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The phrase "desk job" is both correct and usable in written English.
It is used to refer to a job that requires one to work primarily at a desk or in an office. For example: After spending years in the military, Ryan was ready for a change and applied for a desk job.
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desk job
noun
An employment position in which one remains mostly seated at a desk, performing routine office work.
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Instead, though he joined the K.G.B., he worked at a boring desk job.
He seeks a desk job instead.
I vowed to get a desk job.
The desk job was no fun.
It's far from a desk job.
Copy editing is a desk job.
They thought I had a desk job.
Ever thought about a desk job?
A desk job probably wouldn't appeal.
He was doing a desk job.
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K: No, it's not a behind-the-desk job at all.
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