The phrase "preferred job" is correct and can be used in written English.
For example, "John was offered a position at a different company, but his preferred job was with the same company he had been working for."
Qualitative surveys can identify preferred job characteristics but not the relative strength of these preferences [ 5, 6].
Hedge funds, private equity, investment banking, venture capital and consulting - the high priesthood of financial capitalism - were overwhelmingly MBAs' preferred job destinations, he noted.
Most explanations for taking multiple jobs can be grouped into one of two categories, either because of an "hours constraint" or in order to obtain a preferred "job portfolio".
Other mentioned preferred job types were 'employee' (2×), 'locum' (2×), 'clinical midwife' (1×), 'lecturer' (6×), 'researcher' (4×) and 'not employed anymore' (3×).
The questionnaire included 118 validated items on respiratory health, allergies, preferred job choices, smoking, environmental tobacco smoke exposure, jobs including holiday jobs and vocational training, environmental risk factors and chronic stress.
Using questions from ISAAC Phase II and the European Community Respiratory Health Survey [ 47], the study examined the course of asthma and atopy and their association with environmental as well as occupational factors such as current state of employment, jobs held during holidays, and the type of job subjects would like to have in the future (preferred job choice) [ 41, 48].
New immigrants, discouraged by the seasonality and unpredictability of garment-industry work, preferred jobs in hotels, which provided steady income.
Men tended to favour industries with current skills shortages and so the potential for financial rewards, whereas women preferred jobs in the social sector.
The two least preferred jobs, as identified by teenagers, are factory work and glaziers.
Rural doctors, after the three-year compulsory service, are free to relocate to their preferred jobs.
They also preferred jobs at health facilities that were fully staffed (β 0.46, P < 0.01).
