position - post

position - post
When someone has a regular job, it is referred to in formal English as their position or post. When a job is advertised, it is often described as a position or post, and a person applying for a job usually uses one of these words.

...top management positions.

She is well qualified for the post.

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'job'
In conversation, you do not use position or post with this meaning. You simply use job.

He's afraid of losing his job.

She changed her department and got this interesting job.

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There are a number of other nouns which refer to activities which people are paid to do. For information on these words, see entry at ↑ work.
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Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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