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The phrase "landing a position" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is an informal expression that is typically used in the context of obtaining a job. For example, "With hard work and perseverance, she was able to land a position as a financial consultant."
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Street briefly took the advice, landing a position at a marine insurance concern in Manhattan.
He also did not remain unemployed for long, landing a position at the big law firm Nixon Peabody.
Waiting and looking around might serve you better in landing a position with a company who will pay you what you deserve to be paid.
Landing a position in Asia, though, is not just a matter of being willing to make a new life halfway around the world.
He subsequently worked a string of jobs, eventually landing a position as a bookkeeper, and acted in a local theatrical stock company on the side.
The long odds of landing a position have probably contributed to the frenzy of job seekers trying to gain whatever advantage they can.
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Ms. Jaafari didn't land a position at either CNN or Columbia.
Most students use a combination of fellowship applications and job applications to successfully land a position.
I landed a position as a professor before I even started to write my dissertation.
Ms. Rowan eventually landed a position scanning documents at an acceptable salary, but it was temporary.
It was not until 1959 that she landed a position with Louis Harris, John F. Kennedy's 1960 campaign pollster.
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