OES Code: 535080

ORANGE 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
3,280	3,960	21%	680	230	910

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HOW TO FIND BUSINESSES MOST LIKELY TO HIRE BILL & ACCOUNT COLLECTORS IN ORANGE 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
7322	Adjustment & collection services
4813	Telephone communications, exc radio-telephone
6141	Personal credit institutions
7363	Temporary help agencies
5311	Department stores
5045	Computer equipment & software, wholesale
5044	Office equipment, wholesale
8741	Management services
4812	Radiotelephone communications
8011	Offices & clinics of doctors of medicine
5047	Medical & hospital equipment, wholesale
7311	Advertising agencies
6061	Credit unions, federally chartered
6331	Fire, marine & casualty insurance
5112	Stationery & office supplies, wholesale
5731	Radio, TV & consumer electronics stores
6159	Miscellaneous business credit institutions
6153	Short-term business credit institutions
6411	Insurance agents, brokers & services

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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