OES Code: 551080

IMPERIAL COUNTY

JOB KEY FOR SECRETARIES, GENERAL

Secretaries relieve officials of clerical work and minor administrative and business detail by scheduling appointments, giving information to callers, taking dictation, composing and typing routine correspondence, reading and routing incoming mail, and filing correspondence and other records. They may perform various other assigned clerical duties. Does not include Medical and Legal Secretaries.

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PROJECTED ESTIMATES OF EMPLOYMENT (excluding self-employed)

Number Working in this Occupation --- Year --- 1995 2002		Percent Change	Increase/ Decrease	Additional Openings Due to People Chang- ing Occupations or Retiring	Sum of Increase/Decrease and Additional Openings
560	590	5%	30	70	100

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HOW TO FIND BUSINESSES MOST LIKELY TO HIRE SECRETARIES, GENERAL IN IMPERIAL COUNTY

The following are the types of firms that employ the most workers in this occupation within this county. They are listed in order from largest to smallest.

Industry Code (SIC)	Industry Title
8211	Elementary & secondary schools
9030	Local government, except education
8222	Junior colleges & technical institutes
8661	Religious organizations
9010	Federal government
8721	Accounting, auditing & bookkeeping services
8062	General medical & surgical hospitals
5191	Farm supplies, wholesale
4731	Arrangement of transportation of freight/cargo
6531	Real estate agents & managers
7699	Repair shops & related services, all other
1521	General contractors--single-family houses
1541	General contractors--industrial buildings/warehouses
6411	Insurance agents, brokers & services
8011	Offices & clinics of doctors of medicine
8742	Management consulting services
1629	Heavy construction, all other
1711	Plumbing, heating & air conditioning contractors
1731	Electrical work contractors
2063	Beet sugar refineries
5541	Gasoline service stations
5812	Eating places
6022	State commercial banks

Look in the yellow pages of the phone book under the above or similar industry titles, or look in employer directories in libraries. Directories such as Business Prospector, California Services Register and those by chambers of commerce often list firms by Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code.

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