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The job market in [[Ankh-Morpork]] offers a variety of jobs, as per of the Patrician's Jobbes Program, as well as other services.

A Cafe sells various drinks and food in the northeast corner. It also holds Green Slab and AM Daily paper boxes. There's a lounge just south of it.

The northwest corner has an equipment shop that sells supplies that are often useful for jobs.

The southwest corner has a clothes shop, helpful for some jobs.

===How the jobs work===

In the room of the job giver you can "list" the jobs, "browse" a job, "apply for" a job and "collect".

Most jobs require you to get one or more items, go somewhere and do something, then return to the job giver to collect money and get awards.

The tougher jobs give more experience and money, but require having done other jobs first to apply for them. Also medium and hard jobs require skills to complete and money to purchase objects, although the cost is reimbursed at the end of the job.

All jobs have a deadline, you need to complete them before the time is over and you automatically get notified if you go over the deadline. There is no need to report back to the job market to collect your money before the deadline though.

Not all jobs are available all the time. When someone applies for a job it will be unavailable for some time that varies depending on the job.

For jobs which requires delivering items, you can ask Mr. Founder where to find an item written on your writ. He wanders in the job market.

 sayto Founder where find silver ring

See below for job info and help from inside the game with more details. 

===Map===
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You read the map of the Job Market:

     God Street
 _ _    _|_    _ _
| E |__| F |__| C |    F  - Foyer/Entrance
|_S_|  |_ _|  |_C_|    CC - Corner Cafe
  |  \/  |  \/  |      CS - Clothing Shoppe
 _|_ /\ _|_ /\ _|_     CL - Cafe Lounge
| C |__| J |__| C |    ES - Equipment Shoppe
|_S_|  |_C_|  |_L_|    JC - Jobbes Programme Centre (Mr. Werks)
         |             JM - Job Market Management Office (Mr. Keeble)
        _|_       
       | J |      
       |_M_|      
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===Basic Jobs===
====Advertising Manager====
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Are you good with people, enthusiastic and keen on working in a flexible, ethnically diverse and fast-paced work environment?  Then we have the perfect job opportunity for you!
After you've made your way to [location], you will be provided with a state-of-the-art sandwich board to help you advertise the business to at least 20 people.  Rich or influential potential customers are preferred so will count double towards this goal.
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You need to advertise to a number of people while wearing the board. In some streets you get a message that the area is already well advertised, advertising there probably doesn't count.

By "rich or influential potential customers", it means players.

Time available: 0:50 h to report for work, and another 0:10 h afterwards to complete the job. Reward: 24000 XP and {{dollars|A$12}}.

====Thirst Quencher====
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This job requires you to fetch a drink for someone in need.
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Time available: 0:05 h. Reward: 1600 XP and {{dollars|A$1}}.

====Dog Walker====
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Many of the wealthier citizens of Ankh-Morpork (in particular Ankh) own dogs, but do not have the time, or will, to let them out themselves.  Your job will be to accompany a dog while it does its thing.  Don't worry about not being good with animals; these dogs are generally very tame.
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* Pay attention to the dog.
* Keep the streets clean (bury poo)!
* '''Watch out for postmen''', they will attack and kill the dog.
* Remember to ''return'' the ''dog'' when it's done and you might want to wash up afterwards.

Time available: 0:50 h to report for work. Reward: 16000 XP and {{dollars|A$8}}.

====Errand Boy (m/f)====
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Here in the job market we regularly have requests to deliver working clothes and tools to customers in Ankh-Morpork who are too busy to come to us.  This will be your job.
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You have to deliver just one item from the nearby shop to some place in Ankh-Morpork.

Time available: 2:40 h. Reward: 6400 XP and {{dollars|A$3.20}}.

===Medium Jobs===

====Delivery Lackey====
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The job market runs a delivery service, where customers request items to be brought to them.  Your job will be to acquire an item and deliver it to one of our customers.  The items are all for sale in Ankh-Morpork, and not too expensive; afterwards, you will be reimbursed for the costs incurred.
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Time available: 1:40 h. Reward: 16800 XP and {{dollars|A$8.50}}.

====Delivery Runner====
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The job market runs a delivery service, where customers request items to be brought to them.  Your job will be to acquire a number of items and deliver these to some of our customers.  The items are all for sale in Ankh-Morpork, and not too expensive; afterwards, you will be reimbursed for the costs incurred.

Note: since this is a responsible job, you must have some experience with delivery runs to apply.  Preferably you should have successfully done "Delivery Lackey" a number of times, although "Errand Boy" and "Thirst Quencher" also count towards your record.
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You have to deliver 4 types of item (with likely at least one type needing 2 items) from various places in Ankh-Morpork each to its own destination in Ankh-Morpork. If an item is too heavy you can drag it and deliver it from the ground.

Time available: 1:30 h. Reward: 57600 XP and {{dollars|A$30}}.

