OES Code: 535080

CONTRA COSTA COUNTY

JOB KEY FOR BILL & ACCOUNT COLLECTORS

Bill and Account Collectors locate and notify customers of delinquent accounts by mail, telephone, or personal visit to solicit payment. Their duties include receiving payment and posting amounts to customer's account; sending statements to the credit department if the customer fails to respond, initiating repossession proceedings or service disconnection, and keeping records of collection and status of accounts. Does not include collectors of money from coin boxes.

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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
540	780	44%	240	40	280

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HOW TO FIND BUSINESSES MOST LIKELY TO HIRE BILL & ACCOUNT COLLECTORS 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
4813	Telephone communications, exc radio-telephone
7322	Adjustment & collection services
7363	Temporary help agencies
6411	Insurance agents, brokers & services
6159	Miscellaneous business credit institutions
6141	Personal credit institutions
6153	Short-term business credit institutions
7379	Computer related services, all other
5047	Medical & hospital equipment, wholesale
7389	Business services, all other
4812	Radiotelephone communications
4959	Sanitary services, all other
6061	Credit unions, federally chartered
5947	Gift, novelty & souvenir shops
8741	Management services
7359	Equipment rental & leasing, all other
7361	Employment agencies
5045	Computer equipment & software, wholesale
6163	Loan brokers
7352	Medical equipment rental & leasing
5943	Stationery stores
8011	Offices & clinics of doctors of medicine

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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