General Office Clerks perform a variety of clerical tasks, including answering telephones, typing documents, and filing records.
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- General Office Clerks
Business, Management and Administration
What do they typically do
- Answer and transfer telephone calls or take messages
- Sort and deliver incoming mail and send outgoing mail
- Schedule appointments and receive customers or visitors
- Provide general information to staff, clients, or the public
- Type, format, or edit routine memos or other reports
- Copy, file, and update paper and electronic documents
- Prepare and process bills and other office documents
- Collect information and perform data entry
Number of Jobs
Average Annual
Job Growth -0.1%
Job Openings 8,699
Industry/Employer
Accounting and Bookkeeping Services
Advertising and Related Services
Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services
Animal Slaughtering and Processing
Apparel/Piece Goods Merchant Wholesalers
Architectural and Engineering Services
Auto Parts, Accessories, and Tire Stores
Automobile Dealers
Automotive Equipment Rental and Leasing
Automotive Repair and Maintenance
Beverage Manufacturing
Building Equipment Contractors
Building Finishing Contractors
Building Foundation/Exterior Contractors
Building Material and Supplies Dealers
Business Support Services
Business, Computer & Management Training
Child Day Care Services
Civic and Social Organizations
Colleges and Universities
Commercial Goods Merchant Wholesalers
Commercial Machinery Repair/Maintenance
Community Care Facility for the Elderly
Computer Systems Design and Rel Services
Converted Paper Product Manufacturing
Data Processing and Related Services
Death Care Services
Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages)
Drycleaning and Laundry Services
Educational Support Services
Electrical Equipment Manufacturing
Electronic Equipment Repair/Maintenance
Electronic Instrument Manufacturing
Electronic Markets and Agents/Brokers
Electronics and Appliance Retailers
Elementary and Secondary Schools
Emergency and Other Relief Services
Employment Services
Fabric Mills
Facilities Support Services
Farm Product Merchant Wholesalers
Fuel Dealers
Furniture and Home Furnishings Retailers
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
Grantmaking and Giving Services
Health and Personal Care Retailers
Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction
Home Health Care Services
Household Goods Repair and Maintenance
Individual and Family Services
Insurance Agencies, Brokerages & Support
Internet Publishing and Broadcasting
Investigation and Security Services
Jewelry, Luggage, and Leather Goods Retailers
Junior Colleges
Land Subdivision
Lawn & Garden Equipment/Supplies Stores
Lessors of Nonfinancial Intangible Assets (except Copyrighted Works)
Lessors, Nonfinancial Intangible Assets
Machine Shops and Threaded Products
Machinery & Supply Merchant Wholesalers
Management & Technical Consulting Svc
Management of Companies and Enterprises
Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers
Medical Equipment and Supplies Mfg
Metalworking Machinery Manufacturing
Motor Vehicle Body and Trailer Mfg
Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing
Motor Vehicle/Part Merchant Wholesalers
Museums, Parks and Historical Sites
Natural Gas Distribution
Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers
Nondepository Credit Intermediation
Nonmetallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying
Nonresidential Building Construction
Nursing Care Facilities
Office Administrative Services
Offices of Other Health Practitioners
Other Ambulatory Health Care Services
Other Amusement & Recreation Industries
Other Electrical Equipment & Components
Other Ground Passenger Transportation
Other Heavy Construction
Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing
Other Miscellaneous Retailers
Other Motor Vehicle Dealers
Other Personal Services
Other Professional & Technical Services
Other Residential Care Facilities
Other Schools and Instruction
Other Specialty Trade Contractors
Other Support Services
Other Textile Product Mills
Other Wood Product Manufacturing
Outpatient Care Centers
Performing Arts and Sports Promoters
Personal Care Services
Pharmaceutical & Medicine Manufacturing
Plastics Product Manufacturing
Power Generation and Supply
Printing and Related Support Activities
Professional and Similar Organizations
Religious Organizations
Remediation and Other Waste Services
Residential Building Construction
Residential Mental Health Facilities
Rubber Product Manufacturing
RV Parks and Recreational Camps
Sawmills and Wood Preservation
Scientific Research and Development Svc
Semiconductor and Electronic Components
Services to Buildings and Dwellings
Ship and Boat Building
Social Advocacy Organizations
Software Publishers
Special Food Services
Spectator Sports
Sporting Goods, Hobby, and Musical Instrument Retailers
Support Activities for Crop Production
Support Activities, Road Transportation
Technical and Trade Schools
Textile and Fabric Finishing and Fabric
Travel Arrangement & Reservation Service
Traveler Accommodation
Utility System Construction
Veneer and Engineered Wood Products
Vocational Rehabilitation Services
Warehousing and Storage
Waste Collection
Education & Training
- Education These occupations usually require a high school diploma.Associated Programs or MajorsLicense
NC Workforce Credentials
Private Training Programs
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