OES Code: 573110 ALAMEDA COUNTY


JOB KEY FOR MESSENGERS


Messengers run errands and sort and deliver messages, documents, packages, and other items to offices or departments within an establishment or to other business concerns, traveling on foot or by bicycle, motorcycle, automobile, or public conveyance. They may use telephones to complete assigned tasks.

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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
1,170 1,100 -6% -70 180 110


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HOW TO FIND BUSINESSES MOST LIKELY TO HIRE MESSENGERS 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          
4215 Courier services, except by air
4212 Local trucking without storage
8071 Medical laboratories
6021 National commercial banks
8111 Legal services
4731 Arrangement of transportation of freight/cargo
7389 Business services, all other
6022 State commercial banks
9030 Local government, except education
2711 Newspaper publishers
6361 Title insurance
7331 Direct mail advertising services
7384 Photofinishing laboratories
8072 Dental laboratories
7363 Temporary help agencies
4311 U. S. Postal Service
8661 Religious organizations
2752 Commercial printers, lithographic

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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