experience, talents or interests. I'd rather know what makes someone tick than what they do to put bread on the table. Maybe that's because I know a lot of people who haven't been lucky enough to get into and/or remain in the career they really want. I'd love to have a dollar for everyone I know who's ever been downsized from a good job and had to take whatever was available. I've known engineers who wound up stocking shelves at Costco, and former bank employees who wound up working in restaurants when the housing and mortgage bubble burst. They're still the same *people* they always were; only their job titles and incomes have changed.


But you just made my point for me. If what one currently does for a living doesn't say much about who they are, then why is it so important?

Hi Via,

I guess my response is, I'm not sure how other folks get to know each other but from what I have experienced the question of "what do you do" is one of the main ice breakers. I don't make the script, I just live in it.

Today I had to stop at 2 places, Home Depot and Lowes. While out I was asked 3 times "what I do" and had one of the guys I told say to another, "hey he does this". maybe others don't experience this but it is a regular thing for myself.

We view our lives through our own frames I guess.

Lately I've been toying with the idea of adopting a serious expression and intoning, "I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you. Are you sure you're that curious?"

Might break a bit of ice, at that. What do you think?

I think women are dangerous and should not be allowed to walk on the same side of the sidewalk as us.