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At the beginning of the series, Jim Halpert is a paper salesman at the Scranton branch of fictitious paper-goods distributor Dunder Mifflin. Intelligent but unmotivated, Jim spends much of his time conspiring with office receptionist Pam Beesly to engineer pranks on his overbearing deskmate Dwight Schrute. Much of the dramatic content of the early episodes of the show derives from Jim's secret crush on the engaged receptionist. It is often implied through the context of Jim's comments and through the comments of others that he is not only overqualified for his job but is not interested in it, and only stays because of his hope to be with Pam.(wikipedia.org)