Topic: job
Definition:

  • the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
  • "he's not in my line of business" a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
  • "estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars"
  • "the job of repairing the engine took several hours"
  • "the endless task of classifying the samples"
  • "the farmer's morning chores" a workplace
  • as in the expression "on the job"
  • an object worked on
  • a result produced by working
  • "he held the job in his left hand and worked on it with his right" the responsibility to do something
  • "it is their job to print the truth" the performance of a piece of work
  • "she did an outstanding job as Ophelia"
  • "he gave it up as a bad job" a damaging piece of work
  • "dry rot did the job of destroying the barn"
  • "the barber did a real job on my hair" a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved
  • "she and her husband are having problems"
  • "it is always a job to contact him"
  • "urban problems such as traffic congestion and smog" a Jewish hero in the Old Testament who maintained his faith in God in spite of afflictions that tested him any long-suffering person who withstands affliction without despairing (computer science) a program application that may consist of several steps but is a single logical unit a book in the Old Testament containing Job's pleas to God about his afflictions and God's reply a crime (especially a robbery)
  • "the gang pulled off a bank job in St. Louis" profit privately from public office and official business arranged for contracted work to be done by others work occasionally
  • "As a student I jobbed during the semester breaks" invest at a risk
  • "I bought this house not because I want to live in it but to sell it later at a good price, so I am speculating"

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  • classified
  • Resources:

    JobWeb
    Web site for seniors, graduates looking for a job or changing jobs. Includes tips on international applications and related issues like "where to live" or "manage your money".
    http://www.jobweb.com

    Monster.com
    A one-stop career management resource. Job search, resume management, 1200 pages of advice from career experts, plus chats and message boards on dozens of topics.
    http://www.monster.com/

    The CareerBuilder Network
    Free career site that enables job seekers to search for jobs on dozens of the best career sites from a single URL. Features hundreds of pages of job hunting and career-related advice.
    http://www.careerbuilder.com/

    Job-Hunt.org
    Listing of thousands of on-line job hunting resources by category.
    http://www.job-hunt.org/

    Jobtrack.com
    Resource for college students and alumni for listing resumes and searching for job openings.
    http://www.jobtrak.com