Job
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Job may refer to:

* a job (role) served by a person or thing:
o Employment, where a person is in a long-term relationship performing a service for an employer
o 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
o 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:
o a building or structure under construction
o Job (software), a scheduled and/or automated task for a computer in a batch processing environment

* a private or government employment agency:
o Job Corps, a training program administered by the United States Government
o 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"
* Job for a Cowboy an American death metal band

in literature:

* Book of Job, part of the Tanakh or Old Testament
* Job (Bible), a character in the above named book
* Job, a minor Biblical figure
* 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

in sexuality:

* blowjob
* handjob
* boobjob

people named Job:

* 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