Where do these job titles come from?

The 268 titles and their brief task summaries were written for this tool. They are grouped by activity rather than industry. The draw and exclusions run in your browser, and the tool saves the group, count and exclusions in this browser when you change them. The seed is not saved. If browser storage is blocked, you can still draw jobs.

Are these real jobs, and does the page show pay?

The list contains occupations with short summaries of their work. It carries no pay, demand, entry requirements or current vacancies. The draw is intended for games, writing and lessons; it does not assess your skills or suitability for a career.

Can I get the same batch of jobs again?

Keep the seed. Every batch is made by a seeded shuffle, so the same seed with the same group, count and exclusions returns the same titles in the same order, on any machine and on any day. The seed is on screen and you can type one in: any whole number from 0 to 999999. Each visit and Draw again sample a random four-digit seed. The seed is not remembered between visits, and a random sample can repeat an earlier seed and batch. Asking for more jobs on the same seed keeps the ones already on screen and adds to them.

How do I leave certain jobs out of the draw?

Type them into the Leave out box, separated by commas or line breaks, up to 40 terms and 600 characters. A term is matched on whole words, so nurse takes out Nurse and Veterinary nurse but leaves Nursery practitioner in, and chef takes out all four chefs in Food and drink at once. A term that matches no title anywhere in the list is named under the tool rather than quietly ignored, which is how you catch a typo. Clear the box and every title is back in the pool.

How many jobs can I draw at once?

From 1 to 50. A draw takes without replacement, so no job comes up twice inside one batch, however many you ask for. If you ask for more than the group holds, you get all of it and the line under the tool says so: Food and drink holds 28 titles, so asking it for 50 hands back all 28 rather than repeating any to make up the number. Ask for more than 50 in total and the tool says so instead of quietly dealing a different number.

What are the eight groups, and how big is each one?

Hands-on (40), Outdoors (32), Caring (34), Creative (36), Technical (36), Food and drink (28), Commerce (32) and Service (30). The split is by what the work involves rather than by sector, so a bicycle mechanic and a glassblower sit together while an accountant and a recruiter sit together somewhere else. That is what makes a filtered draw useful: pick Hands-on for a making game, Creative for a writing prompt, Outdoors for a class about work outside. Leave the group on Every group and all 268 are in the pool.

Can I use this for a lesson, a game or a writing prompt?

That is what it is built for. Draw five jobs for a guessing game and read out the description instead of the title. Draw one for a character in a story and you already know what their day looks like. Write the seed on the worksheet and the same batch comes back next term. Copy puts the batch on the clipboard, one job a line, with the description beside each title, ready to paste into a document, and the space bar deals a fresh batch without reaching for the mouse.

Does it generate a full job description?

Each drawn title comes with a brief task summary that is also included when you copy the batch. The tool does not write a full job posting, responsibilities list or candidate requirements.

Random Job Generator

Draw random job titles for a game, a lesson or a story from 268 occupations in eight activity groups. Each title has a brief line about its work: a farrier trims hooves and fits shoes, and a sub-editor trims copy and writes the headline. Choose a group, ask for 1 to 50 jobs, and leave out titles or words using commas or line breaks. The same category, count, exclusions and seed reproduce the same batch. The list carries no pay, demand or entry requirements.

Every group
5 drawn
Seed 7312
Nothing excluded

categoryevery groupcorpus268 titlespool268 titles

ShopkeeperOrders stock and serves the counter.Commerce
Broadcast engineerKeeps the signal on air.Technical
WelderJoins steel with heat and filler.Hands-on
Hedge layerCuts, lays and stakes a hedge.Outdoors
Electronics engineerLays out boards and debugs them.Technical

no repeats inside a drawseed 7312

Category

Drawn

Corpus: 268 titles

Seed

Leave out

5 jobs drawn from the 268 in the whole list, on seed 7312.

