An action verb that has a direct object is called a

A direct object receives the action performed by the subject. The verb used with a direct object is always an action verb. Another way of saying it is that the subject does the verb to the direct object. ... Nothing answers the question so the sentence has no direct object. The direct object must be a noun or pronoun.

C. Norman now has a job at the high school, "though he is hoping to find work with the county." (I believe the " is the underlined sentence?)