====Helpful Seamstress====
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Sometimes items get damaged in the handling, and need to be repaired before they can be sold.  This will be your task.  You will be given a number of items to mend, and you should do your work in the shop.

Note: since the client must trust you to handle several of their items, this job is only given to employees who have earned their first medal for the Job Market.
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Bring your own [[mend]]ing needle and enough thread to mend 9 to 11 items of clothing that are in really poor or even atrocious condition.

To avoid confusion, it's possible to get and mend each item until it says it's as good as new and then return it to the owner before picking up the next one.

A bonus of 195 in [[crafts.materials.needlework]] was sufficient to complete the task in the allotted time.

Time available: 0:50 h. Reward: 25200 XP and {{dollars|A$13}}.

====Sett Maker====
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Stephen Jobbes, a vendor in the Job Market, requires delivery of paving setts to resell in his shop.  Your job will be to gather natural mineral rocks and shape them into setts and deliver these to Stephen Jobbes.
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Shaping stones or rocks into setts requires a hammer (available from Stephen Jobbes) and some [[crafts.arts.sculpture]] skills. A 180 bonus seems to be enough to succeed often, sometimes producing a symmetrical or well-formed sett.  137 was enough to produce roughly rectangular setts most of the time. The quality of the setts has no influence on the reward.

Setts can be shaped from [[rock|rocks or stones]] made of granite, flint, limestone, rosy-quartz and cinnabar. Shaping only works while the job is active.

Setts cannot be made from pebbles (too small) or from rocks or stones that are (and can be referred to as) coals, slates, chalks, sulphurs (too soft). 

Time available: 1:40 h. Reward: 20480 XP and {{dollars|A$10.20}}.

====Street Fixer====
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Due to wear and tear on the roads, there are always places in Ankh-Morpork where the street needs fixing.  Your job will be to lay a number of cobbles on a broken piece of street.  You will need some designing skills to do this properly.
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This requires some [[crafts.arts.design]] skills. You only need to repair one location for this job, with an amount of cobbles or setts that's mentioned on the writ.

The reward scales linearly with the fraction of pavers placed correctly (not shoddy, faulty, or sketchy). For example, if you place 1 of 2 pavers correctly, you get 9600 XP and {{dollars|A$5.00}}; if you place 1 of 3 pavers correctly, you get 6336 XP and {{dollars|A$3.20}}.

A bonus of 132 is enough to be reasonably profitable (regularly get full reward and TM quickly - see [[Research:Ankh-Morpork_Job_Market#Street_Fixer|research]]). A lower bonus may be feasible but more {{research}} is needed.

Time available: 1:40 h. Maximum reward: 19200 XP and {{dollars|A$9.50}}.

====Full-time Street Repairer====
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Due to wear and tear on the roads, there are always places in Ankh-Morpork where the street needs fixing.  We are looking for someone who is willing to visit a number of these places in one go, and repair them.  A minor bit of expertise is expected, since, in some places, the cobbles are laid out in a particular pattern, which should be respected.

Note: in this job, you are assigned several streets, so we prefer employees who aren't going to mess this up.  To apply, you must therefore have proven yourself with single street repairs (Street Fixer) a number of times.
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This requires some [[crafts.arts.design]] skills. The list comprises of six locations around AM, with two to four cobbles or setts each to be replaced.

Reward structure is identical to Street Fixer but required bonus is significantly higher; see [[Research:Ankh-Morpork_Job_Market#Street_Fixer|research]]. At 145 bonus, for example, the reward was similar to Street Fixer (~20000 XP) but the job took 6x as long.

Time available: 1:40 h. Maximum reward: 59200 XP and {{dollars|A$30.00}}.

===Hard Jobs===

====Expert Repairman (m/f)====
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Due to wear and tear on the roads, there are always places in Ankh-Morpork where the street needs fixing.  In some places, this takes a lot of skill to repair, because of the way the patterns in the road are laid out.  Most of our employees are not so skilled, so if you accept this job, you will be responsible for the reparation of a large number of streets.

Note: as this job requires significant skill and a good work ethic, we only accept applications from experienced workers.  Preferably, you have done "Full-time Street Repairer" a number of times, although "Street Fixer" also counts towards your record.
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You need to repair the street in 10 locations around AM, each requiring replacement of two to five cobbles or setts.

The xp and money you get is dependent on how well you do your job. You can see how well you have done by the message you get after placing each sett or cobble:

You finish placing the sett and step back to look at your work.

You finish placing the sett and step back to look at your sketchy/shoddy/faulty work.

With a bonus in crafts.art.design of a little over 200 you can expect 40-80k xp and A$15-25. With around 250 bonus this should go up to 100-160k xp and A$35-50. 

Time available: 3:00 h. Maximum reward: 188000 XP and {{dollars|A$95}}.

