Hire and Position

Hire

Hire noun - The state of being provided with a paying job.

Usage example: he spent most of his career in the hire of high-paying defense contractors

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Position and hire are semantically related in post topic. In some cases you can use "Position" instead a noun "Hire".

Nearby Words: hireling, hired, hiring, hirer

Position noun - An assignment at which one regularly works for pay.

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Hire and position are semantically related in post topic. Sometimes you can use "Hire" instead a noun "Position".

people	hire people	position people
men	hire men	position men
band	hire band	position band
team	hire team	position team
Other words: time, characters, troops, units, members.

Similarly, one piece of jobseeking advice is to get on the secretary's good side, as they can prevent you from seeing the person in a position to hire you, or put in a word about your behavior.

Source: Nice to the Waiter
And the allegations only temporarily inconvenienced him because the people in a position to hire him cared more about the Badass than the Gay.

Source: Badass Gay
In the Seinfeld episode "The Millennium", George is approached by headhunters from the Mets who want to hire him for a more lucrative position than he has with the Yankees.

Source: Springtime for Hitler

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