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  2. Service industries - Wikipedia

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    Service industries are those not directly concerned with the production of physical goods (such as agriculture and manufacturing). Some service industries, including transportation , wholesale trade and retail trade are part of the supply chain delivering goods produced in the agricultural and manufacturing sectors to final consumers.

  3. Professional services - Wikipedia

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    Professional services can be provided by sole proprietors, partnerships or corporations. A person providing the service can often be described as a consultant. In law, barristers normally organise themselves into chambers. Businesses in other industries, such as banks and retailers, can employ individuals or teams to offer professional services ...

  4. 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 service ...

  5. Customer service representative - Wikipedia

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    Customer service representative positions often require at least a high school diploma. [4] Representatives often have some experience with office software. [5] First impressions are very important in this job. The moment one begins to communicate with a customer, one is being judged.

  6. Service economy - Wikipedia

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    Economic systems. Service economy can refer to one or both of two recent economic developments: The increased importance of the service sector in industrialized economies. The current list of Fortune 500 companies contains more service companies and fewer manufacturers than in previous decades. The relative importance of service in a product ...

  7. Tertiary sector of the economy - Wikipedia

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    The tertiary sector of the economy, generally known as the service sector, is the third of the three economic sectors in the three-sector model (also known as the economic cycle). The others are the primary sector (raw materials) and the secondary sector (manufacturing). The tertiary sector consists of the provision of services instead of end ...

  8. Community service - Wikipedia

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    service is a non-paying job performed by one person or a group of people for the benefit of their community or its institutions. Community service is distinct from volunteering, since it is not always performed on a voluntary basis and may be performed for a variety of reasons, including: . Required by a government as a part of citizenship requirements, like the mandatory "Hand and hitch-up ...

  9. Direct, indirect, and induced employment - Wikipedia

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    A direct job is employment created to fulfill the demand for a product or service. [1] An indirect job is a job that exists to produce the goods and services needed by the workers with direct jobs. [1][2] Indirect employment includes the things need direct on the job as well as jobs produced because of the worker's needs (e.g., uniforms).