OES Code: 551080

SAN DIEGO COUNTY

JOB KEY FOR SECRETARIES, GENERAL

Secretaries relieve officials of clerical work and minor administrative and business detail by scheduling appointments, giving information to callers, taking dictation, composing and typing routine correspondence, reading and routing incoming mail, and filing correspondence and other records. They may perform various other assigned clerical duties. Does not include Medical and Legal Secretaries.

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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
19,610	22,900	17%	3,290	2,530	5,820

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HOW TO FIND BUSINESSES MOST LIKELY TO HIRE SECRETARIES, GENERAL IN SAN DIEGO 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
7363	Temporary help agencies
8211	Elementary & secondary schools
9010	Federal government
8221	Colleges, universities & professional schools
8731	Commercial physical & biological research
8661	Religious organizations
9030	Local government, except education
6531	Real estate agents & managers
8711	Engineering services
7361	Employment agencies
8062	General medical & surgical hospitals
8733	Noncommercial research organizations
8721	Accounting, auditing & bookkeeping services
7011	Hotels, motels, & tourist courts
7389	Business services, all other
6411	Insurance agents, brokers & services
8742	Management consulting services
1521	General contractors--single-family houses
8741	Management services
5812	Eating places
6211	Security brokers & dealers
1542	General contractors--other nonresidential buildings

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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