Although both notions belong to the topic of work, there are differences between them. The word comes from Latin, meaning to call. As the origin of the word shows too, vocation is a sort of job which the employee enjoys doing, it fulfils their psychological and spiritual needs, so in vocations, not the salary stands at the first place but the benefit of others. Also, you need to have special skills for a vocation. Meanwhile, to have a profession, you must have a university degree or some kind of certification and you have to be highly qualified.