Press Space or Draw again to sample a random four-digit seed. A draw takes without replacement, so no job comes up twice in one batch, and asking for more than a group holds gives you everything it has with both numbers stated. A term in Leave out is matched on whole words, so nurse takes out Nurse and Veterinary nurse and leaves Nursery practitioner in the pool, and a term that matches no title anywhere is named in the line above rather than dropped in silence. The group, the count and the exclusions are kept in this browser so the page opens where you left it, and the reset button at the top of the page forgets them. The seed is not kept, so each visit samples a random seed, which can repeat an earlier seed and batch.

Hands-on, 5, seed 7312the same seed
the identical 5 titles
Two titles excludedsame batch
neither one appears
More asked than the group holdscount above the list
draws all 28 and says so

Accuracy. A draw without replacement from a list of 268 job titles written for this page, so one batch never repeats itself and the same category, count, exclusions and seed always give the same batch. The one-line descriptions are written here too. It carries no pay, demand, qualification or eligibility information of any kind. The 268 titles sit in 8 groups, from 28 in Food and drink to 40 in Hands-on.

Common questions

Where do these job titles come from?: The 268 titles and their brief task summaries were written for this tool. They are grouped by activity rather than industry. The draw and exclusions run in your browser, and the tool saves the group, count and exclusions in this browser when you change them. The seed is not saved. If browser storage is blocked, you can still draw jobs.
Are these real jobs, and does the page show pay?: The list contains occupations with short summaries of their work. It carries no pay, demand, entry requirements or current vacancies. The draw is intended for games, writing and lessons; it does not assess your skills or suitability for a career.
Can I get the same batch of jobs again?: Keep the seed. Every batch is made by a seeded shuffle, so the same seed with the same group, count and exclusions returns the same titles in the same order, on any machine and on any day. The seed is on screen and you can type one in: any whole number from 0 to 999999. Each visit and Draw again sample a random four-digit seed. The seed is not remembered between visits, and a random sample can repeat an earlier seed and batch. Asking for more jobs on the same seed keeps the ones already on screen and adds to them.
How do I leave certain jobs out of the draw?: Type them into the Leave out box, separated by commas or line breaks, up to 40 terms and 600 characters. A term is matched on whole words, so nurse takes out Nurse and Veterinary nurse but leaves Nursery practitioner in, and chef takes out all four chefs in Food and drink at once. A term that matches no title anywhere in the list is named under the tool rather than quietly ignored, which is how you catch a typo. Clear the box and every title is back in the pool.
How many jobs can I draw at once?: From 1 to 50. A draw takes without replacement, so no job comes up twice inside one batch, however many you ask for. If you ask for more than the group holds, you get all of it and the line under the tool says so: Food and drink holds 28 titles, so asking it for 50 hands back all 28 rather than repeating any to make up the number. Ask for more than 50 in total and the tool says so instead of quietly dealing a different number.
What are the eight groups, and how big is each one?: Hands-on (40), Outdoors (32), Caring (34), Creative (36), Technical (36), Food and drink (28), Commerce (32) and Service (30). The split is by what the work involves rather than by sector, so a bicycle mechanic and a glassblower sit together while an accountant and a recruiter sit together somewhere else. That is what makes a filtered draw useful: pick Hands-on for a making game, Creative for a writing prompt, Outdoors for a class about work outside. Leave the group on Every group and all 268 are in the pool.
Can I use this for a lesson, a game or a writing prompt?: That is what it is built for. Draw five jobs for a guessing game and read out the description instead of the title. Draw one for a character in a story and you already know what their day looks like. Write the seed on the worksheet and the same batch comes back next term. Copy puts the batch on the clipboard, one job a line, with the description beside each title, ready to paste into a document, and the space bar deals a fresh batch without reaching for the mouse.
Does it generate a full job description?: Each drawn title comes with a brief task summary that is also included when you copy the batch. The tool does not write a full job posting, responsibilities list or candidate requirements.

A draw without replacement from a list of 268 job titles written for this page, so one batch never repeats itself and the same category, count, exclusions and seed always give the same batch. The one-line descriptions are written here too. It carries no pay, demand, qualification or eligibility information of any kind.