The phrase "hold a profession" is correct and can be used in written English.
This phrase means to have a job or career in a particular field or occupation. Example: John holds a profession as a lawyer, specializing in corporate law.
He was known to have enjoyed the quip once made by Alfred Lunt: "The art of acting is learn your lines!" Katharine Hepburn, in an interview six years after Tracy's death, suggested that Tracy wished he had held a different profession.
And while there may be some who hold a grudge against the profession, most of the reasons economists are singled out for particular derision are wrong.
More diversity within professional groups is desirable, especially among physicians, who work with patients who hold a broad range of professions, and thus the physicians may need a broader background to understand their patients' needs [ 26, 28].
And candidates should be aware of whether they hold a valuable degree in a hot profession.
One wonders what profession holds a similar cinematic metaphor for contemporary females.
The profession holds a certain appeal in tough times; when jobs are scarce, a certified public accountant is nearly assured employment.
Scarcely a month goes by without some French profession or other holding a demonstration, or manif.
On the other, the smug dismissal of people like Rupert Myers – the political correspondent for GQ, who looks like he's wearing a rubber face like Ryan Gosling at the end of Drive – who tweeted his condescension, missing the significance of the contempt with which people hold his profession, and how journalists were seen as part of an establishment they're supposed to hold to account.
"We hold the profession in contempt because when we're in trouble, they're the first people we reach out to.
