OES Code: 551080 ALAMEDA 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
11,810 12,700 8% 890 1,460 2,350


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HOW TO FIND BUSINESSES MOST LIKELY TO HIRE SECRETARIES, GENERAL 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          
8211 Elementary & secondary schools
7363 Temporary help agencies
9030 Local government, except education
8221 Colleges, universities & professional schools
9010 Federal government
8661 Religious organizations
7361 Employment agencies
8731 Commercial physical & biological research
8711 Engineering services
6531 Real estate agents & managers
8721 Accounting, auditing & bookkeeping services
8741 Management services
8322 Individual & family social services
1521 General contractors--single-family houses
7389 Business services, all other
8062 General medical & surgical hospitals

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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