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Hly2004 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

job/occupation/position

Could you please tell me the differences among the three words (job/occupation/position)?

Thank you in advance!
  

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Hi, As I think you know, these words can sometimes be interchanged. Here are some examples to show possible differences in usage. job I have a job with the XYZ company.

— Clive

  • Hi, As I think you know, these words can sometimes be interchanged.
  • Here are some examples to show possible differences in usage.
  • job I have a job with the XYZ company.
  • Before that, I had a job with the ABC company.
  • occupation I'm a truck driver.
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Hi,

As I think you know, these words can sometimes be interchanged. Here are some examples to show possible differences in usage.

job I have a job with the XYZ company. Before that, I had a job with the ABC company.

occupation I'm a truck driver. I've worked for several companies.

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Hello,

Work, career, and employement are also the related words.
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Hly2004Could you please tell me the differences among the three words (job/occupation/position)?
Hello Hly

Your question is a bit tough to answer in short. Three words have various meanings of their own, but they, especially, "job" and "occupation", overlap in that they are used to mean the activity we do every day to get money. "Occupation" sounds a
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*Position- a group of tasks performed by one individual
*Job- a group of similar positions in a single business
*Occupation- a group of similar jobs in several businesses
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can you give me an example for each of those terms please? Thanks
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Occupation : police
Job : detective
Position : chief of CID
Regards - from indonesia
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do you have any example?
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