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2. United States federal civil service - Wikipedia

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   The United States federal civil service is the civilian workforce (i.e., non-elected and non-military public sector employees) of the United States federal government 's departments and agencies. The federal civil service was established in 1871 ( 5 U.S.C. § 2101 ). [1] U.S. state and local government entities often have comparable civil ...

3. Public service - Wikipedia

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   A public service or service of general (economic) interest is any service intended to address specific needs pertaining to the aggregate members of a community. [1] [2] Public services are available to people within a government jurisdiction as provided directly through public sector agencies or via public financing to private businesses or ...

4. Professional services - Wikipedia

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   Professional services are occupations in the service sector requiring special training in liberal arts and pure sciences education or professional development education. [1] Some professional services, such as architects, accountants, engineers, doctors, and lawyers require the practitioner to hold professional degrees or licenses and possess ...

5. Civil service - Wikipedia

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   The civil service is a collective term for a sector of government composed mainly of career civil service personnel hired rather than appointed or elected, whose institutional tenure typically survives transitions of political leadership. A civil service official, also known as a public servant or public employee, is a person employed in the ...

6. Domestic worker - Wikipedia

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   v. t. e. A domestic worker is a person who works within a residence and performs a variety of household services for an individual, from providing cleaning and household maintenance, or cooking, laundry and ironing, or care for children and elderly dependents, and other household errands. The term "'domestic service" applies to the equivalent ...

7. Service (economics) - Wikipedia

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   Service (economics) A restaurant waiter is an example of a service-related occupation. A service is an act or use for which a consumer, firm, or government is willing to pay. [1] Examples include work done by barbers, doctors, lawyers, mechanics, banks, insurance companies, and so on. Public services are those that society (nation state, fiscal ...