In her job, many may be on the dole (5)
I believe the answer is:
model
'in her job' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'many may be on the dole' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'many' could be 'm' (Roman numeral for a thousand) and 'm' is found in the answer.
an anagram of 'dole' is 'odel' which is present in the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for model that I've seen before include "Small-size version" , "clothes horse?" , "Scale representation" , "Exemplar of chic" , "who displays it" .)