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Common collocations with job in American Collocation

job noun

US /dʒɑb/

interesting or well-paid

better-paid
decent
good
high-powered
plum
rewarding
top
well-paid

Jennifer gave up her well-paid job to start a magazine.

not interesting or well-paid

boring
dead-end
low-paid
menial
tedious
unskilled

His prospects were limited to a low-paid job in the civil service or the military.

working particular hours

full-time
nine-to-five
part-time

I’d had part-time jobs in bars and cafés when I was a student.

perfect

dream
ideal
perfect

Think about the future: what’s your ideal job?

difficult or skilled

demanding
difficult
skilled
stressful

Stressful jobs can increase the risk of heart disease.

easy

cushy
easy

I have a cushy office job and feel I can continue to work past 65.

new/old

current
first
new
old
previous

I have a lot of responsibility in my current job.

permanent or secure

permanent
proper
secure
steady

At the end of the maternity cover assignment she was offered a permanent job.

temporary

holiday
summer
temping
temporary
vacation

More people are likely to take temporary jobs over the festive period.

of a particular type

blue-collar
cleaning
desk
graduate
office
secretarial
teaching
white-collar

She is moving to London, where she will begin a teaching job in September.

have or start a job

have
start
take
take on
take up

She now has a job with the council.

get a job

be offered
find
get
land

After a few months he was offered a job as a legal assistant.

After graduating I was really confident that I could get a good job.

do a job

carry out
do
perform
work

You have shown that you can do the job well.

keep a job

hold down
keep

She’s very unstable and has never been able to hold down a job.

lose or leave a job

change
leave
lose
quit
resign from

If things at work don’t improve soon, I’m going to have to change jobs.

Thousands of car workers are set to lose their jobs.

make someone leave their job

dismiss from
fire from
sack from

Last week he was fired from a job he’d held for nearly three years.

get rid of jobs

axe
cut
shed
slash

The ferry company says it wants to axe 1,200 jobs.

when jobs are in danger of being lost

jeopardize
threaten

Cutbacks in funding will threaten jobs at the local council offices.

create or protect jobs

create
defend
generate
protect
safeguard
save

Every year around 600,000 jobs are created in the IT sector worldwide.

entail
pay

What exactly does the job entail?

Unfortunately my new job doesn’t pay very well.