Before the Primary Professions, there are three secondary professions that may also be learned in World of Warcraft: Cooking, First Aid, and Fishing.Really ehilpful for your level

Cooking provides food for players and hunter's pets. (Note - Pets that won't eat a food source due to it being too low a level may eat it once it's cooked.) The most common Food buff provides a small bonus to stamina. Some food buffs improve healing, some increase mana regeneration rates, and some improve hunters pets. There is a level 70 daily cooking quest available from Rokk, a male Goblin in the Lower City of Shattrath.

First Aid can provide healing during a battle, for all classes. (Note - Healers with first aid save on mana usage during long fights as they may bandage wounded players.) If a player is attacked when bandaging then the bandage process is interrupted, so time this well for maximum benefit.

Fishing provides much of the food you will need for cooking and also for some Alchemy recipes. These secondary skills do take some time and effort but the results are well worth it. Hunters should be aware that not all pets eat fish, but for those that do, you will find that fishing gives you an immediate ‘free' supply anywhere there is a lake, river, or fishable pond. There is a level 70 daily fishing quest available from the Old Man Barlo just outside Shattrath City to the north east. He is fishing by the lake.

Leveling and crafting

A racial bonus may be a deciding factor. Blood Elves receive a +10 bonus to Enchanting. Draenei receive a +5 bonus to Jewelcrafting. Gnomes receive a +15 bonus to Engineering. Tauren receive a +15 bonus to Herbalism. Once a profession reaches 375 skill points these bonus points have no additional value. Players may not commence crafting until level five when they may select up to two primary professions to apprentice in. From this point on, collect as many resources as possible. Herbalists and Miners will need to go out of their way to pick herbs and mine ore. Often, these are seemingly protected by beasties that graze, sleep or wander the landscape.You take every opportunity to improve your gathering skills. Spend a little extra time in quest areas making sure that all of the gathering skill your character has advances as your character levels.

Before going to Outland at level 58+, make sure that all of your professions are at 300 skill points. Miners without 300+ will not be able to mine in Outland. Fishing can be below 300 but the chances of catching fish are greatly reduced thus causing players to spend unnecessary time as they read the message ‘Your fish got away'. That's assuming you are not staring at the ‘Skill not high enough' blurb. Adding various lures to improve the fishing skill will help, but the easiest path to levelling fishing is to keep it on par with your gathering and crafting professions.