merelades is looking for a career that will allow her to have prestige. She doesn't want to work hard, and values continued learning. She enjoys Arts and Writing, and is good at helping people.
Chef (South Park) Cooks are great! They make the food that you can't make yourself. Chef proves you can be a sexy cook, and that you can say terrible, terrible things to children without repercussions.
Dr. Ross Geller (Friends) Anthropologists study different cultures in an effort to understand how they grow and develop. As a paleontologist, Dr. Ross "We were on a Break!" Geller spends his life trying to understand dinosaur culture and the reason why he has so many failed marriages.
Miss Baggoli (Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen) People don't just intrinsically know how to act or do stagecraft. This the job of the drama teacher. It isn't easy acting up with kids all day, but Baggoli loves it way too much.
Jean Noble (Novocaine) Scraping plaque, telling you to spit, listening to soft rock, these are the calling cards of the dental hygienist. Jean has a job because she married the dentist she works for, and because she can look the other way while he steals painkillers and kills people.
Erin Brockovich (Erin Brockovich) A paralegal works administratively under the direct supervision of a lawyer. Erin Brokovich (played by that misery, what's-her-face) is a paralegal, and it's due to her hard work that the movie ends happily ever after.