Job

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Job may refer to:

• a job (role) served by a person or thing:
  • Employment, where a person is in a long-term relationship to perform a service for an employer
  • Occupation (economic), where a person performs a certain role over a long period
    • Profession, an occupation requiring specialized knowledge
    • Vocation, an occupation typically requiring training
  • Volunteer, where a person is serving the role without economic gain

• a job opening, a desire by an organization to fill a position
• a task to be performed:
  • a building or structure under construction
  • Job (software), a scheduled and/or automated task for a computer in a batch processing environment

• a private or government employment agency:
  • Job Corps, a training program administered by the United States Government
  • Job Network, a set of employment organizations funded by the Australian Government

• Job (professional wrestling), a wrestling performer who loses a match
• Job's syndrome, another name for the medical condition Hyper IgE syndrome (HIES)
• Job, can be used instead of the word "Thing"

in literature:

• Book of Job, part of the Tanakh or Old Testament
• Job: A Comedy of Justice, a novel by Robert A. Heinlein
• Job (novel), a novel by Joseph Roth
• La Job, a Quebec adaptation of the British cult TV series The Office

• Jobs (Remnants), a major character from K. A. Applegate's Remnants series
• Job, a character from the Preston-Child novel Still Life with Crows

people named Job:

• Job (Bible), the individual for whom the Book of Job was named
• Job, a minor Biblical figure
• Job ben Solomon, a Muslim slave who was a victim of the Atlantic slave trade
• Job Cohen, mayor of Amsterdam
• Job de Roincé (1896-1981), French journalist and writer

people with the family name Job:

• Joseph-Désiré Job
• Steve Jobs, co-founder and CEO of Apple Inc.

[edit] See also

• Occupation (disambiguation)