OES Code: 553470 ALAMEDA COUNTY


JOB KEY FOR GENERAL OFFICE CLERKS


General Office Clerks perform a wide variety of tasks. Clerical duties may be assigned in accordance with the office procedures of individual establishments and may include a combination of bookkeeping, typing, stenography, office machine operation, and filing. Does not include workers whose duties are narrowly defined.

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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
18,650 19,280 3% 630 3,130 3,760


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HOW TO FIND BUSINESSES MOST LIKELY TO HIRE GENERAL OFFICE CLERKS 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          
8221 Colleges, universities & professional schools
9030 Local government, except education
8211 Elementary & secondary schools
7363 Temporary help agencies
9020 State government, except education
8731 Commercial physical & biological research
4813 Telephone communications, exc radio-telephone
8062 General medical & surgical hospitals
8011 Offices & clinics of doctors of medicine
7361 Employment agencies
5411 Grocery stores
5311 Department stores
8111 Legal services
7389 Business services, all other
5511 Motor vehicle dealers (new & used)
6531 Real estate agents & managers
3559 Special industry machinery manufacturers, all other

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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