OES Code: 535080

LOS ANGELES COUNTY

JOB KEY FOR BILL & ACCOUNT COLLECTORS

Bill and Account Collectors locate and notify customers of delinquent accounts by mail, telephone, or personal visit to solicit payment. Their duties include receiving payment and posting amounts to customer's account; sending statements to the credit department if the customer fails to respond, initiating repossession proceedings or service disconnection, and keeping records of collection and status of accounts. Does not include collectors of money from coin boxes.

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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
7,310	9,170	25%	1,860	520	2,380

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HOW TO FIND BUSINESSES MOST LIKELY TO HIRE BILL & ACCOUNT COLLECTORS IN LOS ANGELES 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
7322	Adjustment & collection services
6141	Personal credit institutions
7363	Temporary help agencies
8011	Offices & clinics of doctors of medicine
8741	Management services
4813	Telephone communications, exc radio-telephone
5044	Office equipment, wholesale
6331	Fire, marine & casualty insurance
5045	Computer equipment & software, wholesale
7389	Business services, all other
4923	Natural gas transmission & distribution
5137	Women's & children's clothing, wholesale
6153	Short-term business credit institutions
6159	Miscellaneous business credit institutions
5943	Stationery stores
7359	Equipment rental & leasing, all other
6036	Savings institutions, not federally chartered
7361	Employment agencies
5947	Gift, novelty & souvenir shops
6061	Credit unions, federally chartered
6411	Insurance agents, brokers & services
5047	Medical & hospital equipment, wholesale
5013	Motor vehicle supplies & parts, wholesale
5199	Nondurable goods, all other, wholesale
5149	Groceries & related products, all other, wholesale
8082	Home health care services

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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