C# How to get the Enum value from ComboBox in WinForms?

Question

I am binding a Dictionary to a ComboBox which keeps the Enum values.

To retrieve the selected value I used:
comboBox1.SelectedItem which returns a dimensional value of [0,Permanent].

I just want to retrieve Permanent and then convert it back to Enum.

Something like:
Employee.JobType = Enum.Parse(JobType, comboBox1.SelectedItem)

How can I achieve this?

Answer 1

Either:

Employee.JobType = (JobType)Enum.Parse(typeof(JobType), comboBox1.SelectedValue);

Or:

Employee.JobType = (JobType)Enum.Parse(typeof(JobType), comboBox1.SelectedText);