jobbed

• advanced
• apprenticed
• assumed
• contracted
• employed
• engaged
• enlisted
• feed
• headhunted
• hired
• laid on
• paid
• partnered
• placed
• promoted
• re-employed
• re-engaged
• recruited
• reemployed
• reengaged
• rehired
• retained
• scouted
• subcontracted
• took on
• upgraded

• axed
• canned
• discharged
• dismissed
• fired
• furloughed
• laid off
• locked out
• sacked

• verb
  1. To do odd jobs or occasional work for hire.
  2. To work as a jobber.
  3. To take the loss.
  4. To buy and sell for profit, as securities; to speculate in.
  5. (often with out) To subcontract a project or delivery in small portions to a number of contractors.
  6. To seek private gain under pretence of public service; to turn public matters to private advantage.
  7. To strike or stab with a pointed instrument.
  8. To thrust in, as a pointed instrument.
  9. To hire or let in periods of service.

• He jobbed around town, taking on various small tasks to make ends meet.
• After the project was finished, she jobbed at several different companies to gain more experience.
• The contractor jobbed a few homes in the neighborhood before starting his own business.
• They jobbed for a few weeks during the summer to save money for their trip.
• Despite having jobbed in multiple roles, he still struggled to find a permanent position.

paid

laid on

taken on

partnered

employed

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