What is Job: Definition and 886 Discussions

A job, employment, work or occupation, is a person's role in society. More specifically, a job is an activity, often regular and often performed in exchange for payment ("for a living"). Many people have multiple jobs (e.g., parent, homemaker, and employee). A person can begin a job by becoming an employee, volunteering, starting a business, or becoming a parent. The duration of a job may range from temporary (e.g., hourly odd jobs) to a lifetime (e.g., judges).
An activity that requires a person's mental or physical effort is work (as in "a day's work"). If a person is trained for a certain type of job, they may have a profession. Typically, a job would be a subset of someone's career. The two may differ in that one usually retires from their career, versus resignation or termination from a job.

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    Job Skills Job Interview with a Mechanical Apptitude Test

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  2. Simfish

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    Combinatorics: Choosing Job Applicants

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    Programs Picking a major according to the BLS job outlooks, bad idea?

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    Combinatorics Problem: Selection of Job Applicants

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    Engineering Finding a Job in RF Engineering

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    Physics What are the career options for a physicist beyond academia?

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    Engineering Exploring Mechanical Engineering: Pros, Cons, and Job Opportunities

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    Programs What would a degree in physics do in getting an engineering job

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    Engineering Mechanical Engineering, Questions about the job?

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    Engineering Insight into the Job Prospects for Those with a Nuclear Engineering Degree

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    Programs Finishing CS degree: How do I *not* get a desk job

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  48. TheStatutoryApe

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    Physics The Ph.D. degree is a handicap in the job market for clinical medical physicists

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