====Deliverer of Rare Items====
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The job market runs a delivery service, where customers request items to be brought to them.  Sometimes these items are of a certain nature that makes them hard to find in shops.  Your job will be to find such an item and bring it to the customer.  Be prepared to employ arcane arts to travel, and to negotiate directly with people rather than buying the item in a shop.

Note: since this job requires both some know-how of the world and persuasiveness in acquiring the items, you must have significant experience with delivery runs to apply.  Preferably you should have successfully done "Delivery Runner" a few times, although the lesser delivery jobs will also count towards your record.
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You have to deliver one item from somewhere across the Disc to a destination in Ankh-Morpork.

Time available: 2:30 h. Reward: 72000 XP and {{dollars|A$35}}.

====Deliverer of Foreign Goods====
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The job market runs a delivery service, where customers request items to be brought to them.  Your job will be to acquire a number of items and deliver these to some of our customers.  Some of these items may be rare in these parts, so be prepared to employ arcane arts to travel.  They may also be quite expensive, although you will of course be reimbursed for the costs incurred afterwards.

Note: since this is a responsible job, and requires quite some know-how of the world, you must have significant experience with delivery runs to apply.  Preferably you should have successfully done either "Delivery Runner" or "Deliverer of Rare Items" a number of times, although the lesser delivery jobs will also count towards your record.
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You have to deliver 4 types of item from all across the Disc each to its destination in Ankh-Morpork. If you do not know where to find them you can ask Mr Founder.

Time available: 5:00 h. Reward: 152720 XP and {{dollars|A$75}}.

===Medals===
As your status with Mr. Werks increases he gives you medals (buttons) to reward your hard work.

In order, he gives:

#A small copper button
#A small nickel button
#A small tin button
#A small bronze button
#A small silver button
#A small gold button
#A medal of honour
#A medal of great honour
#A medal of very great honour
#A medal of greatest honour 

The buttons look like:
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This is a small button, made of <material>.  It bears an inscription of a hammer above a wagon wheel. 
Anyone who earns this medal can show proudly to the world that he/she is not afraid of hard work!
It is in excellent condition.
</pre>

The medal of honour looks like:
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This is a beautiful golden disc, bearing the seal of the Ankh-Morpork Job Market: a hammer above a wagon
wheel.  This medal is only given out to those who have shown great diligence in their work.
It is in excellent condition.
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===Tips===

Some job writs have multiple steps which can be individually checked off to keep track of your progress.

To do this you must have a quill and use "check item X" or "check item X partially" where "X" is the number of the item in the writ, e.g. "check item 1".

"syntax check" for more details.

===In game help===
{{Collapsed|Job Market - Help file|
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'''Job Market - Discworld room help - Job Market'''

'''Name'''
Job Market - A market where labourers and potential employers gather to negotiate employment.

'''Syntax'''
apply for [job] <id>
browse [job] <id>
collect [money]
list [jobs]
read board
replace [job] writ
replace medal
report for work
resign [from] [current] job
pay debts

'''Description'''
Here you can apply for jobs, which will gain you some money and xp.  Jobs typically require you to go some place in AM, and perform a number of tasks there.  For many jobs you need skills, and some jobs you can do in a group. 

'''Browsing and Applying'''
All jobs which are currently available are listed on the job board, and can be seen by either reading the board, or using the list command.

There are four categories, in increasing difficulty.  "Basic" jobs do not require you to have skills.  Jobs in other categories may have skillchecks, or they require more effort or some thinking, to do.  To learn what you must do for a given job, browse it for a short description of the duties involved.

If Mr. Werks is present, you can take a job using the apply command. 

'''Getting Paid'''
If you have succesfully completed a job, you can "collect" the money by Mr. Werks.  He will also automatically pay you before you start your next job.

Failing a job will annoy Mr. Werks, but you will not have to pay any fees.

You can resign a job at any time, using the resign syntax.  However, if you do so, you will not be rewarded, and you will not be able to immediately take another job.

In some jobs you may incur costs to your employer (for example by stealing the items you are given). In such cases, Mr. Werks will refuse to give you another job until you pay off your debts.

Warning: If you have already done a certain job in the last hour, then you will receive less xp and money for completing it a second time. 

'''Group Jobs'''
Some jobs can (or must) be done by multiple people.  To apply for a group job, you must be in a group with the required number of people, and the group leader should apply for the job. 

'''Job Writ'''
Most jobs will give you a job writ describing exactly where you need to go, and what you need to do there.  Some jobs you can start immediately (for example deliveries), for others you must report for work before you can start (using the syntax "report for work"). 

'''Status and Medals'''
As you do jobs for the Job Market, your status grows, and Mr. Werks will sometimes reward you by giving you a medal.  Resigning and failing jobs will lower your status.  Some jobs require you to have a certain status before you can do them.

If you lose your medal, you can obtain a new one using "replace medal", but you will be charged for it! 

'''Example'''
> list jobs
> browse job ma
> apply for job ma
> collect money
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