OES Code: 490210

CONTRA COSTA COUNTY

JOB KEY FOR STOCK CLERKS - SALES FLOOR

Sales Floor Stock Clerks receive, store, and issue merchandise on the sales floor, stock shelves, racks, cases, bins, and tables with merchandise, arrange displays of items to attract customers, and may periodically take physical count of stock or check and mark merchandise.

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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
2,540	2,790	10%	250	370	620

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HOW TO FIND BUSINESSES MOST LIKELY TO HIRE STOCK CLERKS - SALES FLOOR IN CONTRA COSTA 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
5411	Grocery stores
5311	Department stores
5912	Drug stores
5945	Hobby, toy & game shops
5211	Lumber & other building materials dealers
5651	Family clothing stores
5921	Liquor stores
5261	Retail nurseries & garden supply stores
5251	Hardware stores
5999	Miscellaneous retail stores, all other
5431	Fruit & vegetable markets
5735	Prerecorded disc & tape stores
5719	Miscellaneous home furnishings stores

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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