SOCIAL MARKERS OF EMPLOYEES PURSUING AVOCATION
The article presents analysis of the essential social characteristics (or ‘markers’), distinguishing employees who pursue their avocation and those who do not associate their work with avocation, through the example of Vologda oblast. Respondents who pursue their avocation are observed as a separate social group possessing advantages on the labor market, caused by the specific attitude to the profession as a lifetime project, rather than source of material wealth. The author comes to a conclusion about the spread of professional vocation as a social phenomenon, various aspects of choosing a profession pursuing avocation, implementing avocation on the labor market and the importance of meaningful attitude to work as a factor of satisfaction with life from various angles and the source of social wealth.