OES Code: 430210 ALAMEDA COUNTY


JOB KEY FOR TRAVEL AGENTS


Travel Agents plan entire trips for customers of their travel agency. Their duties include determining destinations, modes of transportation, travel dates, costs, accommodations required, and planning, describing, or selling itinerary package tours. Travel Agents may specialize in foreign or domestic service, individual or group travel, specific geographical area, airplane charters, or package tours.

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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
430 570 33% 140 90 230


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HOW TO FIND BUSINESSES MOST LIKELY TO HIRE TRAVEL AGENTS IN ALAMEDA 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          
4724 Travel agencies
4725 Tour operators

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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